I had some bloods taken and they come back with high platelets 466;. But it's mainly my mouth and throat and also tonsil. No pain but have new patches in my mouth and throat and tonsils they are red patches with white patches it all started with a white ulcer which left me on agony where I couldn't eat drink fluids not even able to brush my teeth the docs gave me mouth wash but nothing is working. I also have black greyish marks behind my tonsils and in my throat my hard pallet IDs also going grey what could be wrong
Hi Princess Unicorn. Welcome to our community. Sorry to hear you have problems. If I were you I would go back to your GP or your dentist to get to the bottom of this and hopefully put your mind at rest. It doesn't resemble the cancer I had. Nobody here can offer you a diagnosis I’m afraid.
I hope it’s nothing
Kindest regards
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Hi Princess unicorn
You haven’t said where you had bloods have you seen g p what age group are you? Unfortunately no one in here can give you a diagnosis. I had tonsil cancer but no pain lesions ulcers sore throat prior to diagnosis. ulcers do cause agony. So please don’t google anything what did g p say if anything? Have you been told you need to see ent ?
Take care Hazel
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Hi Princess Unicorn
Sounds as though you are going through it at the moment with a very sore mouth. I would ask your G.P. to refer you to a specialist to try and sort it out.
I have a condition in my mouth called lichen planus which is an inflammatory condition which can make my mouth very sore making it hard to eat or clean my teeth so I sympathise with you. It was not until I was referred on to a specialist after the G.P. had gone through all possible treatments that it was diagnosed.
My G.P. kept on telling me it was thrush as lichen planus is fairly rare.
I am not suggesting that you have lichen planus only that you need a specialist to track down the source of your problem so don’t google it and try and compare symptoms. Google is not a reliable source for diagnosis and there might be multiple other reasons for your issue.
Best of luck
Lyn
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