7th November 2006
Go see an allergy doctor. You might have food allergies which could cause polyps on the back of your tongue sort of deeper into the back of your mouth. I had these off and on for years and just thought they were big tastebuds... But I was wrong. My allergy doc saw it and told me right away. I did allergy testing recently (I'm 31, by the way) and found I was allergic to a lot of different foods, animals, tree's, grass, etc...
The allergy test SUCK but it's worth it. It's pretty painful... I had over 80 small shots in my back during the test but it had to be done to see what exactly I was allergic too....
If they give your shots onto your back, request they don't give them over the spine or shoulder blades cause those areas hurt like crazy.
They can work around it...... My nurse did (after 1/2 way through I told her it was killin me and she said she could work around those areas).
Anyway, polyps on the back of tongue are a sign of food allergies and they can in some people get big enough to make it hard to get air.
I had adult onset asthma at age 31 which is weird cause it most often comes on in peoples 20's if it happens as an adult.
But I've been to a gastroenterologist, allergy specialist & pulmonologist so far and they all seem to think it's something different... uggg.... so, i'm getting pumped full of medicines for now. I just started my allergy shots and had worse asthma symptoms after it so, I've put them off till I can see the allergy doc again and get my shots weakened a bit.
I'm on nexium 40mg 1x daily, singulair, azmacort inhaler, xoponex inhaler.
My allergy doc tried to switch me to advair inhaler which has 2 medicines in it, 1-corticosteroid & salmeterol.... Salmeterol has been linked to 4 out of 5 asthma related deaths and the package insert says it may increase asthma related death, etc... it also says it should only be used if there is no other inhalers that work well for your asthma so, what they heck he wants me to take it for, i have no idea...!
I'm not taking it though, cause I do fine on xoponex and either azmacort or qvar....
I hope you find the answers you seek............ Good luck :)
The allergy test SUCK but it's worth it. It's pretty painful... I had over 80 small shots in my back during the test but it had to be done to see what exactly I was allergic too....
If they give your shots onto your back, request they don't give them over the spine or shoulder blades cause those areas hurt like crazy.
They can work around it...... My nurse did (after 1/2 way through I told her it was killin me and she said she could work around those areas).
Anyway, polyps on the back of tongue are a sign of food allergies and they can in some people get big enough to make it hard to get air.
I had adult onset asthma at age 31 which is weird cause it most often comes on in peoples 20's if it happens as an adult.
But I've been to a gastroenterologist, allergy specialist & pulmonologist so far and they all seem to think it's something different... uggg.... so, i'm getting pumped full of medicines for now. I just started my allergy shots and had worse asthma symptoms after it so, I've put them off till I can see the allergy doc again and get my shots weakened a bit.
I'm on nexium 40mg 1x daily, singulair, azmacort inhaler, xoponex inhaler.
My allergy doc tried to switch me to advair inhaler which has 2 medicines in it, 1-corticosteroid & salmeterol.... Salmeterol has been linked to 4 out of 5 asthma related deaths and the package insert says it may increase asthma related death, etc... it also says it should only be used if there is no other inhalers that work well for your asthma so, what they heck he wants me to take it for, i have no idea...!
I'm not taking it though, cause I do fine on xoponex and either azmacort or qvar....
I hope you find the answers you seek............ Good luck :)