Big white lump on tongue

[Junglemum]

No idea, but sounds like a pimple or cyst type thing....... When's your drs app?

[onthefly]

Can't get in till thursday

Thanks for replying

[Junglemum]

Bummer, i really hate that. We need more GP's. Does he have a temp or anything else you can see?

[onthefly]

My doc is hard to get in to cause he insists on doing 20min per patient. I probably could have gotten in sooner with someone else, but I like our doc.

No other symptoms that I can see. And doesn't seem to hurt when I touch the lump.

Anyway, thanks again

[Ahurani]

has it spread? do you think it looks like oral thrush?

[kawazuki]

DD gets these on both sides of her toung, and usually a week later she gets a rash and blisters, so we think its teh begining of Hand Foot and Mouth, but i also think she started biting her tounge in her sleep as well. then it gets infected becaiuse she puts everything in her mouth which then causes the infection etc. you know vicous circle really

[onthefly]

It's one big lump, so I dunno about thrush. No sign of spreading.

Hadn't thought of hand, foot & mouth. He has had that before though...(but they weren't 100% sure on diagnosis cause the bumps he had weren't quite typical).
Well, mum had the bright idea of calling our Child health nurse - d'uh. don't know why i didn't think of that. So i'll see if she has a minute tomorrow. The clinic is a short walk from here, so we might get lucky.

Thanks for the replies!