Ears please. I have very dry ears and it started after getting swimmers ears that wouldn't heal. This also started after swimming in Lake Erie, so I suspect I caught a bacteria from the lake. It was so painful!
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Violin and her husband very briefly on the Toronto subway yesterday. They were very nice and exactly how you see them in their videos minus the scrubs.
Ma'am you are an inspiration I am an intern doctor here in India, currently preparing for my residency entrance exam I've been watching your vlogs since my first year of med school Your content has taught me to work hard as well as enjoy the journey of medicine Thank you for your motivating content😄♥️
You can address her as Dr. Siobhan. Uffff, the Hierarchy system in indian medical colleges, thank god I'm no more a part of it. Har kisiko sir ma'am lol 😂🤣🤣🤣
@@pgpg3783 I wouldn't say only Indian medical colleges, but India as a whole! I remember taking classes where 95% of the students were Indian and they'd always call the professors "Sir/Ma'am" to the point where it made me feel like I was being less respectful for saying "Professor" LOL
I had cankers all my life until about 10 years ago and, yes, I do have psoriatic arthritis BUT my dentist told me to stop using toothpaste with Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) and I haven’t had a canker since. I hope this helps you. It has helped others I have told.
this was soooo interesting! and kinda gross in parts (which i kinda loved 😆) but you have a way of making the nastiest looking thing seem perfectly fine, not health -wise but as in, nothing to be ashamed of. you simply radiate positivity🤩💚!!!
FYI, My mom , my daughter, and I all have geographic tongue. It does cause pain when eating certain acidic foods. I was told it was genetic, benign, and I would always have it, but it WENT AWAY in my late 50’s when I went gluten free, along with keratosis Pilaris and also reflux. I think there’s more to KP and geographic tongue than we know. Since the symptoms aren’t too bad, they get ignored, but perhaps more research is warranted.
My second son used to get geographic tongue. We were told there was nothing we could do about it. He was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. After eliminating gluten, his tongue is now normal.
You are on to something! Some people argue that parasites are the culprit to geographic tongue. Changing diet (no gluten, high quality meat, less meat, more veggies) should definitely help.
I was really hoping she would get more in depth on this. It happened to me while I was pregnant and they just told me it was probably hormones. Before that I had only seen it in dental textbooks. We didn't really learn any more about it in school than what was covered in this video but I was hoping there had been studies on it since then.
@@freshgreen54 , today we know more. Some said it is because there is Epstajn Bar virus in co-op with candida albicans. Epstein Bar virus is also called Kissing Virus who cause a lot of problems in the body! Read more about EBV, diferent candidas, and herpeses!
Aint nothing scarier then a woman smiling at you as she tells you how many ways you could have all these dangerous conditions 😢, plz stop lookin so happy as you drop these bombs on us😅
Who would have thought how there are so many different calamities that can affect the Tongue! My own worst experience is when I end up biting mine as I eat....OUCH! 🤣 Cheers From Ohio To ALL who are in The Violin MD Community!
As a Chinese medicine doctor, the 👅 tongue is part of our basic examination and is foundational to forming a diagnosis ❤ looking forward to hearing what you have to say 😊
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yes Chinese Doctor, Science and medicine of China anciently amazing 👏 As in the Indian knowlege .....of healing Still functioning and valued today. The Morpheus of medicine grows .
Your videos do a great job explaining various health issues and they are fun as well. I am so happy you showed Raynaud's because of Ssc (Scleroderma)! I was dx w/ difffuse systemic Ssc and 2 summers ago MM (multiple myeloma). This puts quite the challenge for maintaining any normalcies. Thank you for posting these videos, you can help so many people!
Hi good day I hug have these deep cut like in the front of my tongue it’s painful when I eat spicy foods acid drinks and hot food the doctors in Trinidad don’t know what it is or how I got it or how to make it go away do you know what it is
Geographic tongue might be caused by food. I've always had it but it went away (and stayed away) when I stopped eating wheat. I recently started eating wheat again and the geographic tounge came back again in full force. Would be interesting to see if this wheat related or just a food interaction or intolerance.
I have geographic tongue. It doesn’t look the same every day- it comes and goes. My Dad had it, too- I just figured it was genetic. Thank you for all your videos.😊
I have it too but for me it isn’t constant. It generally flares up when I get an upper respiratory infection. The worst was when I had pneumonia and it completely covered my tongue.
Hi there- Oral pathologist here. What an EXCELLENT! Video! So much great information. I was also happy to hear you say "Sjogrens is rare". It's my opinion that it is overdiagnosed : ) SO much of this video was spot on but the only thing I will mention is that HPV is not a risk factor for oral cancer. It is found incidentally in approx 3-5% of oral cancers (depending on the study) and does not impact behavior. HPV is however a major risk factor for oropharyngeal cancers of the base of tongue/tonsil in the oropharynx, outside of the easily visible oral cavity. I agree though that the HPV vaccine is amazing, and I too strongly recommend it : ) Also- pseudomembranous candidiasis of the dorsal tongue is super duper rare (and also overdiagnosed). Most candidiasis of the tongue is erythematous like median rhomboid glossitis. Thanks for a great video! I hope to one day make as much high quality content as you do : ) Be well!
Candidiasis can also be seen when the ICS are not inhaled properly yeah? Making it more likely for the spray to stay in the mouth in case the patient doesnt washes it after taking the spray?
A few years ago, I had a dental procedure. I had a crown, followed a few weeks later by a root canal (same tooth). Between the visits, my dentist said to me "Oh, wow, I didn't realize you had Geographic Tongue". Well, that made two of us. I was shocked because I had never had this before in my life, had never even heard of it. However, it's been almost 3 years now and it's still there. Every single day. It has not gone away and sadly, in my case, it is not harmless. It hurts. My tongue hurts a lot. Everything from brushing my teeth (toothpaste) to drinking anything carbonated aggravates it. The pattern often migrates underneath my tongue on the left hand side and that is the worst, and lasts for weeks. At times, it leaves me in tears. I have done research, and I have seen nothing to indicate that this can be caused by dental trauma, but I'm absolutely convinced because I didn't have it before my dental work. I keep praying it goes away, but so far, no luck.
My grandson Has a geographic tongue. Unfortunately, we live in an area with a bunch of indoctrinated idiots so our local hospital accused my son-in-law of being a neglectful parent because they said he had to have gotten into a chemical of some sort or something else. He was 18 months old at the time & he literally had 1 mark on his tongue, Ok well you would think anyone with a 1/4 of a brain would know that If he put something in his mouth he would have had a mark on the inside of his cheek, lips throat face SOMETHING but apparently not! ( it was the first time he had it & it was because he grabbed his daddy's Mexican food ( which was pretty spicey) Dad set it down to help my granddaughter quick.) He never cried or complained & the only reason they saw it was because he also had a bad cold & his tonsils were so big they needed to come out so that neglectful dad got worried & took him to the emergency room because my grandson was struggling to get air from his cold. Thankfully I saw it earlier in the day & I had a picture so I did some quick ( I mean like 15 min) research & found out what it was, then he was sent to children's & the intern there dismissed my daughter when she brought it up, so she requested that a specialist come over & he walked in & in 2 seconds said YUP that's Geographic tongue! I just keep wondering how long it will take these doctors to realize that they were trained by big pharma & not to cure us but to push drugs on us :(
I have Raynaud's and Scleroderma and I have noticed when my mouth gets cold, especially in winter, I find it a little hard to speak. I have also stopped eating ice cream. I get geographic tongue, and its mild when it happens but when it does, I notice I am more sensitive to sweet tastes.
