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Furry tongue in the mornings disappears after insulin

Furry tongue in the morning - is it linked to insulin use or blood-glucose levels ?

  • Insulin overnight controls my morning furry tongue - I am Type 1 diabetic

    Votes: 1 100.0%

  • Blood glucose levels overnight influence my morning furry tongue - I am Type 2 diabetic

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I was diagnosed with late-onset Type 1 diabetes and have not noticed this furry-tongue link

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I was diagnosed with late-onset Type 2 diabetes and have not noticed this furry-tongue link

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    1
  • Poll closed .
LancsCarol

LancsCarol

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Location
North Gloucestershire
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Regular housework has to top the list, with nasty manipulative bullies coming a very close second - or maybe they are at the top....
Oh - and computers
All my life that I can remember I had a creamy furry tongue every morning after sleeping.
I needed to scrub my tongue each morning to try to avoid halitosis [really bad breath].
I am 66 years old.
At 63, I was diagnosed diabetic and given insulin.
THE NEXT DAY and ever since, after a night using insulin, if my blood glucose is below say 10 when I awake, my tongue is clean.
I can judge my overnight blood glucose to have been low or high from the corresponding amount of fur on my tongue.
Has anyone else noticed this link between furry tongue and blood glucose / insulin?
Each doctor or consultant or nurse that I mention this to just shrugs and says "Never heard of that".
As far as I can tell they all do nothing to record the phenomenon and place it in a possible national diagnostic list for potential diabetic tendencies.
They don't even ask the question
I'd be pleased to discover if other people get furry tongue with high blood glucose.
Help? And thank you in advance for your replies. Carol
 
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