Doctor Bastian, Thank You. I'm 61 and I have developed a tendency to bite the right side of my tongue when chewing food with onset of numbness of my lips. The first I noticed it is when I bit my tongue so hard I almost passed out from the pain. Later, I noted a round white sore with an open center AND onset of a chronic non productive cough. My doctor believes it is from GERD as I test negative for CoViD19 or Diabetes. Later still the right side of my body became numb and weak so I got in the car and drove to Emergency Dept. as I thought it was a Stroke. They quickly did the whole protocol but it was Negative and the doctor said it was Peripheral Neuropathy which I have developed over years of time on my lower body and legs. When I bit my tongue I had soreness on the right side of my throat and hoarseness of my vocal cords. I had all CoViD19 vaccines so I have been keeping track of these symptoms coming on. I live 5 hours North of Chicago. Physicians I anticipate will want to investigate my throat visually with a scope. I opted out of colonoscopies and used a Cologuard shipped to me because I have an aversion to intrusive scopes of any kind. I don't want to be carved up. The more physicians I see increases the chances that they will discover something wrong and won't be able to do much about it. It is infantile to feel this way. I know.
Can the treatments make the pain go away permanently? This sounds very much like what I have been experiencing for about three months. Doctors don't know what to make of it and I have seen quite a few. Also, can it lead to problems in the bottom branches of the trigeminal nerve of the face? I have had the pain you describe coupled with tingling and numbness in the lower half of my face. Can any kind of physical therapy help with this?
You might be experiencing a neuralgia. For hyoidynia, steroid injection works best; it could certainly be tried in theoretical case like yours; or neuralgia medication such as amitriptyline or gabapentin ... All under the care of your personal physician of course.
@@Laryngopedia Thank you! I have suspected neuralgia and am seeing a physical therapist that specializes in TMD disorders, but the "tooth ache" in the neck feeling and the location that you are pointing to in the upper part of the neck seems to be a main focal point to a lot of my pain, aching and nerve issues.