I would love for you to cover feet in particular toe nails and various fungal infections, I've had problems with my nails with black streaks in some and in 2 nails, nails coming off, I've been to the chemist and have been applying OTC treatments, teatree oil and more recently vicks vapour rub (this because on Dr Mike, another UA-camr, he had a dermatologist in one of his vlogs suggest this) so any info would be soooo appreciated😢❤❤❤❤
I believe I have the growing tongue over time. Thyroid problems run on my dads side, I have a “scalloped” tongue and have been recently dosed with step apnea. I have # 17 and 32 (wisdom teeth) erupted and have been told that maybe removing those teeth would help with the sleep apnea. I’m curious if that’s true because those teeth cause no other issues and I don’t want to go through removing them if it wouldn’t help.
My mouth becomes so dry that it causes my tongue to get stuck between my teeth and my inner cheek to also get stuck even my lips get stuck together. What is the causes that. Please my know. Thank you
I have geographic tongue and I still remember how It developed. It started as a large red swollen bump on the side of my tongue that lasted for 6 months. Eventually it opened up and looked like the outer skin was being eaten with a white layer and a red layer behind it. It slowly spread to the center front of the outer layer of my tongue and it looked as if the outer layer of my tongues skin was being eaten and what was left was burning red part of my tongue. Then 2 months later it fully reached the left side outer layer. After almost a year it finally reached the center of my tongue(no longer just the outer layer) and the best I can describe it visually is it was as if the skin was eaten away on my taste buds, and many of the tastebuds looked like they were swollen after part of the skin was removed and some of them were oddly shaped with parts of them sticking out further initially. Eventually over time it morphed into what looks like geographic tongue and with the frequent inflammation, it has left my once smooth, yet bumpy from tastebuds, tongue with many fissures. I have had geographic tongue now for 20 years now with it always changing shape and the red part behind the white layer always burning. Sometimes it feels like I just let my tongue sit on something pulled out of a microwave, oven, or stove that is very hot and burning. While other times I don't feel the pain that much unless I were to move my tongue around and touch the roof of my mouth, fold my tongue, or eat specific foods. Usually there is also some numbness as well. Basically it started around the same time I was in a lot of pain and the Doctors found my liver was inflamed however its possible it might have just happened at the same time and not be related. However I also developed chronic constipation for nearly 15 years at that same time as well. Doctors did a lot of test when my liver was constantly becoming inflamed for a few months but they never found the root cause. The only other abnormal thing was that my gall bladder was moving bile slower than normal. However I ran out of insurance not long after a lot of test were done and I remained in a lot of pain off and on and feeling as if acid was running in my veins of my entire body and my right side throbbing all the time until it very slowly went away after which took 12 years. Although once in a blue moon I might get some discomfort and throbbing but it seems to be very rare now. It makes me wonder if there was a link between all three conditions that happened almost simultaneous, the bump on my tongue formed maybe a couple weeks after the first episode of my liver inflammation and the constipation about a a month and eventually changed to where it was chronic(although it wasn't sudden as it alternated between diarrhea and constipation for several months).
Loved this! I had a pretty resistant case of hyperplastic candidiasis as a side effect of a biologic medication. I saw an oral pathologist who was so helpful. I didn’t even know that that was a dental profession: she must see all kinds of gnarly oral diseases.
@@zhoubaheerayhmed2422 I had white bumps on my tongue, cheeks, and palette that didn’t scrape off and didn’t respond to normal anti-fungal treatments for oral thrush. My dentist referred me to an oral pathologist, a dentist who specializes in pathologies of the mouth (gums, teeth, soft tissues like the cheeks, the palette, lips). This specialist dentist works in the hospital and the laboratory, and treats diseases/maladies of the mouth that don’t respond to conventional treatment at the dentist or the GP’s clinics. I saw her 3 times over 6 months, was put on increasingly aggressive treatments until I finally responded. My taste buds grew back and my full sense of taste returned. I still get flare ups, but they are much easier to treat now.
Geographic tongue happens to me. I never k ew there was a name fir it but it sometimes happens when i eat something acidic, or fruits or just happens them goes awaynon its own. Its ugly.
Fascinating. I know a man who ended up in the hospital with a hairy black tongue and the only thing noted was that he had been swimming in a stream and may have took in some water. I know people who get geographic tongue whenever they are ill or stressed. I know two who still have it after having had Covid 9 mos. ago.
I used to get ulcers on my tongue, gums, and the insides of my cheeks several times a year. I finally found out that its cause was a vitamin A deficiency. These ulcers would take weeks to go away, and before one would go away several more would appear, if I was very deficient. Once I started taking a vitamin A supplement the ulcers would go away between 12-96 hours. Interestingly, I don't seem to absorb vitamins well from food. (At the time I got these I was on an organic farm eating a large variety of foods that should have fully supplied my body with all of the vitamins that I didn't seem to be able to absorb, including vitamin A.)
My GP suggested that I look for toothpaste without SLS in it. Sodium Laurel Sulphate can exacerbate Geographic Tongue and it has helped a bit. Not easy finding toothpaste without SLS though. Colgate Plaque Release is the one I found.
Great video. I got a black tongue after taking strong antibiotics, and it also burnt the roof of my mouth. I got some Nilstat (as the chemist said, it looked like thrush) and it's going back to normal.
Don’t take b 12 supplements. Just add a spoonful of nutritional yeast to a smoothie, on top of a sandwich, etc. it’s just SLIGHTLY salty… so it doesn’t make any difference in taste! One tablespoon is almost 200% of your daily intake! So one teaspoon a day is all u need! It’s been wonderful!
Thank you! Been smoking for way too long and I've always noticed this build up of some kind of white film on the top of my tongue. And thanks to this video I now know that it is a direct result of my smoking and that I am in fact able to correct this myself with a tongue scrubber. Thank you again!
My oldest son had geographic tongue growing up. At first I thought he was chewing on his tongue and kept getting upset with him, but finally a doctor said it was alright and it was a thing that a person gets and he grew out of it eventually!
I have constant sinus drainage down my throat and it costs my tongue. Would the mucus coating my tongue cause me to have a constant sweet taste on my tongue? It’s not a pleasant taste.
My tongue’s got two craters in the middle, only way I can describe it. Didn’t see anything like it in your video. It’s not sore etc I’m just curious why it’s like that.
