What Do You Do If You Bite Your Tongue

ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">yah...</div> ok, so I just chomped down really hard on my tongue and left a not TOO large hole.

However it is bleeding like a mofo (soked through 2 tissues so far)

so what am I supposed to do with it?
I can't use a bandaid or really clean it. and will it scab over?

crap, wth am I supposed to do?

wow thats alot of blood (on to the 4th tissue)
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    go see the doctor <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Usually when I bite my tongue, I scream (spitting out blood, saliva and gooey half-munched bread), then get on with eating. For some reason, once I've bitten my tongue once it swells a little, so I'll bite it again two or three times (with the same wall-spattering effect) before I'm done.
    Oh, you mean what I do to stop the bleeding? Well, if it's bleeding REALLY severe, go see a doctor (or the ER at the nearest hospital). If you think you'll survive (remember that blood loss only starts getting problematic after half a liter, and half a liter is a LOT of red (for comparison, empty a half-liter bucket of paint on the floor. Now imagine that's blood. Looks like the chainsaw massacre, right? Well, you can survive losing that much blood easily)), try eating lots of icecream to make the bleeding stop (nice excuse too, isn't it?<!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->).
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    hmm, would but I can't

    no car, no parents, and all of the docotrs offices I know are no where near the MTA


    though it seems to have stoped bleading, it still hurts like all get out.

    blech

    coot out about a cm of skin and another cm around it is just loosly attached <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->


    hmm, <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <----see look there
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Call for a medpack

    Failing that don't eat spicy food for a while. It'll take an age to heal though!
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    /me beats ven around the head with a large stick

    I can just picture

    Me:MOM I NEED A MED PACK!!
    myMom: WTH??!?!??

    @lolfighter yah I hate the gfact that is swells

    normaly when I bite my tongue I don't bleed this time was was so I figured I should find out wth to do <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Btw., if you don't have icecream, icecubes work just as well (and yes, they hurt like hell when they touch your teeth. Deal with it). And if you haven't exactly been eating dirt, don't worry about disinfecting it. Saliva has mild disinfectant properties, and the fluor in your toothpaste (you DO brush your teeth don't you?) will do the rest.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited June 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Venmoch+Jun 17 2003, 06:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jun 17 2003, 06:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Call for a medpack[...] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ROFL! Why didn't I think of that?
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I tried the icecube, but it hurt to much <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    amusingly enugh my teath are no longer that sensitive (ussed to be horrible), but getting the watter in there just hurt like all get out. blech

    and as a side note I am going to go brush my teeth, again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Tongues are (I think) the fastest thing to heal on our bodies. It should be fine if you just leave it be, though eating will be uncomfortable for a while.
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Jun 17 2003, 04:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Jun 17 2003, 04:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> though eating will be uncomfortable for a while. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Unless he eats through a tube!
  • BadKarmaBadKarma The Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7 Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8260Members
    It will take a while to heal but gargle with salt water every now and then, will make it heal a lot faster. Salt water works for pretty much anything too. Hell, if i get a pimple i go take a swim in the ocean and almost every time it's gone.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    /me removes beat stick form around ven's head and starts beating himself


    righ,t bush your teeth as a disinfectant when you have an open would that just stoped bleeding.

    it's bleeding agin (/me beats my self <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Thansal+Jun 17 2003, 06:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Jun 17 2003, 06:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [...]amusingly enugh my teath are no longer that sensitive[...] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Amusingly, neither are mine. Having them broken at age fourteen helps.
  • TheMuffinManTheMuffinMan Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11234Members, Constellation
    your lucky. When i was about 4 i bite down hard on my tongue and ripped right through it, had to have it stiched back on <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    It won't take long to heal--areas around the mouth heal quite quickly, lots of blood or so I hear.

    I have a problem, though. 6 years or so ago, when I was about 5, I wanted to suck an icecube, since I was too lazy to get water. I grabbed one, but it was the sticky kind--the one that sticks to you, for some weird reason. Frost, I think. Anyway, I threw it in my mouth, and started happily wearing it down with my tongue, but it got stuck! Of course, I didn't know that all you had to do was put water on it. So, in a panic, I ripped it out. I immediately started bleeding. Note that the icecube was on the roof of my mouth, not the tongue. I asked my brother about it, and he said it would heal soon enough, and there were these 2 holes that I ripped out (not the nose holes).

