About Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Expertise I am a board-certified otolaryngologist with additional subspecialty training in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery. This is the subspecialty of otolaryngology that involves the ear, hearing, balance organs, the facial nerve, and surgery of the skull base including surgery for acoustic neuroma and other benign and malignant tumors of the base of the skull.
Experience Medical school, residency in otolaryngology, fellowship in otology/neurotology/skull base surgery
Organizations American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery North American Skull Base Society American Neurotology Society
Publications Laryngoscope Otology and Neurotology
Education/Credentials MD Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 2001 Otolaryngology Residency, University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology, Iowa City, IA Otology/Neurotology Fellowship, House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Expert: Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Date: 9/22/2007 Subject: tingling tongue
Question last day i had a very cool an minty sensation on the tip of my tongue and the center of the lips which lasted for a few minutes....really confused what was that...it was almost a tingling sensation....heard somewhere that it can be a symptom of multiple sclerosis! is that true doctor...or is it because my calcium levels were low?
Answer This could just have been a nerve paresthesia, or altered sensation of the nerve to that part of the tongue. It can come from a variety of causes. You should probably have a thorough neurological examination, but if that is normal you may not need to do anything else. If you get any other symptoms then imaging or other tests may be needed.