I have EDS and when you said touch your tongue to your nose i was like "Oh yeah, easy" and then you began to mention its common in EDS my reaction turned into "Oh yeah that checks out" XD I always find EDS so fascinating thought because I have an insanely long and stretchy tongue but someone else i know with EDS can barely stick their tongue out of their mouth because they dont have the connective tissue at the bottom of it and even i've heard from other EDS people that the muscle gets so tight that its hard to do it, really is a condition to keep you on your toes!
Back in the day, a doctor would always use a tongue depressor to examine your tongue as part of a routine checkup. They don't do that anymore. They don't look into your eyes and ears either. Seems to me they could be missing a lot.
I have had Geographic Tongue since I was a newborn and it’s never gone away and it can be very painful.I was also diagnosed with an autoimmune disease Axial Spondyloarthritis 2 years ago.. I’ve always wondered if they were connected!
Thank you Dr. Siibhan for explaining about tongue types. I have a pink white tongue. I'm also getting mouth ulcers on my lips, specially when the weather changes
13:36 I mean maybe it was from smoking. But cancer is caused by degradation of cells usualy being caused by a outside manmade source, while I'm sure smoking allows your body to get cancer quicker or more easily. I'm not sure if its a direct cause? People have smoked since the beginning of time (pretty much) & cancer wasn't a think like it is today, until just very recently, Its not genetic & can almost always only be caused by a outside source. Things like wireless signals which do cause cancer, Additives & chemicals in both every food & Tabaco itself. So forth so on, I'm not a expert though, just my thought. What i do know is we have to stop using ancient ways to deal with cancer that have a .00001% chance of doing anything positive but a 99.8% chance of killing the person.
Just come off some pretty hefty IV antibiotics and an oral course of them, coupled with hexachloride mouthwash after having two abscesses fixed (wisdom tooth removal was not easy), and my tongue went brownish black. Naturally I freaked out, finished them mouthwash course, and now it’s a yellowish brown, so getting better. It’s been a hell of a few weeks tbh.
I 've had geographic tongue since I was child so almost 30 years and it's gotten better/ less visible but it was always there. I showed it too my family doctor when I was a teen and he said that it's nothing. A few years later I went to a new dentist and he told his assistent to write down that I have it for his notes and I was like ❓ I have never heard that name before
I know a couple of people in the family who are affected when they eat pineapple and they end up with patches on their tongue as if the pineapple erodes away parts of the surface. I love pineapple and it doesn’t happen to me.
I also have an geographic tongue, for as long as I can remember. Certain foods makes it inflamed like banana, sour candy and tomato - very painfull. No other family member has it and I don't have psoriasis or asthma.
I did the thing to check my Mallampati score and I can see even deeper than the diagram for 1. It might just be that I have a kind of short uvula but mine descends probably less than half as far down as the amount I can see. If I angle my head a little I can even see the bottom/front side of my throat such that it connects in a full circle. Does that just mean I'm an especially easy airway or could it be a sign of a disease?
I had a vertical sleeve surgery and noticed that I got canker sores more often afterwards. So after some research and trying different things I figured out it was due to B12 deficiency.
I have always gotten a few a year, sometimes several on the same day. I can always tell when one is coming, because I can feel the tingle sensation on the spot it will appear a few days before hand. I do believe I get them from drinking orange juice or from eating to much spicy foods, or mouth trauma. Once I was eating and accidentally bite into my inner cheek and that spot turned into a painful canker sore. So I think those 3 things are triggers for them to appear. Takes a good week or two to go away.
I just wanted to say that apthous stomatitis is sometimes related to patient having APD and also helminths. It's very painful and recurrence rate is very high. Symtoms for both should be ruled out if you notice this type of lesion.
@Cindy B I have noticed that when it's really bad, my taste does change! I don't follow a super bland diet like your daughter does, but I probably should. I do avoid spicy, acidic, or any really harsh food when it's flaring up, though.
My 16 year old daughter has had a tongue that looks like a geographic tongue but worse since she was a toddler. It is harmless unless she eats anything like oranges, pineapples, etc, then it gets really painful, like it's burning. Doctors say it's normal. What's her condition called.
I have the one you mention in connection with thyroid issues (which I do not have, last time we check) AND the geographic one occasionally :'D My tongue looks quite funny then!
Good afternoon I came across your channel about two months ago and I absolutely love how you present your content. I am in healthcare however, I am on the insurance side of the fence. I was wondering if in one of your videos you could talk a little bit about CHS, maybe your thoughts on that? Recently, my son was diagnosed with it after taking a prescription for marijuana to alleviate anxiety he came down with what they call CHS. it is debilitating to a point he’s been in and out of the hospital over 20+ times in the last year. The doctors don’t seem to have a lot of information on this condition and you can go into kidney failure. We are reaching out to everyone across the country including the mayo clinic and the Cleveland clinic trying to learn everything we can about it. Thanks again for all the great content. Best regards, Karen
Hello Doctor, I really enjoyed your programme. You are really a blessing to my family. I have a grand kid in African with tongue like the above picture I'm in US. We have tried so many treatment, but her condition remains the same. She is just 7years old. Is there any suggestions you can please help her with? Thanks so much.
Been Drinking 10 to 15 twenty oz Gatorades a day with extreme thirst for two years and the lame VA has yet to find out my issue but i think i have Hyponatremia and i’m going to be pissed if i figured it out after suffering for two years ….age 39
Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis a condition that would fall under rheumatology? Is it something you've ever seen? I was diagnosed as a kid and I think it's pretty rare, it took almost a year to find a doctor to diagnose it for me. I've got so many questions about it but there's so little out there. I love your channel
I have the symptoms (primarily esophageal spasms when eating anything containing chicken) and follow my doc's advice to use omeprazole (OTC) as one tablet morning and night. That does a good job for me, but remember this is a report, not medical advice. Paradoxically, the more I chew the chicken the worse the reaction.
Hi, what about the blood vessels under the tongue? I see them sometimes all black and inflated and other times they look all normal? What do you think that means?
I’ve had geographical all my life along with my asthma & it’s painful. The docs would always just tell me I don’t use mouthwash enough & no matter what I do, it would still be an issue. I found that making sure my vitamin intake is up to par, that I can keep it at bay as long as I don’t get a chest infection which generally brings it on.
@@inhaledexhaled5460 over time, I’ve worked out that’s right. It generally appears when my body is run down or about to come down with something. It’s generally the first indication I get that tells me I’m about to get a cold or flu & need to up the Vitamin C intake which in turn helps Immensely with getting me back on track quicker.
@@VernCrisler yes now I am. It’s been less of an issue as I’ve kept up with my vitamin intake B 12 included, but I came to that solution on my own, not a single doctor in my many years of being in hospitals being sick has ever said anything like keeping up my vitamin supplements
Thanks Doc. Please do one on the eyes. I never knew there was so many problems that we can know because of the tongue We are really fearfully and wonderfully made. Thank God
I had a friend who didn't have that anchor string thing under her tongue. She could touch the top of her nose with her tongue, not just the tip, and she could also swallow her tongue. It was strange because her identical twin had a normal tongue. I have no idea how something like that isn't genetic and in their shared DNA.
