Yellow tongue! Yuk!

[mandyboo 21]

Pre op diet, very low calorie (about 800 per day) and my tongue is yellow and my teeth feel covered! I keep brushing it away, but it comes back. Please tell me this will go? Or will I have this disgusting yellow horrible feeling forever once I'm sleeved....??

I'm single... And will be forever if this continues!! :-(

Surgery is Friday...

[laurenella82 625]

I had the same problem post op. It went away. I don't know what it is but I don't have it now.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Halitosis is a side-effect of sending your body into ketosis, as happens when you initially go on a high protein/low carb diet. That may be the cause of your current situation. If so, it is only temporary and will stop as your body stops releasing ketones.

If it is a thick film, then it may be thrush. I don't know why you would develop thrush pre-op, but I developed it post-op because of the liquid antibiotics I was on. Thrush is a yeast infection in your mouth and can be treated with various home remedies as well as prescription anti-fungal medications.

Edited February 25, 2015 by JamieLogical

[Justajenn 65]

If it's whitish yellow. Kind of velvety. It could be thrush. I got it post op. If you can have yogurt that helps and I also rinsed with diluted hydrogen peroxide a couple times for a few days and then it went away.

[NikkiDoc 312]

I had that post op. I brushed and gargled frequently. I also will suck on a Ice Breaker SF mint. I use Cinnamon or Wintergreen. I only suck on half of it and throw away the second half so I don't risk it breaking and me swallowing it. They are pretty strong so sometimes I don't even make it to halfway before I get rid of it.

Once I moved to the soft foods stage the icky mouth largely went away. I only get it occassionally now.