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I had knee surgery on wednesday and woke up with a numb tongue at the front on the left hand side. and now have a pee size lump inside the tongue?

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Mouth: If you had a tube in your mouth called intubation it may be from the tube otherwise it sounds like you may have bitten your tongue and caused a small bruise in the tongue. Check it out with an ENT but for now do warm salt water gargles.

Answered 8/15/2017

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A member asked:

I had knee surgery on wednesday and woke up with a numb tongue at the front on the left hand side. and now have a pee size lump inside the tongue?

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Dr. Stephen Rothstein answered

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