Geographic Tongue? Other Tongue Problems? What Can Go Wrong With The Tongue

Imagine a tongue where the upper surface of thenamed tongue disorders. It is often associated with
tongue turns black or brown in color and in someinflammation, or glostitus, and with psoriasis by some
cases the papillae elongate (get longer). Doctorsdoctors.Pigmented Tongue is a serious tongue
consider this to be an unsightly condition but notcondition as it is associated with an extremely rare
harmful. They call it black tongue. It can be extremelydisease called Addison's disease. Often by the time
distressing and put a severe cramp on your social life.Addison's is discovered, it is too late. Possibly because
Many people with tongue problems become soit is so rare, most doctors have never seen a case of
self-conscious that they dont want to open theirAddison's before.Tongue Cancer is of course another
mouths in public and often begin restricting their socialserious condition, and is often associated with tobacco
activities.Another potential tongue problem is hairyuse.A beefy enlarged tongue is fairly common and
tongue. This involves a lengthening of the tongueonce again is not taken very seriously by the medical
papillae, causing the tongue to appear hairy or furry.community. It can cause speech problems and other
Again, this is not considered to be a harmful disorder,discomforts. Distended purplish veins under the tongue
but does of course cause worry.If your tongue looksmay be a symptom of a Vitamin B2 deficiency, poor
like you have been chewing cotton, you might havecirculation, or congestion.Tooth marks or scallops
candida or a yeast infection. Often a white, cottonyaround the edges of the tongue are another problem
coating on the tongue is one of the first signs thatoften considered a symptom of edema, or too much
yeast is a problem. Other possible causes of thiswater being retained in the body.There are quite a
symptom can be local irritation, smoking, and alcoholnumber of things that can go wrong with your tongue
use. In addition to a uniform white coated tongue, theand although most of them are considered "minor" or
tongue may be covered with white patches.Fissures,"benign", they can be very irritating, disturbing, and
furrows, or cracks are extremely common and if youpossibly indicators of other conditions in the body that
begin watching for them you will start to see themreally should be addressed in order to obtain optimal
everywhere. They are so common that some doctorshealth.Hope for unhealthy tongues!For more information
consider them almost normal. They are not normal andand my recommended resource on treating the sorts
something can be done, although it often takes a bit ofof unhealthy tongue problems discussed above, visit
effort.Geographic Tongue is one of the more colorfullymy Geographic Tongue resource site.