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Posted by dullchime (Member # 6024) on :

I sound like a broken record but I've been dealing with a severe Candida infection due to the lack of me listening to you guys, and my doctor never making me aware of it either.

All that aside, since hitting the wall with this I noticed a lump on one side of the roof of my mouth in between the soft and hard palate.

The presence sort of subsided but if I press hard enough I can still feel it.

One the other side now just two days ago I had like 4 in a row from front to back!!!
Very tender!

I'm wondering if anyone had this kind of thing or if there's like glands up there or some other kind of thing or should I be heading to the doctor?

Getting kinda worried.

P.S. I did notice I had something like this at the start of Lyme but it went away.

thanks again

chime

Posted by docdave130 on :

it depends on the size of the lump.
a lump on the hard palate usually indicates an abscess of the palatal root of a tooth it will expand the bone and may eventually drain.
bumps on the soft /hard palate junction could either be salivary glans swollen or most likely lymph nodes that are swollen. lymph nodes are filters for the body immune system that collect the dead bacteria. they can become clogged and take several months to go down and sometimes never go down.
they are also a primary source for cancer concentrations, hence they usually remove lymph nodes during cancer surgery.
lymph nodes are ok as long as they are soft and movable. hard and fixed are dangerous.
with yeast infections the lymph nodes will clog and swell, the tonsils are nothing more than extreme large lymph nodes that filter disease.

Posted by dullchime (Member # 6024) on :

Thanks Doc

Your a mind-saver..

No I can call off that trip to loonie bin.

for now..

Posted by TheCrimeOfLyme (Member # 4019) on :

Cave76

Its called a torus.

I have one. A VERY VERY LARGE one, that may actually need to be surgically removed.

We're talking the entire ROOF of my mouth- IS one.

with a few on top of it.

Dullchime- I have other similiar bumps in my mouth, some on the lower part of my palate , which are also toruses

they hurt once in a while and wont go away.

You may need to see an ENT thoughf or your mouth problems Or a dentist

Posted by dullchime (Member # 6024) on :

As soon as I get through this candidasis problem, I'll think about other things i guess.

thanks for responses, thought I was losing it. This yeast thing is horrible.
evil.

you can take one thought and replay it for six or more hours in your mind.

My personality hasnt been the same for 2 months. so worried.

I know I'm treating it (i didnt mean to make this into a yeast post) but the progression is so slow it leaves you with no hope.

I'll be alright. Just need to vent.

thanks again

dullchime

Posted by pattiecake (Member # 6424) on :

I had a lump on the roof of my mouth from lyme. It was a swollen salivary gland. THat is what the oral surgeon told me. It would swell when I ate anything with vinegar on it and never went away. I had it removed by the oral surgeon and it never came back.
pattiecake

Posted by Starphoenix (Member # 2402) on :

I get swelling at the roof of my mouth. I guess you could say they are lumps.

If I rinse with diluted peroxide for a few days, they go away. I don't know if this simple solution will help with your particular issue, but it may be worth a try!

Steph

Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :

Some thoughts experiments:

Possible solutions:

Enzymes to help cleave and clear debris in channels?

I would take an enzy. prep. without chymotrypsin in it as this enzyme will keep inflammation(swelling in channels = narrowed channels) at a low level.

Bromel. greater than 500mg. daily will induce and increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-a), which then would mean inflammation,something perhaps undesired in this instance, as inflammation(swelling) will slow down drainage, slow 'processing' fo debris.
I saw bromelain powder the other day in the health food store I was in. Cheap.

Bromelain < 500mg. daily should not induce an increase in TNF-a, but cleave and clear debris,in channels, promote circulation in sinuses, thereby processing stuff out, and away; other enzymes to further breakup stuff.

Mixed enzyme prep. w/o chymotrypsin, to cleave, proteins, carbs, and the fatty parts of debris.

Candex might seem good here.

Papain tablets: Put one between gum and cheek. It should go through gum to channels and help clear blocked channels. Some scubadivers do this to clear channels in the ear apparatus. I think the eustachian tube, if I'm not mistaken. This helps with fluid flow(drainage), thereby mitigating against accumulation of fluid in ear compartments.

Topical colloidal silver rub onto lumps and bumps?

Silver nasal, and throat sprays?

Small amount of aspirin to thin slime(film) layer?

Caveat: If on blood thinners, check with your doc. Certain enzymes = blood thinners

Wobenzym helped me tremendously with swollen lymph nodes at one point in my lyme infection. Took about 4-14 days, and significant shrinkage in size after 2 days.

Never had these lumps and bumps in roof of mouth, so I can't really comment, but just a few thoughts.

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