Thanks for being here! In the past 3 mos. I ve had 4 episodes of swollen painful tongue. I have always taken benedryl, generally 50mg. with success. what always remains after the swelling is gone is a very painful tongue: the top, under the tip and generally one side. It s quite uncomfortable to speak. Last evening around 11 pm, I felt that telltale tingling beginning on the back of lt. tongue. I took ben. 50 mg. p.o. & went to bed. The swelling continued as did burning on tongue. Benadryl repeated w/same dose. Still got bigger until I was unable to swallow sputum. Around 3 a.m., my tongue left no swallowing room when I closed my teeth. Then I took a librax & 2 ibuprophen...for smooth muscle & pain relief. At 4 ish, I had one 25 mg. Benadryl & finally slept. Up at 1120!! omg...I m a nurse...I never sleep like that! Tongue less swollen, lispy to speak & areas of tongue pretty sore. Same amt. of swelling at 1120 am so I took another 50mg. Benadryl. No other meds with exception of routine a.m. meds ie: Aspirin 325 mg. 1, Bystolic 10 mg. 1 & Cital. 40mg. Birthdate: 03/05/41, 5 5 , breast cancer survivor, 7 yrs., allergic to Compazine, talwin, Augmentin, Triple Abx. cream & Flagyl. I also take librax prn for diverticulosis/ibs and zantac plus zyrtec @ hs to aid with new symptom of heartburn. I just retired from 50yrs in Nursing & continued good health is a requirement. I didn t change anything in the way of foods or cleaning items. Generally pretty darned healthy. Anything special come to mind with these symptoms? Thank you so much. Ann
Hi, swollen tongue may be due to allergy to some medication or food, There is no relationship with ca breast with swollen tongue, heartburn may be due to all this medication or due to some mental stress due to disease. You do some meditation and yoga for your stress relaxation, it will make you stronger and will boost your immunity to fight against cancer.