Hello. I am a 25 yo female and I have had a submental swelling for 3 1/2 years. My first ENT specialist diagnosed me with a RANULA and operated 2 surgeries to drain the liquid from my neck but it would ... View answer

We just purchased a salt water theraputic spa. We were told by some friends that having this salt water spa will raise our blood pressure. I have done a lot of reading and basically the small... View answer

Is it all right to gargle with salt and warm water 3 times a day. Like to visit on Christmas Day my family. Is this contagious? My doctor said that it would be all right to visit. Do you agree? There will ... View answer

[Have blood blister that just appeared one day (no trauma) and then it enlarged. I had lanced it and tried soaking in salts but it just kept bleeding. I have trimmed the skin to expose to air and now various attempts to... View answer

I put a spring water to warm water into Neti pots to my nasal to clear up then, I felt salt in my throat. I use a cold a spring water to pour into Neti pots to my nasal to rinse clear... View answer

Have a sinus infection and currently taking antibiotics. I now have a ranula under my tongue and swelling in my neck on same side as ranula. Did my sinus infection cause the ranula? Should I go back to... View answer

submandibular gland (cystic) and a ranula. In past few months under my tongue is swollen and VERY painful (pain ... ... how do the drs distinguish if it is a ranula or a plunging ranula? Should I be... View answer

believe led to my developing a ranula. I ve had a consultation with an oral maxillofacial surgeon, who ... that the ranula would return after the first surgery because of the size of the cyst and the... View answer

I was just told by oral surgeon that I had a RANULA. He wants to cut each side of the floor of my mouth and drain but not cut it out. Then stitch it up. I m not comfortable with the evasiveness and not ... View answer

I have developed what I think is a ranula in the floor of my mouth. Last week I was using a rubber tipped pick to massage my gums and it slipped and poked me in where the underside of my tongue meets the ... View answer