Hi there. About 2 months ago, my
boyfriend was eating potato chips with his
lunch. To his surprise, one of the chips
punctured his tongue. It bled like crazy.
It eventually swelled up and bruised. it
was painful but he dealt with the pain.
The next weekend, we went swimming. he
went under water and noticed pain in his
ear and realized he had an ear infection.
Most likely, it was caused by his tongue
puncture. We were on vacation, so we went
to the nearest emergency room. he was
prescribed antibiotics and we were on our
way. The medicine gave him really bad
headaches. he took them for about two
days and stopped because the headaches
were so bad and his pain went away.
Well, about a week ago, his tongue started
swelling up again and it is painful. No
discoloration though. He went to his
doctor and they prescribed penicillin.
After five days on the medicine, there has
been now change. Tongue is still very
painful and is preventing him from being
able to eat.
What should we do now. We know that he
must finish the medicine but shouldn't he
be feeling some relief by now? Is there
something else we should be doing? He
does have some pain in his ear too so we
think it's an infection but can't figure
out why he is not feeling better yet. Can
anybody help?
Thanks.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 10-11-07 12:21pm
there could be a peice of chip in there
and the tounge is reacting to that and
trying to reject it. the pennicillin is
preventing infection but it still would
hurt if the chip is still in there.
