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thin white coating on tomgue

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mike40937
mike40937

Hi currently on Nexium 

anybody else have a pale /thin white coating on the tongue sometimes tingling

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  • stuart09688
    stuart09688 mike40937

    Posted

    YES !! What is it ? 
    • mike40937
      mike40937 stuart09688

      Posted

      Hi Stuart 

      I dont know have you had it for long are you on PPIS

      i have tried everyting scraping and brushing with salt 

      nothing works 

  • Gillian1956
    Gillian1956 mike40937

    Posted

    Yes I have and get burning throat Gullet and tingling tongue and stinking Thiago and gullit that's what I'm flinch thought now waiting for appointment to see gastrolagest at moment my doctor disentangle like the amount of waight I've lost but it's because I can't eat  much 

    • Gillian1956
      Gillian1956

      Posted

      Stinging throat that should say 
    • mike40937
      mike40937 Gillian1956

      Posted

      Hi Gillian 

      are you on PPIS at the moment 

      i am waiting on appointment for endoscopy

      a bit selfish but i am glad i am not alone 

    • Gillian1956
      Gillian1956 mike40937

      Posted

      Yes I'm on PPI medication I'm waiting to be seen as well don't feel selfish it's good to know your not alone 

    • mike40937
      mike40937 Gillian1956

      Posted

      Hi Gillian 

      Are you experiencing  A WHITE COATING ON YOUR TONGUE

    • Gillian1956
      Gillian1956 mike40937

      Posted

      Yes I do get this have done since I've had this dreadful illness 

    • mike40937
      mike40937 Gillian1956

      Posted

      Being selfish again but so relieved to hear someone else has it too 
  • stuart09688
    stuart09688 mike40937

    Posted

    I was on Rabeprazole for 2 years but told to stop and move to only Gaviscon Advance. 
  • stuart09688
    stuart09688 mike40937

    Posted

    History of coated tongue :

    No white tongue until June 2015 after a cold, went to docs thinking it was oral thrush, did a test and was not oral thrush however this then lead to an endoscopy which showed esophagusitus and reflux. Was put on numerous different PPI, but neither cured the white tongue. Came off PPI in December 2017 and moved to Gaviscon Advance, white tongue continued. In 2 and a half years the only time I have managed to cure the white tongue was when I started drinking 2 glasses of red wine every night for a week. This cured it ! However stopping the red wine drinking made it return within a few days. How weird !

    • mike40937
      mike40937 stuart09688

      Posted

      Hi Stuart ,

      I have been on Omeprazole since December ,

      I have coated tongue now about 3 weeks ,

      So i can only assume its a side effect of the PPI

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