I used to get so many ulcers in my mouth, especially when I traveled. After having about 20, yes 20, ulcers in my mouth on a work trip I started googling. Found some info about people with autoimmune issues (I have lupus) and mouth ulcers should avoid SLS. It's a common ingredient in tooth paste. Every tim😮e I traveled, I took a travel size toothpaste and I checked and it had SLS in it! Once home, I found two different toothpastes without SLS and I stopped getting mouth ulcers! You do need to read the label everytime you buy toothpaste as one time I bought the same toothpaste as usual and ended up with an ulcer. I looked through the ingredients and they had added SLS! My kids would get ulcers and I had them switch toothpaste also and they no longer get ulcers either. As far as we know, my kids dont have any autoimmune issues. I hope this info helps someone else!
My son had geographic tongue and canker sores a lot starting at age 3. Finally figured out he needed a tooth paste and mouthwash with out Sodium lauryl sulfate in it. As long as he doesn’t use his brothers tooth paste and mouth wash he doesn’t have any problems. But when he has a flare up it’s painful and he won’t eat.
Great video! I'd love to learn about what the eyes and skin say about health. My eyes have gotten much dingier and more bloodshot in recent years. Also, I'd love to learn your thoughts about why people's faces tend to get wider and puffier as they get older. My guess is kidney health as well as gut health?
My guess is lifestyle and diet. Have you ever checked out a lot of obese people shopping at Walmar? I know I know Big judgement call. Well, they can't all be glandular!
A family member of mine had what looked like mild tongue lesions. We took her to what was her primary care physician at the time, and to our surprise, he said it looked cancerous, and said he couldn’t see blood vessels under the tongue. Of course it freaked us out, and we were shocked. He didn’t have any relationships with a specialist (strike 2 for the doctor, will get to strike 3 in a sec), so he googled one. Earliest appointment for us was 3 weeks. So I did some digging on my own, I checked her tongue myself with a bright light and multiple hi res photos. First thing to debunk was she did have many blood vessels under her tongue, and looked healthy. Next, I made the grueling search for diseases of the tongue and compared just about all of what was shown on this video to her assumed lesions. First thing I felt confident about ruling out, it was certainly not cancerous. I took a pic morning and night everyday leading up to the specialist appointment in three weeks to document any changes in her toungue. The tongue lesions would go away, sometimes come back. No bleeding or swelling in the tongue and no lesions that bled or wouldn’t go away. After multiple days of observing, I was confident I knew what it was, and when I brought the pictures to the specialist during our appointment, he confirmed it was mild case of Geographic Tongue, a harmless occurrence which causes are unknown, but as she explained can likely come from an immune response, but also a reaction to medication or vitamin deficiency. He confirmed it was nothing cancerous. So strike 3 for primary care doctor for misdiagnosing her, we got rid of his ass and have been with a way better family doctor since then.
I have had a geographic tongue for as long as I can remember. No lesions, but having gullies in my tongue like an eroded landscape. At 70 years of age I can say that I have enjoyed very good health for most of my life and I am quite sceptical of all of the theories for this condition. To me it's normal. No discomfort at all.
Your family member can be so blessed to have you! It's nice how you took such good care of them. Just imagine what would have happened if the first doctor with his misdiagnosis would be the one actually deciding what happens next. Btw, when my family members complain to me about their medical problems and I in turn give them my advise they don't listen at all. They just ignore my advise and continue to complain. :(
I was hoping to learn the cause of my geographic tongue. It can be painful at times. At least I learned that it may be related to the eczema on my hands and feet.
Now learn about your HANDS: ua-cam.com/video/XKhrUVmtt-E/v-deo.html
What body part do you want to learn about NEXT (feet, ears, eyes)?
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Ears please. I have very dry ears and it started after getting swimmers ears that wouldn't heal. This also started after swimming in Lake Erie, so I suspect I caught a bacteria from the lake. It was so painful!
Eyes. My eyes water too much…. What if your tongue looks normal EXCEPT for ridges on the side of your tongue?? Thank you. 🥰🩷
Eyes for sure! They're so intricate and I'm actually having my own eye problems right now so it would be cool to learn about the eye!
Eyes for sure. They are so important that we should know things to look out for.
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Violin and her husband very briefly on the Toronto subway yesterday. They were very nice and exactly how you see them in their videos minus the scrubs.
Hi Shirley! It was so lovely to meet you on the subway! Glad you said hi! 👋🏻 😊- Siobhan and Mark
I didn't know she was in Canada I'm from Alberta
@@tanyabruce1019 that’s farther away than Texas
@@WhiteGuysMadder yup its a cold place to
I’ve had the mouth ulcers. But I’m diabetic and went to pcp dentist and my ent. It was awful
Ma'am you are an inspiration
I am an intern doctor here in India, currently preparing for my residency entrance exam
I've been watching your vlogs since my first year of med school
Your content has taught me to work hard as well as enjoy the journey of medicine
Thank you for your motivating content😄♥️
You can address her as Dr. Siobhan. Uffff, the Hierarchy system in indian medical colleges, thank god I'm no more a part of it. Har kisiko sir ma'am lol 😂🤣🤣🤣
I hope you become as stellar a doctor as her.
Love to you and India 🇮🇳
🧡🤍💚 may you never lose the passion.
Wishing the best of success!
@@pgpg3783 I wouldn't say only Indian medical colleges, but India as a whole! I remember taking classes where 95% of the students were Indian and they'd always call the professors "Sir/Ma'am" to the point where it made me feel like I was being less respectful for saying "Professor" LOL
@@teampied As a human your first job is "not to make things complicated" unless it's really really required..so I tell everyone as Mam/Sir. Period.
@@pgpg3783 But What's the problem if I call her a mam?
Not only she is a doctor, but also a really good teacher.
FELLAS *MR OBALAR* ON UA-cam CURED ME TOTALLY ❤.
Hey Doc, I am A Dentist and I wanna say thank you for this content. Very educational, scientific, and the energy is great. So thank you!
Sjogrens is not very common and here I have it .
FELLAS *MR OBALAR* ON UA-cam CURED ME TOTALLY ❤.
I had cankers all my life until about 10 years ago and, yes, I do have psoriatic arthritis BUT my dentist told me to stop using toothpaste with Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) and I haven’t had a canker since. I hope this helps you. It has helped others I have told.
I hope you got tested for celiac
FELLAS *MR OBALAR* ON UA-cam CURED ME TOTALLY ❤.
@@Petunia-fl9lu Does this cause bad breath
this was soooo interesting! and kinda gross in parts (which i kinda loved 😆) but you have a way of making the nastiest looking thing seem perfectly fine, not health -wise but as in, nothing to be ashamed of. you simply radiate positivity🤩💚!!!
Dental Hygienist here. This was a very good review for me with excellent photos. Thank you for this content. Love your pace too; moves right along.
