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Tongue weakness
Tongue weakness is the loss of strength in the tongue muscle. This may be due a number of metabolic or neurologic problems.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 19-year old female asked:
Tongue weakness, i can hardly move my tongue, I have trouble eating swollowing and speaking. My tongue looks normal no swelling, no redness?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have tongue weakness, find it hard to eat, swollow and speak can hardly move it around. But it looks normal no redness, not sore or swollen?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have anxiety, panic attacks, weight loss, rundown, tiredness, coated tongue, weakness, memory loss, confusion and irritability. I have been to a rheumo and am negative to those disease. What should I do?
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A 41-year old male asked:
White tongue,extreme weakness,spaced out,chills/shakes. Loose bowels wks. Colonoscopy Tuesday. Are the above symptoms related to digestion problems.
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A 22-year old female asked:
Tongue fasciculations + bulbar weakness associated with fatigability from eating, prolonged talking/social interactions. Potential causes? Neurologic?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Is twitching/fasciculations widespread,24*7 and non stop a cause of concern for 27 yr male. 6 months ago started in my calves but now is spread in both upper, lower limbs,tongue and feel weakness in right leg n hand but no function failure.no coffee?
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A 26-year old male asked:
26 yr old male. Perceived atrophy left quad, left hypothenar, left genioglossus. Clean EMG/NCS and clinical 1 month ago. NMS thinks I'm okay. I think things have gotten worse. What steps should I take? No dysarthria, deviation, or weakness of tongue?
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A male asked:
My son is 6 he suffers from fatigue, pain, Myoclonic jerks, sleep fragmentation, clumsiness, weakness, geographic tongue, grinding teeth sleeping etc?
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A 27-year old male asked:
ALS: If a patient has tongue fibrillations (not fascis!), how long would you expect to be the total time from first appearing until weakness occurs?
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A member asked:
My friend all of a sudden has slurred speech, his tongue is swollen on the right side and he has weakness on the right side. What is the cause ofthis?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Right arm, hand and right foot feel tight and heavy. No real weakness. Random muscles twitches throughout body. Tongue also feels too big for mouth and feels like its in the way when talking. I have very bad health anxiety. Could this be early ALS?
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A 28-year old male asked:
My tongue gets twitches/tiny spasms at the tip, while at rest. Its been happening for 3+ months a couple times per day. No weakness or other issues. 28 yr old male. Can these ever be benign, or do they always indicate something more serious like ALS?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Should I worry if the muscle twitches/fasc I have continued for weeks but havent noticed any true weakness other than feeling trembly at times? Also, can my pcp determine if I have tongue atrophy. He said I didnt but not sure if he truly knows ??
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A 27-year old female asked:
I had a modified barium swallow and it showed I had weakness in the back of my tongue and the back of my throat. What does that mean?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My neck glands have been swallon for 2-3 months. I have headaches, dizziness, weakness/feel tired. I have bad joint pain/ furry-yellow tongue. Why?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Is there any mouth care for difficulty in mastication secondary to weakness of facial muscles of bells palsy?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I ate food that was vacuum sealed and had sweet potatoes. Im nervous about getting botulism. I currently have dry mouth but no weakness anywhere?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Wife collapsed. mouth shifted to Right side for 30min, couldn't speak confused, weakness right side of body,is this TIA n can vasospasm cause it. she admitted hospital since yesterday?
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A 33-year old asked:
My boyfriend has frequent urination vomiting weakness no appitite and constant dry mouth. What can I do to make him feel better?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Few days high sgot and low bilirubin with weakness near lower back and from last 2 days I have cold cough fever with bitter taste in mouth weekness?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Woken up by xtrm naseau, dry mouth, urge to pee, dizzy. Hydrated, clear urine. Still have weakness, dry mouth & need to pee. Ran 3m earlier in 85deg?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have a broken tooth left in my gum in top of left side of mouth and the gum swells up now and again, is it normal for your face and eye to feel numb sensations weakness in face with it?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Dry mouth etc, pain, bad muscle weakness, referred to rheum w strg pos ana, r.F and hi pos ssa. Rheum said prob fibro. Redid labs. Same results. Should i question if sjogrens or both isn't considered?
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A 23-year old female asked:
1st sign of guillain barre? Flu shot this am. Slight trouble swallowing (have had before. Feels like dry mouth ).No weakness or tingling in limbs.
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A member asked:
What can be done about a sinus infection this infection of the sinus has spreed and cause's lack of sleep due to the fact of not being able to breath out of the nose and only threw the mouth.And the head aches weakness to light
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A 34-year old male asked:
Felt like I was about to have a heat stroke today. thready pulse, drenching sweet, muscle weakness, bad dry mouth, double vision. considered ER, but COVID has our hospital maxed out, and its risking exposure if I even could go. what can i do?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Just had sudden weakness, feet/hand cold sensation, palpitations, sensitive to light/noise, dry mouth and this burning tingly feeling allaroundbody I'm 18 Took aspirin and nothing isit anemia?anxiety?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Posterior left auricular vein-should this be palpable and have easily felt pulse? history of chronic l earache, ijv clot, l tongue weakness on pressure test
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A male asked:
What causes a body temperature, headache, weakness, bitter tongue, dry lungs, vomiting for an adult male 23y/o?
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A 18-year old female asked:
i am worried that i may have covid 19 or something else thats serious for a while now like at least over a month Ive been feeling very congested and weak the weakness has kind of went away but the congestion is still there with new symptoms ?
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