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What are painful bumps on back of tongue making it hard to swallow?
Been there, it sounds like strep and you need the medicine to get better. In the meantime gargle with warm salt water. It helps you to get by until you get your medication. Oh and the meds help almost immediately. Hope this helps.
If you are referring to the bone at the base of your skull where your skull meets your first vertabrae then it is called the occipital bone or atlas.
If you have bumped the back of your head and it...
This sounds like either Leukoplakia or Oral Thrush. Neither of these conditions are very serious. And only your doctor can tell you which you have. In most cases this will clear up on its own, but...