Dear Sjogren's Angels,
I have been plagued by a coated tongue for about a year and a half now. I thought it was thrush and I had an RX for the liquid Diflucan, which seemed to help briefly, but then the thick coating came back.
I was just brushing my tongue with my electric tooth brush every morning, but it didn't really help.
When I saw my dentist in September, she gave me a tongue scraper (plastic strip with a serrated edge).
I use it every morning, and now my tongue is normal!
It turns out that I probably had a regular 'coated tongue' and not Thrush, which is a fungus infection.
OF COURSE one of the causes of coated tongue is our old 'friend' dry mouth.
Here are some links if you need them. I added Thrush, since it is common, but not what I have.
Regards, Elaine
Coated Tongue: https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/white-tongue/basics/causes/sym-20050676
Tongue scraper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43U_N-WNWI
Thrush: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/oral-thrush/symptoms-causes/syc-20353533
That's great news 😊
I was diagnosed with oral thrush early on - misdiagnosed and the treatment was making my dry mouth worse! Grrr
Glad you got it sorted Elaine.
Jo 😊