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Roof Of The Mouth Goes Numb During Meals, Lump At The Same Place. Suggestion?
Question: At lunch I notice the top of the roof of my month went numb. The feeling returned but now I have a lump there about the size of a quarter.
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There are two possible scenarios;
-either the mass was there long ago and has been gradually developing or
-the mass was of acute onset.
Acute onset is most often associated with consumption of hot food or a hard food that must have injured your palate first of all manifesting as a loss of sensation and then swelling. However, treatment is based only on pain killers as symptoms clear off within a couple of days.
The gradually growing mass could be a tumor and this can only be confirm by showing it to a medical doctor for examination and possible biopsy.
Hope this answers your query. If you have more query, i will be glad to help.
Best regards
thanks for using health care magic.
There are two possible scenarios;
-either the mass was there long ago and has been gradually developing or
-the mass was of acute onset.
Acute onset is most often associated with consumption of hot food or a hard food that must have injured your palate first of all manifesting as a loss of sensation and then swelling. However, treatment is based only on pain killers as symptoms clear off within a couple of days.
The gradually growing mass could be a tumor and this can only be confirm by showing it to a medical doctor for examination and possible biopsy.
Hope this answers your query. If you have more query, i will be glad to help.
Best regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you - I did eat a hot dog and the first bit was rather warm so this must be it. I will take some Aleve and of course Ice Cream:)
Hello,
thank once more for the query.
You should feel better within a couple of days say three to seven days.
If you do not have further query, you could close the discussion and rate the answers.
Best regards
thank once more for the query.
You should feel better within a couple of days say three to seven days.
If you do not have further query, you could close the discussion and rate the answers.
Best regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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