If someone else had done this I wouldn’t have watched this for more than 10sec. You make it interesting to watch 👍🏾
You are the best, most uplifting, and un-scary physician online :)💕
Thanks Erin!
FYI, My mom , my daughter, and I all have geographic tongue. It does cause pain when eating certain acidic foods. I was told it was genetic, benign, and I would always have it, but it WENT AWAY in my late 50’s when I went gluten free, along with keratosis Pilaris and also reflux. I think there’s more to KP and geographic tongue than we know. Since the symptoms aren’t too bad, they get ignored, but perhaps more research is warranted.
My second son used to get geographic tongue. We were told there was nothing we could do about it. He was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. After eliminating gluten, his tongue is now normal.
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You are on to something! Some people argue that parasites are the culprit to geographic tongue. Changing diet (no gluten, high quality meat, less meat, more veggies) should definitely help.
I was really hoping she would get more in depth on this. It happened to me while I was pregnant and they just told me it was probably hormones. Before that I had only seen it in dental textbooks. We didn't really learn any more about it in school than what was covered in this video but I was hoping there had been studies on it since then.
@@freshgreen54 , today we know more. Some said it is because there is Epstajn Bar virus in co-op with candida albicans.
Epstein Bar virus is also called Kissing Virus who cause a lot of problems in the body!
Read more about EBV, diferent candidas, and herpeses!
My tongue has deep cracks in it what does that mean??? Love u and ur channel!!
I have this too. It's called Fissured Tongue. Was hoping that she would have provided some info on this in the video.
Aint nothing scarier then a woman smiling at you as she tells you how many ways you could have all these dangerous conditions 😢, plz stop lookin so happy as you drop these bombs on us😅
I’m always interested in the tonsils so could you maybe do a video on those?
Your channel is what made me want to go into healthcare! You just seem so upbeat and happy to be helping people.
So wonderful to hear that - thank you so much!
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Who would have thought how there are so many different calamities that can affect the Tongue! My own worst experience is when I end up biting mine as I eat....OUCH! 🤣 Cheers From Ohio To ALL who are in The Violin MD Community!
As a Chinese medicine doctor, the 👅 tongue is part of our basic examination and is foundational to forming a diagnosis ❤ looking forward to hearing what you have to say 😊
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Your videos do a great job explaining various health issues and they are fun as well. I am so happy you showed Raynaud's because of Ssc (Scleroderma)! I was dx w/ difffuse systemic Ssc and 2 summers ago MM (multiple myeloma). This puts quite the challenge for maintaining any normalcies. Thank you for posting these videos, you can help so many people!
Hi good day I hug have these deep cut like in the front of my tongue it’s painful when I eat spicy foods acid drinks and hot food the doctors in Trinidad don’t know what it is or how I got it or how to make it go away do you know what it is
Geographic tongue might be caused by food. I've always had it but it went away (and stayed away) when I stopped eating wheat. I recently started eating wheat again and the geographic tounge came back again in full force. Would be interesting to see if this wheat related or just a food interaction or intolerance.
Same here. It went away when stopped eating wheat
I have geographic tongue. It doesn’t look the same every day- it comes and goes. My Dad had it, too- I just figured it was genetic.
Thank you for all your videos.😊
Yes! It’s interesting how it changed shapes and locations isn’t it?
My daughter has it too, and my cousin's son also, but I don't know of anyone else in our family.
I have it too. Some days i become paranoic.
I have it too but for me it isn’t constant. It generally flares up when I get an upper respiratory infection. The worst was when I had pneumonia and it completely covered my tongue.
Same. I think mine is related to allergies or stress.
Hi there- Oral pathologist here. What an EXCELLENT! Video! So much great information. I was also happy to hear you say "Sjogrens is rare". It's my opinion that it is overdiagnosed : )
SO much of this video was spot on but the only thing I will mention is that HPV is not a risk factor for oral cancer. It is found incidentally in approx 3-5% of oral cancers (depending on the study) and does not impact behavior. HPV is however a major risk factor for oropharyngeal cancers of the base of tongue/tonsil in the oropharynx, outside of the easily visible oral cavity. I agree though that the HPV vaccine is amazing, and I too strongly recommend it : ) Also- pseudomembranous candidiasis of the dorsal tongue is super duper rare (and also overdiagnosed). Most candidiasis of the tongue is erythematous like median rhomboid glossitis.
Thanks for a great video! I hope to one day make as much high quality content as you do : ) Be well!
Thank you Stephen! Great points!
Candidiasis can also be seen when the ICS are not inhaled properly yeah? Making it more likely for the spray to stay in the mouth in case the patient doesnt washes it after taking the spray?
My tongue used to be white due to smoking cigarettes Now I'm 7 years free and my tongue is pink yay
A few years ago, I had a dental procedure. I had a crown, followed a few weeks later by a root canal (same tooth). Between the visits, my dentist said to me "Oh, wow, I didn't realize you had Geographic Tongue". Well, that made two of us. I was shocked because I had never had this before in my life, had never even heard of it. However, it's been almost 3 years now and it's still there. Every single day. It has not gone away and sadly, in my case, it is not harmless. It hurts. My tongue hurts a lot. Everything from brushing my teeth (toothpaste) to drinking anything carbonated aggravates it. The pattern often migrates underneath my tongue on the left hand side and that is the worst, and lasts for weeks. At times, it leaves me in tears. I have done research, and I have seen nothing to indicate that this can be caused by dental trauma, but I'm absolutely convinced because I didn't have it before my dental work. I keep praying it goes away, but so far, no luck.
I'd of had the tooth pulled
I have geographic t and I had multiple fillings on the back of my teeth 🤔
I have geographical tongue. Stress makes it worse. I went for b12 injections for weight loss and noticed my tongue got better.
@@sundayc6439 I started taking Vitamin B12, and my symptoms began to diminish. I'm thinking about talking to my doctor about injections.
My grandson Has a geographic tongue. Unfortunately, we live in an area with a bunch of indoctrinated idiots so our local hospital accused my son-in-law of being a neglectful parent because they said he had to have gotten into a chemical of some sort or something else. He was 18 months old at the time & he literally had 1 mark on his tongue, Ok well you would think anyone with a 1/4 of a brain would know that If he put something in his mouth he would have had a mark on the inside of his cheek, lips throat face SOMETHING but apparently not! ( it was the first time he had it & it was because he grabbed his daddy's Mexican food ( which was pretty spicey) Dad set it down to help my granddaughter quick.) He never cried or complained & the only reason they saw it was because he also had a bad cold & his tonsils were so big they needed to come out so that neglectful dad got worried & took him to the emergency room because my grandson was struggling to get air from his cold. Thankfully I saw it earlier in the day & I had a picture so I did some quick ( I mean like 15 min) research & found out what it was, then he was sent to children's & the intern there dismissed my daughter when she brought it up, so she requested that a specialist come over & he walked in & in 2 seconds said YUP that's Geographic tongue! I just keep wondering how long it will take these doctors to realize that they were trained by big pharma & not to cure us but to push drugs on us :(
I have Raynaud's and Scleroderma and I have noticed when my mouth gets cold, especially in winter, I find it a little hard to speak. I have also stopped eating ice cream. I get geographic tongue, and its mild when it happens but when it does, I notice I am more sensitive to sweet tastes.
