For about 3 years now I get these killer sores, just one big one on
the side of my tongue. It's not a blister that has fluid or anything
but is raised up and white in appearance, about 3/8 inch long. No scab
or scaling or dried up stuff. No redness. It lasts 7-14 very painful
days, then it goes away for 2 months, then it comes back again like
clock work, usually on the other side of the tongue. Sometimes there's
an accompanying earache and swollen salivary gland or gland in my
throat and it feels like one big infection from my ear to my throat on
one side of my head. I swab this 20% Benzocaine solution from the drug
store called Kanka on the hot spot about every two hours. Lot's of
salt water rinses. It helps but not much. I guzzle fluids. I try and
eat right almost all the time. I don't drink or smoke or get high. I
practice normal oral hygiene. I'm not swapping spit with anybody.
Nothing seems to make much difference. I also feel run down and achy
and depressed while it's happening.
I went to a doctor to ask if I had herpes and she looked at it and
said, "nope, it's something you ate, I can prescribe something but
it's expensive and won't do you any good".
I had a girlfriend in the 80's who had genital herpes but we used
protection mostly. 3 years later I had adult chicken pox. 15 years go
by without incident, orally speaking. Then about 3 years ago I started
having this recurring mouth problem. Any idea what could be going on?
I live in the sticks. Unless you have a broken arm the doctors here
don't seem to know much. Thank you.