Posted by Linda on 2/19/2009, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Extra tissue under the tongue"
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My son also has a lot of tissue. It looks more like the floor of his mouth is raised or thick. Docs, therapist claim that he has a large tongue but I think the problem is that his tongue has no where to go because the tissue underneath and as a result does not close mouth very well and lets his tongue just hang out a little or he plays with his tongue a lot. His tongue also is odd in that he can turn his tongue to form a U shape without flipping it! He also produces a lot of saliva and has a lot of drooling. He can "gleek" several feet away. I think this may be a local kind of definition but "the use of ones saliva glands to shoot the saliva a credible disatnce" according to an urban dictionary on the internet. Linda
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: Hello, my son Brody has isolated PRS he had
: the Lip to tongue adhesion (failed) and the
: jaw distraction. I've noticed that Brody has
: a lot of "extra tissue" under his
: tongue almost to the point that it looks
: like a second tongue. It has been this way
: since birth and his pediatrician and speech
: therapist do not really have any explanation
: for it. I was just curious to see if anyone
: else has noticed this in their children. I
: have not been able to find any mention of it
: in my PRS research. I appreciate your help
:
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