Words are stronger than
anything in the world as they can penetrate ones spirit. You can have the
largest army, the strongest most advanced and highly sophisticated weaponry but
if you can’t control the words rolling out of your tongue you can’t control anything.
Tongue is one of the most delicate muscle in the body but it is the key to ones
personality, you can tell a lot about a person from the food he/she eats and
they way he/she eats it. What create variation in food possible are the taste buds on the tongue. Your taste in food makes or breaks your day; it also makes
or breaks your personality and life. Taste buds are only on the top layer of
the tongue, what makes it properly work are all the eight muscles working
together. It helps you taste, it helps you swallow and it helps you talk.
Certain physical
changes may occur on tongue that might cause nervousness as to what those
changes may refer to. However there might also be certain condition that might
go unnoticed. A physician’s complete checkup of the body involves the checkup
of tongue as it tells a lot about what is going on your body. Some of the
observation might require further monitoring and evaluation.
Tongue is covered with
around 10,000 small nodules called papillae which have taste buds on top of
them, when healthy these are pink in color. They are replaced every two weeks
and the color pigmentation can tell a lot about one health condition. Few
changes in the color of tongue are as follows:
White
tongue
Usually a white tongue
is nothing to worry about however this might also be a symptom that might be a
warning a serious condition that might be an infection or even sign of cancer
developing in your body. The white pigmentation is due to the inflammation of
papillae, what turn the generally pink papillae into white is bacteria, fungi,
food or dead cells stuck between the inflamed papillae.
You might have
thickened white patches on your tongue which is sign of Leukoplakia, although most leukoplakia patches are non-cancerous,
however some of these are also associated with signs of cancer. Yeast infection
can also lead to thick white patches on the tongue known as Oral Thrush; this is generally
developed in new born babies and in elderly people. Sometimes you tongue can develop interlaced
white lines due a condition known as Lichen
Planus, although its cause is unclear but it can generally be cured by
improving oral hygiene or eliminating certain food.
The tongue has a pinkish color but if it is turning
red then you must have to consult the required doctor.
The
tongue with vitamin deficiency:
If you see your tongue and its colour is changing to
red. That’s the time you need to see the doctor. It might be the case of
vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency.
Fever:
If your
tongue is changing colour from pink to red and white and your throat is
becoming dry plus you have a high fever, skin have blemished like sunburn. That
might be the case of scarlet fever. You need to rush to the doctor and start
the course of antibiotics immediately.
Tongue
with dots:
One has to see their mouth often when doing the
tooth brush. While brushing if you have seen the red dots with lines on the
tongue, it might be the symptoms of geographic tongue also known as tongue
cancer.
Dehydration:
If your tongue seems white and there is no pink
colour left on the tong. That is the indication that the quantity of water that
is needed in the body has been desiccated. You much drink ample water to fulfil
the requirement of the body.
Tongue
with fungus:
People are ignorant of health concerns. Not all of
the humans take care of that as required. If you are being ignorant and not
doing brush, or mouth wash regularly leaving the oral cavity dirty that might
develop serious diseases like cancer,
black hairy tongue, dirty mouth become a safe haven for bacteria and
fungus. This will give you bad breadth and sometime chemotherapy is required in
case of cancer.
Any unusual change in the body should not be ignored
at all. In case of tongue, you can visit your oral health physician or Dentist canton ma.