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Great video again! What are the painful white swollen taste buds and what causes them? They are so annoying.
I would love for you to cover feet in particular toe nails and various fungal infections, I've had problems with my nails with black streaks in some and in 2 nails, nails coming off, I've been to the chemist and have been applying OTC treatments, teatree oil and more recently vicks vapour rub (this because on Dr Mike, another UA-camr, he had a dermatologist in one of his vlogs suggest this) so any info would be soooo appreciated😢❤❤❤❤
I believe I have the growing tongue over time. Thyroid problems run on my dads side, I have a “scalloped” tongue and have been recently dosed with step apnea. I have # 17 and 32 (wisdom teeth) erupted and have been told that maybe removing those teeth would help with the sleep apnea. I’m curious if that’s true because those teeth cause no other issues and I don’t want to go through removing them if it wouldn’t help.
My tongue looks exactly like the thumbnail. I had to click the video. Thank you for the information
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My mouth becomes so dry that it causes my tongue to get stuck between my teeth and my inner cheek to also get stuck even my lips get stuck together. What is the causes that. Please my know. Thank you
I have geographic tongue and I still remember how It developed. It started as a large red swollen bump on the side of my tongue that lasted for 6 months. Eventually it opened up and looked like the outer skin was being eaten with a white layer and a red layer behind it. It slowly spread to the center front of the outer layer of my tongue and it looked as if the outer layer of my tongues skin was being eaten and what was left was burning red part of my tongue. Then 2 months later it fully reached the left side outer layer. After almost a year it finally reached the center of my tongue(no longer just the outer layer) and the best I can describe it visually is it was as if the skin was eaten away on my taste buds, and many of the tastebuds looked like they were swollen after part of the skin was removed and some of them were oddly shaped with parts of them sticking out further initially.
Eventually over time it morphed into what looks like geographic tongue and with the frequent inflammation, it has left my once smooth, yet bumpy from tastebuds, tongue with many fissures. I have had geographic tongue now for 20 years now with it always changing shape and the red part behind the white layer always burning. Sometimes it feels like I just let my tongue sit on something pulled out of a microwave, oven, or stove that is very hot and burning. While other times I don't feel the pain that much unless I were to move my tongue around and touch the roof of my mouth, fold my tongue, or eat specific foods. Usually there is also some numbness as well.
Basically it started around the same time I was in a lot of pain and the Doctors found my liver was inflamed however its possible it might have just happened at the same time and not be related. However I also developed chronic constipation for nearly 15 years at that same time as well. Doctors did a lot of test when my liver was constantly becoming inflamed for a few months but they never found the root cause. The only other abnormal thing was that my gall bladder was moving bile slower than normal. However I ran out of insurance not long after a lot of test were done and I remained in a lot of pain off and on and feeling as if acid was running in my veins of my entire body and my right side throbbing all the time until it very slowly went away after which took 12 years. Although once in a blue moon I might get some discomfort and throbbing but it seems to be very rare now.
It makes me wonder if there was a link between all three conditions that happened almost simultaneous, the bump on my tongue formed maybe a couple weeks after the first episode of my liver inflammation and the constipation about a a month and eventually changed to where it was chronic(although it wasn't sudden as it alternated between diarrhea and constipation for several months).
Could be a B12 deficiency.
Loved this! I had a pretty resistant case of hyperplastic candidiasis as a side effect of a biologic medication. I saw an oral pathologist who was so helpful. I didn’t even know that that was a dental profession: she must see all kinds of gnarly oral diseases.
Pls can you explain better have similar conditions as well
@@zhoubaheerayhmed2422 I had white bumps on my tongue, cheeks, and palette that didn’t scrape off and didn’t respond to normal anti-fungal treatments for oral thrush. My dentist referred me to an oral pathologist, a dentist who specializes in pathologies of the mouth (gums, teeth, soft tissues like the cheeks, the palette, lips). This specialist dentist works in the hospital and the laboratory, and treats diseases/maladies of the mouth that don’t respond to conventional treatment at the dentist or the GP’s clinics.
I saw her 3 times over 6 months, was put on increasingly aggressive treatments until I finally responded. My taste buds grew back and my full sense of taste returned. I still get flare ups, but they are much easier to treat now.
Geographic tongue happens to me. I never k ew there was a name fir it but it sometimes happens when i eat something acidic, or fruits or just happens them goes awaynon its own. Its ugly.
Fascinating. I know a man who ended up in the hospital with a hairy black tongue and the only thing noted was that he had been swimming in a stream and may have took in some water. I know people who get geographic tongue whenever they are ill or stressed. I know two who still have it after having had Covid 9 mos. ago.
Hi my daughter has black spots on both sides of her tongue ..wat is this?
I used to get ulcers on my tongue, gums, and the insides of my cheeks several times a year. I finally found out that its cause was a vitamin A deficiency. These ulcers would take weeks to go away, and before one would go away several more would appear, if I was very deficient. Once I started taking a vitamin A supplement the ulcers would go away between 12-96 hours. Interestingly, I don't seem to absorb vitamins well from food. (At the time I got these I was on an organic farm eating a large variety of foods that should have fully supplied my body with all of the vitamins that I didn't seem to be able to absorb, including vitamin A.)
I have weak stomach acid which causes malabsorption of nutrients vitamins and minerals.
My GP suggested that I look for toothpaste without SLS in it. Sodium Laurel Sulphate can exacerbate Geographic Tongue and it has helped a bit. Not easy finding toothpaste without SLS though.
Colgate Plaque Release is the one I found.
Great video. I got a black tongue after taking strong antibiotics, and it also burnt the roof of my mouth. I got some Nilstat (as the chemist said, it looked like thrush) and it's going back to normal.
Don’t take b 12 supplements. Just add a spoonful of nutritional yeast to a smoothie, on top of a sandwich, etc. it’s just SLIGHTLY salty… so it doesn’t make any difference in taste! One tablespoon is almost 200% of your daily intake! So one teaspoon a day is all u need! It’s been wonderful!
Thank you! Been smoking for way too long and I've always noticed this build up of some kind of white film on the top of my tongue. And thanks to this video I now know that it is a direct result of my smoking and that I am in fact able to correct this myself with a tongue scrubber. Thank you again!
I bet that humans would be a lot healthier if the chemtrails stopped...
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My oldest son had geographic tongue growing up. At first I thought he was chewing on his tongue and kept getting upset with him, but finally a doctor said it was alright and it was a thing that a person gets and he grew out of it eventually!
My baby is going through, too. She's 7.
My daughter she's going through it too and she's 2yrs
Try B12.
I have constant sinus drainage down my throat and it costs my tongue. Would the mucus coating my tongue cause me to have a constant sweet taste on my tongue? It’s not a pleasant taste.
How interesting. Thanks! I’d like to know about eye health.