    6 years later, no effect. I still have these 2 holes, each smaller than my fingertip, but one is extremely larger than the other. They hurt when I sneeze, so I never actually sneeze anymore (I cover my nose and it just kinda absorbs it). It burns when I wake up, and I think it's tied to my ear somehow, because that itches when I rub my finger on the hole.

    I also have 2 larger ones, but I think those lead to the nose, am I right? Someone, tell me if this is normal!
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I dono

    I have one pin sized hole on the roof of my mouth, I don't know if it is/isn't suposed to be there
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    Ok, if you haven't fainted yet from lack of blood, I suggest you HOLD YOUR TONGUE to keep blood from coming out and call 9/11 to get your tongue stitched up. Seriously.. salt water, toothpaste, and/or ice cream ain't gonna fix this..
  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    Ok last advise.... If it still bleeds take your scissors and cut it...
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Ok, ignore the last comment... Just as some friendly advice... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MaeVarMaeVar Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17098Members
    Ok i have a question. Why are we all thinking of ways to stop the bleeding of your tounge? are we that BORED?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Yup. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    edited June 2003
    Wash your mouth out with TCP and buy a tongue stud : )

    <edit> and don't listen to my advice
  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    here's an idea, find a pure oxygen line or something, and "feed" it onto your tongue.
    That should speed up healing, possibly. dunno.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Drink the blood while on your way to the DOCTOR!
  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Pjofsky+Jun 17 2003, 11:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pjofsky @ Jun 17 2003, 11:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It won't take long to heal--areas around the mouth heal quite quickly, lots of blood or so I hear.

    I have a problem, though. 6 years or so ago, when I was about 5, I wanted to suck an icecube, since I was too lazy to get water. I grabbed one, but it was the sticky kind--the one that sticks to you, for some weird reason. Frost, I think. Anyway, I threw it in my mouth, and started happily wearing it down with my tongue, but it got stuck! Of course, I didn't know that all you had to do was put water on it. So, in a panic, I ripped it out. I immediately started bleeding. Note that the icecube was on the roof of my mouth, not the tongue. I asked my brother about it, and he said it would heal soon enough, and there were these 2 holes that I ripped out (not the nose holes).

    6 years later, no effect. I still have these 2 holes, each smaller than my fingertip, but one is extremely larger than the other. They hurt when I sneeze, so I never actually sneeze anymore (I cover my nose and it just kinda absorbs it). It burns when I wake up, and I think it's tied to my ear somehow, because that itches when I rub my finger on the hole.

    I also have 2 larger ones, but I think those lead to the nose, am I right? Someone, tell me if this is normal! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ummmmmmmm..... I don't think I have any holes in the roof of my mouth. Maybe you should check with a doctor about that one.
  • DiablusDiablus Join Date: 2003-03-31 Member: 15080Members
    do what i do go stick it in a cat <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> if ya know what i mean.. ull be in such a good mood all the pain will go away <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited June 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Pjofsky+Jun 17 2003, 06:59 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pjofsky @ Jun 17 2003, 06:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [...]I grabbed one, but it was the sticky kind--the one that sticks to you, for some weird reason. Frost, I think.[...] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Correct. To be exact, it's the moisture on your fingers that freezes. Once when I was 11 or so I licked a soda ice that obviously was a tad too cold. It stuck to my tongue, and I promptly ripped it off. That hurt. And my soda ice had yummy small fleshy bits on it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    The itching in your ear is probably just because you disturb some nerves.
  • ShloomShloom Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 997Members
    When I bite my tongue I usualy shout some profanity that would get me banned form theres forums as loud as humanly posible.
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    Thansal? You haven't posted in a while. You aren't dead right?

    If you aren't, can I have your stuff when you die?
  • ka0ska0s Join Date: 2003-04-19 Member: 15657Members
    IF you ahve every had your tonsils out same thing will happen you will get a gross wet scab, which is sick and burns when you eat like anything that has a sauce unless it is not huge huge. <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'><!--endemo-->
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