Lingual tonsils

[PeachyBlossom]

Just wondering has anyone had problems with their lingual tonsils and if so what was your experience with it? What symptoms did you have? How’d you get diagnosed? How long did it take you to get diagnosed?

I’m still not 100% on what’s wrong with me but someone has told me that I could have a problem with my lingual tonsils since she has had similar problems with hers for the last few years and doctors haven’t really done much about it.

I’m not experiencing any pain. My neck, face and throat is just really swollen. The exact spots that are swollen are: right under chin/jaw, at the bottom of my neck (there’s like a ball lump) , inside my mouth (on the insides of my cheeks) and under my tongue. There also feels like there’s something that’s swollen and touching each other at the back of my throat that’s further back then my normal tonsils. And I have swollen lymph nodes (I even have them behind my knees which is weird)

I’m also getting a rash that looks like little red pimple like dots that won’t pop on the tops of my legs, my arms, my stomach and my chest.

I’m also getting fatigue, muscle weakness (my muscles feel all shaky even when I’m doing something simple like leaning my elbows on my legs while I look at my iPad or holding my arms in the air), thin hair and random pains throughout my body

We’ve been to GP’s, ENTs, the hospital and the dentist and no one knows that’s wrong with me. I’m going to get a CT scan this week but I’m scared that’s going to show nothing as well

We’ve already ruled out: normal tonsillitis, mono, helicobacter, strep

I got a full blood test done and it said I have an infection (which I’ve known for a while) and it also said I have high levels of testosterone and I’m insulin resistant so the doctors think I have pcos and I had a feeling I did because I’ve had chronic diarrhoea and abdominal swelling for the past 3 years but that still doesn’t explain my neck and throat symptoms.

So now my mum and I are thinking it could be: lingual tonsillitis, an allergy to dairy (since I’ve noticed in the last few days that it gets kinda worse when I have dairy), celiac disease, a problem with my salivary glands or a problem caused by my indigestion.

I’m currently on my third course of antibiotics for this but I know it’s not going to help since it hasn’t the last 2 times I’ve had them in the last few months.

Does anyone have similar symptoms or know of anything that can give me relief for a while? And has anyone had the problems I’ve listed above and if you have, have you experienced similar symptoms to this.

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Hello Peachy

Ice cream may reduce any swelling in your throat etc, that was what they did if you had your tonsils taken out, it relives the Pain

You say you are going for a scan, hopefully that will work out for you.

You mentioned above last time you were on site, are you irritating the back of the throat in any way.

Are you eating anything like food with sauces or similar, sometimes this can also cause irritation at back of throat etc

BOB

[PeachyBlossom]

Yeah I’ll have to get my mum to pick up some ice cream when she goes up the shops next.

I really hope they find something on the scan cause I just really want to get this fixed.

I’ve been having some sauces like barbecue sauce and tomato sauce would that cause irritation?

[Hidden in reply to PeachyBlossom]

Some herbs and spices can cause irritation I suppose.

We had a couple of packets of spicey crisps and they really hurt our mouths, had a cold beer and it still was tingling

BOB