I have painful bumps at the back of the tongue with swallowing difficulty please help
hello according to your statement you have been suffering from a few painful hard bumps at the back right of the tongue and in front of the right tonsil and feel uncomfortable during swallowing usually inflamed papillae or taste buds are small painful bumps that appear after an injury from a bite or irritation from the hot foods herpes is a common viral infection that can develop blisters on the tongue or gums oral herpes is contagious and can spread through saliva direct contact sexual exposure etc canker sores may appear on the tongue which are red white or yellow in appearance and can feel raw and very painful some foods seem to trigger bankers sore again food intolerance and allergic reactions may cause bumps on the tongue and it may swollen an infection in the mouth or on the tongue may cause swelling and pain at the site of the infection people with syphilis sometimes develop tongue sore as an early symptom of the disease and can contract the infection through direct contact during vaginal oral or anal sex people with oral thrush usually notice rough white patches on the tongue and there is often redness and a sour mouth as well it can result from do diabetes mellitus hiv nutritional deficiencies some medications like corticosteroids etc even to tuberculosis carcinoma can develop bumps on the tongue treatment depends on the causes of the bumps you can use antifungal medication antibiotics antiviral medication and maintain good oral hygiene you should provide some additional history like smoking substance abuse previous disease medications history of sexual activities fever etc
hi doctor I have a few small painful bumps at the back right side of my tongue on the skin that attaches to the mouth in front of the right tonsil bumps are hard and I have lots of pain when swallowing only on that one side not throat I have a burning sensation and swelling