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What Should I Do For Dryness In My Tongue?
hi, I have since yesterday a sensation as if the back of my tongue is dry, or as if there's a hair in there. I realized today that the tongue is yellowish. I have been taking medicines lately: norfloxacin and metronidazole.. does it have to do? what should I do to solve this?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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helloo...read thru ur query...and accordingly i must say that hairy feeling can be due to inflammation of taste buds and coating of tongue is due to fungal infection(candidiasis)which can be caused due to the medicine intake..but nothing to be worried..be cool and follow this..do tongue scraping daily after brushing ur teeth...then use chlorhexidine mouthrinse..apply nystatin antifungal gel on the tongue..do salt water gargle...drink lots and lots of water...besides all these be cool and happy...follow this regularly for few weeks and still if it continue meet a dentist and get it treated based on clinical presentation...nothing to be worried..be happy..happiness can solve every problem in life..hope ur benefitted something from this reply..have a healthy day!!!
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