Mystery tongue sores
This all started a week after a viral illness I caught while travelling to Portugal and Spain. The guy I was hanging out with caught the same cold, and after we parted, he had excruciatingly painful sores on his tongue, as well as bacterial tonsilitis that required antibiotics. He made a full recovery. I, on the other hand, got over my cold in two days but have been struggling with the most painful mystery sores I could have ever imagined.
The photos are in order of the progression of what I thought were canker sores, from the past two weeks. By the third photo, I was in debilitating, throbbing pain where I could barely speak or eat for a few days. The initial sores are healing, but I keep developing new sores all around. My tongue has turned white and the film can’t be scraped off with the metal scraper I routinely used. My dentist said he’s never seen canker sores like this. My family doctor is on vacation, so I went to the ER to try and get some answers. My CBC bloodwork came back normal, and I ended up received dexamethasone 10mg, but it has been a few days and still am forming new sores. The last photo is taken as I am writing this, the beginning of a new sore that is just starting to form in the middle of my tongue.