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Cuts on Tongue

Cuts on tongue is a mild and common condition that usually resolves without medical treatment. Patients simply need to take preventive steps to avoid aggravation of the condition and/or alleviate the symptoms via home remedies. Symptoms Some of the signs and symptoms accompanying cuts on [Read More]

Cold Sore Under Tongue – What does it mean?

Conditions

Cold sores, also known as fever blisters can occur anywhere in an individual’s body. The painful blisters arise from a virus infection and they aren’t caused by cold that makes you sneeze and sniffle, although it may act as a trigger. Cold sores commonly develop [Read More]

How to heal cut on the Tongue?

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Having cuts on the tongue is something very common, and although it may present with pain, it is not usually a very serious condition. Many things can cause cuts on tongue, and in most cases, the cuts tend to heal on their own. If you [Read More]

Strawberry Tongue

Conditions

A healthy tongue is typically pinkish in color and consists of a layer or tiny nodules or growth referred to as papillae. Strawberry tongue is a condition marked by occurrence of enlarged and abnormally reddish papillae and taste buds. It is usually caused as a [Read More]

Swollen Taste Buds

Conditions

Taste buds help detect varied tastes of food like sweet, bitter, sour, etc. They have receptor cells which are attached to different nerve bundles and are present on the tip, sides, and back area of tongue. Swollen taste buds may be harmless and occur due [Read More]

What is a Scalloped Tongue?

Conditions

A scalloped tongue is one which has dent marks on the sides. These dent marks or indentations typically develop because of the force of teeth when the tongue presses against it. The condition is also known by other names like pie crust tongue, crenated tongue, [Read More]