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I have an inflamed hard palate. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, The inflamed hard palate is adjacent to the soft palate. Drinking citrus-flavored drinks or sucking sour sweets can make it uncomfortable, like a burning feeling. No red spots or white spots. No bleeding was present for five to six days. No fever or other health issues. Type 2 diabetes is... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If you are experiencing an inflamed hard palate adjacent to the soft palate, it is possible that various factors, such as irritation or an allergic reaction, could cause it. The discomfort you feel when consuming citrus-flavored drinks or sour sweets could be due to the ... Read Full »
I have a recurring sore on my soft palate. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 49 year old female weighing 135 lb. I am a smoker, I have had a sore in the soft palate area from two months. Initially, my dentist gave treatment for an ulcer. But now it has recurred, and my dentist believes it to be a fibroma. I read fibromas do not usually appear on soft pal... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. After seeing the pictures (attachment removed to protect patient identity), the lesion looks like a fibroma. It is not a diagnosis neither this is the way we go clinically especially when it comes to diagnosis of suspicious growth.Fibromas are very common among oral growt... Read Full »
Can pain in the palate cause Eagle syndrome?
Query: Hello doctor, I have changes and pain on the palate, obsessive jaw and tongue movements (I have a feeling something is wrong with my palate and feel the need to lick it with the tip of my tongue constantly), constant feeling of something leaking on the back of my throat and below my tongue and neck ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You might be aware that Eagle syndrome is a condition where there is an elongation of the styloid process or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. This causes pressure on the cranial nerves and results in pain related to the nerve compression. We usually measure ... Read Full »
My mouth was swollen after I bit hard. What should I do?
Query: Hi doctor, I bit very hard about three weeks ago. The bottom of my front tooth hit the roof of my mouth just behind the top front tooth. It was swollen. My doctor prescribed me an antibiotic. I still have a spot on the roof of my mouth that makes chewing difficult. There is no hole in it. There is a... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. I looked over the image (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). The image is not clear. Hence, I cannot diagnose it. Since you have been hitting that spot regularly, it could be a tissue growth. Give it a few more days and ... Read Full »
The area near the upper wisdom tooth is painful and is hard to touch. Please help
Query: Hi doctor, The area in the back of my palate near the upper wisdom tooth feels bony hard. The area in question suddenly feels painful and looks reddish in color on the right-hand side. The bony area has always been there on either side of my mouth, but on one side, it slightly starts to hurt especia... Read Full »
Answer: Hello. Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the picture you have enclosed (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity) and the symptoms you have explained. It might be an erupting bony exostosis or a white lesion of the palate. You can follow lukewarm saltwater rinsing several times a da... Read Full »
I have a small pea-sized bump on my hard palate. What is this?
Query: Hi doctor, I had a deep cleaning done recently. Yesterday I noticed a small pea-sized bump on my hard palate. The dentist did inject me with Novocaine (Procaine Hydrochloride) to numb the upper right side of my jaw. I am not sure whether it is related or not. Any ideas what this could be? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Good evening. I hope you are well. Thanks for approaching icliniq. I saw your query. I will help you solve the issue. I saw the picture (attachment removed to protect patient identity) attached. The bump may be due to any swelling or infection or related to a local a... Read Full »