What Is A Geographic Tongue - Geographic Tongue Causes - Geographic Tongue Treatment - Splits On Tongue

What Is A Geographic Tongue - Geographic Tongue Causes 

Hello Friends, have you ever stopped brushing your teeth for a minute to look at your tongue? Lots of people might have heard about the geographic tongue, Today I am going to discuss Geographic tongue causes symptoms, and treatment.

What Is A Geographic Tongue?
You must have seen or gone through an inflammatory but harmless affected tongue surface condition, it is known as geographic tongue. It is a tiny pinkish-white layer of bumps (papillae), which are a hair-like sign. If the tongue surface is missing papillae and you notice smooth Red Island patches on the tongue with a slightly raised border it is an alarming sign your tongue has become a geographic tongue. 

What Causes Geographic Tongue?
Below are the symptoms of geographic tongue
Irregular shaped red patches on the side or top of the tongue.
Very often changes in the size, location, and shape of lesions.
You may feel a burning sensation, pain, and discomfort while eating acidic or spicy food.

The sensation on the fissured tongue - Grooved Tongue - Cutted Tongue - Bifurcated Tongue

If someone experiencing any of these symptoms and is thinking about whether it’s a geographic tongue or not, the sincere advice is to fix an appointment with your,r doctor. The physician will better understand the situation by properly examining the tongue because in some cases people don’t have any symptoms.

Geographic Tongue Treatment
As you are aware in most cases the people just ignore or do not have any symptoms so it may continue for days or even for months, it often gets well on its own, but it does not mean that it has been cured forever, there is always a chance of returning. If you feel discomfort or strong pains for more than 10 days, consult your doctor. The doctor might prescribe:
- Mouth riser with anesthetics
- Anti-inflammatories 
- Pain killers

- Tabaco break

Geographic Tongue Causes - What Causes a Sore Cracked Tongue
When small parts of the tongue go missing a thin layer of tiny bumps is named papillae. They usually cover the entire upper part of the tongue. The reason behind losing papillae is, nobody knows, mostly geographic tongue lean through generations. Family history would be a major link. 

Patchy Tongue Difficulties
Geographic tongue is a non-threatening condition, it never opposes any harm to health.
Though you go through an anxiety attack due to the condition because of the embarrassing appearance of the tongue, and to be relieved that there is nothing seriously wrong.