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My husband tounge is raw an dry throat has blisters he was in the hospital for a week from back sugery but he has been home for a week now?

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Dr. David Martin answered

Specializes in ENT - Head & Neck Surgery

Oral blisters: Sometimes the endotracheal tube (the tube you were breathing through during the surgery) can cause blisters on the palate, uvula and back of the throat. If it is difficult to swallow, contact the surgeon. If, however, the blisters came on two weeks after surgery, call your primary doctor as it has been to long since surgery for the tube to have caused the blisters.

Answered 8/31/2013

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Dr. Robert Wilkoff answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Many possibilities..: A possible cause might be candidiasis, a common fungal infection in the mouth. See your dentist for a thorough evaluation to help figure out an accurate diagnosis.

Answered 9/1/2013

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