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Thrush or not? White tongue

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himani75194
himani75194

Hi all,

I have noticed a white coating on my tongue for the past month or so and I am wondering if it looks like oral thrush. The back of my mouth and throat feels sore in certain spots as well. Saw my GP two weeks ago who wasn't too sure whether it could be thrush but gave me nystatin anyways for 10 days but it hasn't really made any difference. I have been having a lot of GI issues (GERD, discomfort swallowing, indigestion, etc) and have been taking prevacid for past 2 months so I don't know if it could be caused by that. I'm 20 and have no other known risk factors for thrush so not sure what could be causing this.

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