Can someone tell me why my tongue hurts so badly, and

[sugarbear]

what to do about it?

My tongue started hurting on Friday. The pain is located in one spot and is constant, though it gets worse through the day when I've been talking and eating. There is no visible abrasion, and I know I didn't bite it. I can't even put my finger on it and make it hurt more.

What is going on?

[ijack]

It sounds like a canker sore

[angelaa73]

Like on top?

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Does it feel sore? I had something similar happen to me. It was in the very middle of my tongue. No visible wound or anything. It hurt for about a week and then it just went away.

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 12:59:54 GMT -5 ijack said:

It sounds like a canker sore

There's no obvious wound, though, and it doesn't sting when I eat.
It aches. Constantly.

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:01:10 GMT -5 pantsoffdanceoff said:

Does it feel sore? I had something similar happen to me. It was in the very middle of my tongue. No visible wound or anything. It hurt for about a week and then it just went away.

Yes. It's on the side, though, angelaa73. 
God, it kills. KILLS!

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Sept 30, 2014 13:04:31 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Sept 30, 2014 13:01:10 GMT -5 pantsoffdanceoff said:

Does it feel sore? I had something similar happen to me. It was in the very middle of my tongue. No visible wound or anything. It hurt for about a week and then it just went away.

Yes. It's on the side, though, angelaa73. 
God, it kills. KILLS!

Trust me, I know! I started getting worried that I had tongue cancer or something because it was the most unexplainable thing. Mine only lasted about a week, so hopefully you will be over it soon.

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:06:41 GMT -5 pantsoffdanceoff said:

Sept 30, 2014 13:04:31 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Yes. It's on the side, though, angelaa73. 
God, it kills. KILLS!

Trust me, I know! I started getting worried that I had tongue cancer or something because it was the most unexplainable thing. Mine only lasted about a week, so hopefully you will be over it soon.

I managed to convince myself this morning that I definitely have tongue cancer.

[angelaa73]

Do you snore?

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:08:25 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

Do you snore?

NO!!!

I mean, only when I'm sick or pregnant or drunk. And I haven't been either of those three things in the last week. 

[Deleted]

I have had this happen before and was told that you can get food splinters in your tongue that will make it hurt like that.

[Muddled]

It's that new piercing you had done.

[cbwm1]

Get yourself a bottle of Peroxyl (mouthwash, in the toothpaste aisle) and use that consistently for a couple days. It heals all of my mouth weirdness/random pain no matter what it is. LOL

[panbitch]

Herpes!!!

[underwaterrhymes]

Swollen taste bud?

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:37:29 GMT -5 TR said:

Sept 30, 2014 13:09:21 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Maybe you bit it in your sleep or something? 

This was going to be my guess.

But there's nothing there. I can't put my finger on it, and there's nothing that I can see.

[iamali]

Too eager of a BJ?

[noodleskooze]

Ok I've had this happen too, and I have no idea why. The best I could do was narrow it down to Big Red gum. Lol

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:31:46 GMT -5 @courtneyloves said:

Maybe you chew your tongue while you sleep.

Gross.

And @t2j, that is a fine theory. But how does one get rid of a tongue splinter?

[sugarbear]

Sept 30, 2014 13:12:45 GMT -5 kooshball said:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002602/ ?

dear God in heaven. 
I don't think this is it.