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Thrush

I've had anxiety for a very long time and recently I've had cracked tongue and more white coating.  I even used some hydrogen peroxide to clean my tongue, which I think was a really bad idea and caused taste bud damage and made my tongue look more furry.  I went for a thrush test and it came back negative.  Does that mean my white tongue is not caused by candida?  It's also geographic, a lot of cracks have been showing up recently.  Are there any std's that can cause this?  My scare was HIV, but I was told I didn't have a risk, encounter was handjob and I tested negative at 10 weeks.  
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101028 tn?1419603004
not everything is std related - really.

continue to follow up with the ENT for your symptoms.
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The jerk looked disgusted when I told him I was afraid it was HIV.  He room a swab after he looked at my tongue and said yeah it doesn't look right and the thrush test came back negative.  So my question is, if it was thrush, but newly formed, like a few weeks ago, would that test show?  I've never had tongue like this where the taste buds look like they're stringy/furry and in waves. Possible that I did this by over brushing and damaging them?  If not HIV than what is it?  I've had dry mouth from anxiety for several months.
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Would over brushing cause this?
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I saw an ENT specialist and he did the thrush test which came back negative. Said I have geographic tongue. But the middle of my tongue looks really furry. I'm scared it could be HIV.
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101028 tn?1419603004
no std causes these symptoms.

see an ent specialist if your regular provider is stumped.

grace
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