Bleeding tongue

[WfMonkey]

So Saturday is my favorite day because I get to take a nap in the afternoon without feeling guilty. This afternoon I lay down and had just drifted off when I felt a sharp pain on my tongue, followed by a strange taste in my mouth. I open my eyes to see red on the pillow and realize my mouth is full of blood. By the time I got to the bathroom I realized my tongue was bleeding profusely. I put pressure on it and got it to stop bleeding, but I would guess I lost about a shot glass worth of blood in a couple of minutes.

The tip of my tongue had a bright purple welt swollen to about the size of a pea. 4 hours later it has almost gone away, just a vague discoloration on my tongue. It hasn't bled again and no longer hurts (just a bit sore). Any ideas what this could be? Only thing I can think of is perhaps a blood vessel burst in my tongue? I take a lot of blood pressure medications; could this be a side effect?

I'm guessing it's not serious because it seems to be healing incredibly fast, I'm just curious as to what it was...

[willowtreewren]

Any chance you bit your tongue as you were drifting off? I know that sometimes my jaw kind of "jerks" when I am falling asleep. I've been lucky so far not to bite myself too badly.

Aleta

[WfMonkey]

I don't think I bit my tongue; there isn't really a cut, more of a bump. I did wonder if I could have been bitten by a spider, but I never really find spiders in my house, plus I don't think I sleep withy tongue hanging out of my mouth!

[Jean]

I have no idea what this is. But, if it happened again, I think I would be out the door heading to ER!!

[texasstyle]

If you didn't bite your tounge, and this enough to concern you, personally I would have a doctor check it out.  I worked for a dentist a while back and I came to learn to things regarding the tounge can reflect many other things going on with the body.  It can't hurt to get checked but I hope it is minor and quickly goes away for.