What Your Tongue Says About Your Health?

Would you feel strange if someone asks you to open your mouth and look at your tongue? The truth is your tongue can tell a lot about your health!

Here are some facts on how your tongue says a lot about your health conditions:

1. White Patches: Overgrowth of candida which is yeast or thrust.

2. Black and Hairy-Looking: Cancer therapies, diabetes, yeast infection and poor oral hygiene.

3. Red and White Spots: Taste buds have worn down.

4. Redness: A deficiency in folic acid, B12 or iron. It can also be due to fever or strep throat.

5. Webbed or stripped look: Chronic condition known as oral lichen planus. It occurs when immune system attacks the cells.

6. Ridges: Common as it is caused by teeth that presses the tongue while you sleep.

7. Bumps: Herpes and canker sores.

Resource: upmc.com
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