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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / May 2006Yelow Tongue
Does a coated yellow tongue indicate post nasal mucus drip from the sinuses? Kindest personal regards, Ray The Travellin' Man.....Ray Armstrong your eyes and ears on the Tweed!! Let's Keep Music Liiiiiiiiiiiive!!!!!!! > Does a coated yellow tongue indicate post nasal mucus drip from the sinuses? > > Kindest personal regards, > Ray The Travellin' Man.....Ray Armstrong your eyes and ears on the Tweed!! > Let's Keep Music Liiiiiiiiiiiive!!!!!!! When it happened to me years ago, it was thrush from antibiotics, steroid nasal sprays and too high blood sugar. Susan > Does a coated yellow tongue indicate post nasal mucus drip from the sinuses? My dentist, who is one of the best in my area, has seen two different causes of this in his experience: infected post nasal drip forming a so-called "biofilm" on the back of the tongue; and oral thrush (Candida fungus infection). If you've been on certain antibiotics, they kill off the normal mouth bacteria and allow Candida to gain the upper hand. Here's a test you can do: Buy a tongue scraper and try scraping the yellow gunk off your tongue. If the yellow gunk refuses to come off without your tongue bleeding, then it's most likely thrush. Because Candida actually sends down hyphae (roots) into your skin to hold on. Gross, huh?  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. The gunk comes off when I scrape it. -- Kindest personal regards, Ray The Travellin' Man.....Ray Armstrong your eyes and ears on the Tweed!! Let's Keep Music Liiiiiiiiiiiive!!!!!!! > > Does a coated yellow tongue indicate post nasal mucus drip from the sinuses? > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. Hi Steven, I just used a course of ammoxicillin (in this case because a tooth was removed and there was a infection below it). I also noticed this yellow stuff on the back of my tongue. If it is the candida fungus, what can i / should i do about it? Maybe see the GP? Some advice would be helpfull. Thanks! Andries >> Does a coated yellow tongue indicate post nasal mucus drip from the >> sinuses? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Candida actually sends down hyphae (roots) into your skin to hold on. > Gross, huh? > Hi Steven, > > I just used a course of ammoxicillin (in this case because a tooth was > removed and there was a infection below it). > I also noticed this yellow stuff on the back of my tongue. If it is the > candida fungus, what can i / should i do about it? Stop taking antibiotics for quite a while. If the candida is mild, you might try treating it yourself. Use a tongue scraper after every meal and avoid sweets that the candida feed on. Use frequently an OTC mouthwash that contains the active antifungal ingredient cetylpyridinium chloride. (Here in America, the brand that contains the highest concentration of it is Cepacol. Scope contains a lower concentration of it; Listerine contains none.) If after a few weeks, those measures fail, then you can ask either your dentist or your GP for prescription topical antifungal drugs. I've had good results with Mycelex troches (lozenges). Be sure you tell them what other medications you are taking, since antifungals can have some interactions with other drugs. SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. >> Hi Steven, >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > other medications you are taking, since antifungals can have some > interactions with other drugs. Hi Steven, Thansk for your reply. Actually, i am not taking any kind of medication, it was just the antibiotics for the infection, and that course ended 2 weeks ago. I will go see what we have here in Holland on OTC stuff with the ingredient you described, i hope they know it..:-) Andries |
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