Is it normal to have deep fissures in ur tongue. When I pull on the sides of my tongue these fissures open up
I had a tongue biopsy recently! Nothing bad came of it, but I have a new appreciation for this part of the body.
I’m having one Monday. I am super nervous
@@ccalexander1924 good luck 🤞🏼
My tongue’s got two craters in the middle, only way I can describe it. Didn’t see anything like it in your video. It’s not sore etc I’m just curious why it’s like that.
I have a confirmed EDS diagnosis, I can’t touch my tongue to my nose.
My brother has split lines in his tongue. Many cracks on his tongue.What’s wrong?
I have EDS and when you said touch your tongue to your nose i was like "Oh yeah, easy" and then you began to mention its common in EDS my reaction turned into "Oh yeah that checks out" XD
I always find EDS so fascinating thought because I have an insanely long and stretchy tongue but someone else i know with EDS can barely stick their tongue out of their mouth because they dont have the connective tissue at the bottom of it and even i've heard from other EDS people that the muscle gets so tight that its hard to do it, really is a condition to keep you on your toes!
What is EDS?
@@MelB868ehlers-danlos syndrome. A group of collagen disorders.
Yeah Chinese doctors always check your tongue
Back in the day, a doctor would always use a tongue depressor to examine your tongue as part of a routine checkup. They don't do that anymore. They don't look into your eyes and ears either. Seems to me they could be missing a lot.
The two side of my tongue have black spots. Tongue have white covering the entirety. Brush once daily.
I have had Geographic Tongue since I was a newborn and it’s never gone away and it can be very painful.I was also diagnosed with an autoimmune disease Axial Spondyloarthritis 2 years ago.. I’ve always wondered if they were connected!
I too have Geographic Tongue, along with Behçets Disease. Definitely feel this is linked to autoimmune conditions.
Have you tried B12?
Not only can I touch my nose with my tongue but I can touch my nostrils too.
Imagine picking you nose with your tongue 😂😂😂😂
Thank you Dr. Siibhan for explaining about tongue types. I have a pink white tongue. I'm also getting mouth ulcers on my lips, specially when the weather changes
13:36 I mean maybe it was from smoking. But cancer is caused by degradation of cells usualy being caused by a outside manmade source, while I'm sure smoking allows your body to get cancer quicker or more easily. I'm not sure if its a direct cause? People have smoked since the beginning of time (pretty much) & cancer wasn't a think like it is today, until just very recently, Its not genetic & can almost always only be caused by a outside source. Things like wireless signals which do cause cancer, Additives & chemicals in both every food & Tabaco itself. So forth so on, I'm not a expert though, just my thought. What i do know is we have to stop using ancient ways to deal with cancer that have a .00001% chance of doing anything positive but a 99.8% chance of killing the person.
Just come off some pretty hefty IV antibiotics and an oral course of them, coupled with hexachloride mouthwash after having two abscesses fixed (wisdom tooth removal was not easy), and my tongue went brownish black. Naturally I freaked out, finished them mouthwash course, and now it’s a yellowish brown, so getting better. It’s been a hell of a few weeks tbh.
Unless l missed it, you did not cover what causes deep cracks in the tongue ?
I 've had geographic tongue since I was child so almost 30 years and it's gotten better/ less visible but it was always there. I showed it too my family doctor when I was a teen and he said that it's nothing. A few years later I went to a new dentist and he told his assistent to write down that I have it for his notes and I was like ❓ I have never heard that name before
I know a couple of people in the family who are affected when they eat pineapple and they end up with patches on their tongue as if the pineapple erodes away parts of the surface. I love pineapple and it doesn’t happen to me.
@@margareth1504 same here with pineapple also with kiwi 😥
@@IrishHoneyBlossom must be more common than I knew of 🙂
I have a cracked tongue, and it hurts.
That must hurt a lot
I also have an geographic tongue, for as long as I can remember. Certain foods makes it inflamed like banana, sour candy and tomato - very painfull.
No other family member has it and I don't have psoriasis or asthma.
This is caused by hyperacidity
@@elizabethmassi7327 caused by hyperacidity or inflamed by it?
It's usually genetic.
I did the thing to check my Mallampati score and I can see even deeper than the diagram for 1. It might just be that I have a kind of short uvula but mine descends probably less than half as far down as the amount I can see. If I angle my head a little I can even see the bottom/front side of my throat such that it connects in a full circle. Does that just mean I'm an especially easy airway or could it be a sign of a disease?
I had a vertical sleeve surgery and noticed that I got canker sores more often afterwards. So after some research and trying different things I figured out it was due to B12 deficiency.
I have always gotten a few a year, sometimes several on the same day. I can always tell when one is coming, because I can feel the tingle sensation on the spot it will appear a few days before hand. I do believe I get them from drinking orange juice or from eating to much spicy foods, or mouth trauma. Once I was eating and accidentally bite into my inner cheek and that spot turned into a painful canker sore. So I think those 3 things are triggers for them to appear. Takes a good week or two to go away.
I just wanted to say that apthous stomatitis is sometimes related to patient having APD and also helminths. It's very painful and recurrence rate is very high. Symtoms for both should be ruled out if you notice this type of lesion.
Love your videos! One of my favorite doctors on YT!!
Thanks Sofia!
I have geographic tongue as well as my mother. I passed it onto my son. We have to be careful when eating acidic foods.
I have a geographic tongue and it can be so painful if the ridges get really deep. I have to watch what I eat
My daughter has geographic tongue, and I am sure it affects how she tastes food! Most acidic foods are a no for her, a bland diet is definitely best.
@Cindy B I have noticed that when it's really bad, my taste does change! I don't follow a super bland diet like your daughter does, but I probably should. I do avoid spicy, acidic, or any really harsh food when it's flaring up, though.
EYES! I’m an eye lover! And I would like you to tell us if you ever came across a patient who had the most beautiful eyes you have seen ❤️
She is a great teacher and story teller. Thanks for that information!
My 16 year old daughter has had a tongue that looks like a geographic tongue but worse since she was a toddler. It is harmless unless she eats anything like oranges, pineapples, etc, then it gets really painful, like it's burning. Doctors say it's normal. What's her condition called.
Sooo, if you are female isn’t the strongest muscle the uterus?
Ooo good thought!! It’s a hard muscle to test though 😂
What sort of conditions may be associated with the 5% of people who can perform all five tongue exercises? Thank you.
Your joy is so contagious, I was smiling all along the video. Super interesting, thank you so much for your videos ❤
What does it mean of I have these painful/irritating cracks in the middle of my tongue?
Love your enthusiasm and the content of your videos. 😛
the immune system!
I have the one you mention in connection with thyroid issues (which I do not have, last time we check) AND the geographic one occasionally :'D My tongue looks quite funny then!
