Does anyone know in what way or ways the tongue is affected by lyme and or the coinfects??
I ask, because, I have noticed and probably had this a loong time, that my tongue is like....I don't know...tense? Right along with my mouth and the poor little teeth that always hurt.
I have considered it may be a part of the facial nerve.
I have thought maybe it is one reason why my speech sounds slurred?
northstar
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Hi Painted Turtle:
I have had all those symptoms while under treatment. I would have to speak slowly to get things out.......never realized I was doing it until my brother started speaking slowly back to me!
Once I can remember it actually charlie horsed.....scarey!
I was off doing naturopathic for a few months, and just resumed a pulse for lyme and bart. And darned if the tongue did not get stiff on my first day, again.
Yes, to the teeth pain too, because after the tongue did its thing, then the teeth hurt for a day. (it had been very severe tooth pain last year, to the point I could barely slurp soup).
I agree with you, in that it is cranial nerve stuff. But it did disappear, and I can chew gum and talk at the same time now! N.
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Do you have ridges on the sides of your tongue? Like little I dont know how to explain it.. other than say ridges..
if so, you could be a teeth grinder ( bruxism) which can make your tongue looked ridgy on the sides and your teeth will hurt.
Just a suggestion. Tongue pain is also a sign of vitamin deficiencies.
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I believe that a swollen or stiff tongue can be a sign of an allergic reaction to some antibiotics, so always check with your LLMD or pharmacist.
This happened to a non-Lyme pal of mine and it was an allergic reaction. But her case was severe - it was like she was sticking out her tongue and couldn't control it.
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I think tongue problems can be a sx of Lyme. Along w/some of the first neurologic sx I experienced, which were first being checked out as a possible stroke, I had problems speaking properly because my tongue felt...swollen?, and just wasn't moving properly when I tried to speak.
Also, around the same time, I had problems swallowing, and couldn't get things down very well sometime.
Haven't experienced any of those sx in quite a while since starting abx last September.
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Yeah, I think it is symptom of lyme because I've slurred my words chronically for a long time now and for the longest time didn't even realize it!!
So the slow speech and speech issues, along with the reception issues are both neurological/cognitive in nature and also something to do with actual possible, what it is, not paralysis of the tongue...something like that.
Anyone get hardening of the neck in addition to neck arthritis? Like the tendons are not having a great time of it???
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Yes! One of my 1st neuro sx and still an issue. Almost 3 years treating. I have improvement, but it's still "not right." Sort of "big" feeling, sometimes burns, sometimes numb. Just never quite normal. Hope this sx continues to improve; it's annoying. TS
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