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yes, this was one of my first neuro symptoms
I still have this during a herx
When they thought this was MS I had a swallowing
test done at a local hospital....and it showed
that my esophagus does not work correctly in
getting food down. I have numbness in and around
my mouth and jaw (and extremities too)
It sometimes is so bad that it feels like I
have been given a shot of novacane from the
dentist.
I know how annoying this can be, good luck
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Geneal
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I have had this sensation as well. I am a Speech Pathologist.
A couple of exercises I do involve silly things such as saying patty-cake as fast as I can.
I do this over and over. Slow down for accuracy and speed up as you can.
Most of my numbness has been external (around outside of mouth, chin area).
However, there are days my tongue just does not get to the places it is supposed to.
Thus I get apraxia of speech.
Makes employment in my field rather difficult at the moment.
It has however, gotten better with treatment and I expect it to continue to get better.
Hugs,
Geneal
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Me too. I get a numb tongue and I sort of slurr my words sometimes...for me it is not a constant symptom.
Also get pricklies around my mouth, chin, and sometimes whole facial area. It is not real numbness as I can still feel.
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Oh yes. It was one of my first neuro symptoms and remains with me now, after most things have vastly improved or disappeared entirely. Tongue numbness/burning/tingling/swellling and clumsiness is a regular repeat visitor.
But it is miles better than at the worst.
I hate this one, I sympathise.
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Yep...another one here with that problem. I use to say it felt like I'd gone to the dentist and they missed with the novacaine and got it in another part of my body, quite often the tongue.
But since I hadn't been to the dentist, I knew that wasn't it. It's frustrating and scary. I was slurring words and a total mess, so hopefully you are getting proper treatment since these things do seem to be able to reverse.
Good luck
Cathy
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one of my first symptoms was a numb tongue.
It didnt last all that long though, but progressed to my throat when i was on zithromax.
I think a few of us on here have had the numb tongue.
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