Good afternoon I came across your channel about two months ago and I absolutely love how you present your content. I am in healthcare however, I am on the insurance side of the fence. I was wondering if in one of your videos you could talk a little bit about CHS, maybe your thoughts on that? Recently, my son was diagnosed with it after taking a prescription for marijuana to alleviate anxiety he came down with what they call CHS. it is debilitating to a point he’s been in and out of the hospital over 20+ times in the last year. The doctors don’t seem to have a lot of information on this condition and you can go into kidney failure. We are reaching out to everyone across the country including the mayo clinic and the Cleveland clinic trying to learn everything we can about it. Thanks again for all the great content. Best regards, Karen
She unfortunately never responded which is fine but it would have been nice to get her prospective on CHS.
Hello Doctor, I really enjoyed your programme. You are really a blessing to my family. I have a grand kid in African with tongue like the above picture I'm in US. We have tried so many treatment, but her condition remains the same. She is just 7years old. Is there any suggestions you can please help her with? Thanks so much.
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I love this series!! I'm a med student currently learning semiology and it's lovely to see videos about these topics!!
Been Drinking 10 to 15 twenty oz Gatorades a day with extreme thirst for two years and the lame VA has yet to find out my issue but i think i have Hyponatremia and i’m going to be pissed if i figured it out after suffering for two years ….age 39
Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis a condition that would fall under rheumatology? Is it something you've ever seen? I was diagnosed as a kid and I think it's pretty rare, it took almost a year to find a doctor to diagnose it for me. I've got so many questions about it but there's so little out there. I love your channel
I have the symptoms (primarily esophageal spasms when eating anything containing chicken) and follow my doc's advice to use omeprazole (OTC) as one tablet morning and night. That does a good job for me, but remember this is a report, not medical advice. Paradoxically, the more I chew the chicken the worse the reaction.
Hi, what about the blood vessels under the tongue? I see them sometimes all black and inflated and other times they look all normal? What do you think that means?
That thumbnail! 🤣🤣
Went for something a little different 😂😂
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I’ve had geographical all my life along with my asthma & it’s painful. The docs would always just tell me I don’t use mouthwash enough & no matter what I do, it would still be an issue.
I found that making sure my vitamin intake is up to par, that I can keep it at bay as long as I don’t get a chest infection which generally brings it on.
It sounds like its definitely an immunity issue
@@inhaledexhaled5460 over time, I’ve worked out that’s right. It generally appears when my body is run down or about to come down with something. It’s generally the first indication I get that tells me I’m about to get a cold or flu & need to up the Vitamin C intake which in turn helps Immensely with getting me back on track quicker.
Are you taking B12? A deficiency in B12 seems to be related to tongue and mouth disorders.
@@VernCrisler yes now I am. It’s been less of an issue as I’ve kept up with my vitamin intake B 12 included, but I came to that solution on my own, not a single doctor in my many years of being in hospitals being sick has ever said anything like keeping up my vitamin supplements
Thanks Doc. Please do one on the eyes. I never knew there was so many problems that we can know because of the tongue
We are really fearfully and wonderfully made. Thank God
I had a friend who didn't have that anchor string thing under her tongue. She could touch the top of her nose with her tongue, not just the tip, and she could also swallow her tongue. It was strange because her identical twin had a normal tongue. I have no idea how something like that isn't genetic and in their shared DNA.
Women generally have bigger longer tongues
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I don't have any teeth and I can now touch my nose with my tongue 😂
I used to get so many ulcers in my mouth, especially when I traveled. After having about 20, yes 20, ulcers in my mouth on a work trip I started googling. Found some info about people with autoimmune issues (I have lupus) and mouth ulcers should avoid SLS. It's a common ingredient in tooth paste. Every tim😮e I traveled, I took a travel size toothpaste and I checked and it had SLS in it! Once home, I found two different toothpastes without SLS and I stopped getting mouth ulcers!
You do need to read the label everytime you buy toothpaste as one time I bought the same toothpaste as usual and ended up with an ulcer. I looked through the ingredients and they had added SLS! My kids would get ulcers and I had them switch toothpaste also and they no longer get ulcers either. As far as we know, my kids dont have any autoimmune issues.
I hope this info helps someone else!
What are the two toothpaste that didn’t have it?
My son had geographic tongue and canker sores a lot starting at age 3. Finally figured out he needed a tooth paste and mouthwash with out Sodium lauryl sulfate in it. As long as he doesn’t use his brothers tooth paste and mouth wash he doesn’t have any problems. But when he has a flare up it’s painful and he won’t eat.
Great video! I'd love to learn about what the eyes and skin say about health. My eyes have gotten much dingier and more bloodshot in recent years. Also, I'd love to learn your thoughts about why people's faces tend to get wider and puffier as they get older. My guess is kidney health as well as gut health?
My guess is lifestyle and diet. Have you ever checked out a lot of obese people shopping at Walmar? I know I know Big judgement call. Well, they can't all be glandular!
I had studied traditional Chinese medicine and had a book on tongue diagnosis.
A family member of mine had what looked like mild tongue lesions. We took her to what was her primary care physician at the time, and to our surprise, he said it looked cancerous, and said he couldn’t see blood vessels under the tongue. Of course it freaked us out, and we were shocked. He didn’t have any relationships with a specialist (strike 2 for the doctor, will get to strike 3 in a sec), so he googled one. Earliest appointment for us was 3 weeks. So I did some digging on my own, I checked her tongue myself with a bright light and multiple hi res photos. First thing to debunk was she did have many blood vessels under her tongue, and looked healthy. Next, I made the grueling search for diseases of the tongue and compared just about all of what was shown on this video to her assumed lesions. First thing I felt confident about ruling out, it was certainly not cancerous. I took a pic morning and night everyday leading up to the specialist appointment in three weeks to document any changes in her toungue. The tongue lesions would go away, sometimes come back. No bleeding or swelling in the tongue and no lesions that bled or wouldn’t go away. After multiple days of observing, I was confident I knew what it was, and when I brought the pictures to the specialist during our appointment, he confirmed it was mild case of Geographic Tongue, a harmless occurrence which causes are unknown, but as she explained can likely come from an immune response, but also a reaction to medication or vitamin deficiency. He confirmed it was nothing cancerous. So strike 3 for primary care doctor for misdiagnosing her, we got rid of his ass and have been with a way better family doctor since then.
I have had a geographic tongue for as long as I can remember. No lesions, but having gullies in my tongue like an eroded landscape. At 70 years of age I can say that I have enjoyed very good health for most of my life and I am quite sceptical of all of the theories for this condition. To me it's normal. No discomfort at all.
Your family member can be so blessed to have you! It's nice how you took such good care of them. Just imagine what would have happened if the first doctor with his misdiagnosis would be the one actually deciding what happens next.
Btw, when my family members complain to me about their medical problems and I in turn give them my advise they don't listen at all. They just ignore my advise and continue to complain. :(
Not included is Fissure tongue but I'm unsure of the cause if there is one. I have fissure tongue. I get extra drunk so i rarely drink
I like how excited you are talking about serious issues 😊
I was hoping to learn the cause of my geographic tongue. It can be painful at times. At least I learned that it may be related to the eczema on my hands and feet.