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Tip of your tongue ever been sore?
For the last week I have experienced the sore tip of my tongue. I’ll get this out of the way upfront, I don’t do anything, unusual, energetic, or risqué with my tongue.
It feels like when you burn your tongue (I may have) or in you accidentally bite it. So I have patiently been waiting for it to recede, but it seems to be lingering. In the past, if I burn my tongue drinking hot liquids, the burn sensation goes away in a day or two. I examined my tongue, it looks normal, does not look inflamed and on the tip I can barely and I mean barely see a tiny white dot. It’s so small if I was not looking for it, I’d miss it. One of the articles I read mentioned a canker sore as a tiny white dot with a red border, but I can barely see it, much less a red border, so it’s possible a canker sore is not the issue.
Anyway, I brush my teeth and gargle with a mouth wash, for decades, and one possibility mentioned is that mouth washes can cause this, but I don’t think so. Vitamin deficiency was also mentioned as a possibility. I take a multi-vitamin supplement. I also love lemon aid and I wonder if drinking that regularly might cause some irritation because of the acid?
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For the last week I have experienced the sore tip of my tongue. I’ll get this out of the way upfront, I don’t do anything, unusual, energetic, or risqué with my tongue.
It feels like when you burn your tongue (I may have) or in you accidentally bite it. So I have patiently been waiting for it to recede, but it seems to be lingering. In the past, if I burn my tongue drinking hot liquids, the burn sensation goes away in a day or two. I examined my tongue, it looks normal, does not look inflamed and on the tip I can barely and I mean barely see a tiny white dot. It’s so small if I was not looking for it, I’d miss it. One of the articles I read mentioned a canker sore as a tiny white dot with a red border, but I can barely see it, much less a red border, so it’s possible a canker sore is not the issue.Anyway, I brush my teeth and gargle with a mouth wash, for decades, and one possibility mentioned is that mouth washes can cause this, but I don’t think so. Vitamin deficiency was also mentioned as a possibility. I take a multi-vitamin supplement. I also love lemon aid and I wonder if drinking that regularly might cause some irritation because of the acid?
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I've had just a single taste bud on the tip of my tongue get inflamed, it looks like your described, a small white dot (vs. what you may think of with a canker sore), they come, after several days, they go, no biggie.
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This is unusual for me because it seems to be persisting. I’ll give it another week… thanks.I've had just a single taste bud on the tip of my tongue get inflamed, it looks like your described, a small white dot (vs. what you may think of with a canker sore), they come, after several days, they go, no biggie.
Swollen Taste Buds: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and More
Here’s what may be behind your swollen, enlarged, or inflamed taste buds, plus treatment options to help you get rid of them.
Eric
Mama's lil stinker
If it's been that long it might be worth asking your doctor about just to be safe.This is unusual for me because it seems to be persisting. I’ll give it another week… thanks.
I’ll give it another week… thanks.
It doesn't help that it's hard not to grind it against your teeth, that can irritate it and cause it to persist.
Yeah, per @Eric, if it lingers too long, it wouldn't hurt for a doc to take a look, or even your dentist.
This is unusual for me because it seems to be persisting. I’ll give it another week… thanks.
That's happened to me a couple of times as well. It hurts for a bit, then just goes away on its own. Nothing to worry about.
Also, don't lick bees.
Eric
Mama's lil stinker
We've had some great medical advice on this site but this has to be the best I've seen yet.
Eric
Mama's lil stinker
me FeAl not brane bad, U shooD reD it
The relentless stupidity of arguing about mouthwash was brain numbing ...
I mostly pop in to take a look at the for sale section, and maybe read a few headlines, but I occasionally take a look at the community area and realize I'm missing __nothing__.
Bullshit. I'm taking your post to my dentist, I don't allow this sort of misinformation.
Yeah it was slightly amusing, although I did learn that alcohol in mouthwash is bad for good bacteria, I guess cause it wipes out everything. I read some more about GvB bacteria and and was advised that not only yogurt is good for introducing good bacteria, but that pickles are too! Another article suggested drinking a glass of water with a teaspoon of natural vinegar added good bacteria. I had no idea about pickles or vinegar. And I think it was my doctor who said that vinegar somehow reduces acid reflux, which seems backwards to me as I thought acid, encouraged it.
Btw, my tongue soreness seems to have receded a bit, but is still there, sensitive, but not to a point I’d call it sore.
