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Suggest Medication For Pain At The Bottom Of The Tongue Due To Broken Skin

the pother day i noticed that when i ate i was getting a bit of pain on the bottom of the tongue. it continued for a couple of days so looked in a mirror and noticed that on the bottom of the tongue on the left next to where the little vain/vine things are there was a little piece of skin that had apparently broken so its just hanging there. was wondering what can i do to get the pain to go away
Fri, 26 Jun 2015
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Hi..
Can understand your concern..

As per your complain a small piece of skin hanging on the underside of the tongue can be Plica Fimbriata which is a small mucousal fold and it is a normal structure and not an abnormity....

Although it can get inflammed due to some trauma caused by some hard food or any chemical or thermal burn and can become painful..

You need not worry as it will be fine soon and you can apply lignocaine gel or oragel for relief..

You can suck on ice pops and gargle with cold water..

Salt water rinses can be relieving..

In case of pain you can take anti-inflammatory painkiller like Advil..

Avoid any hot or spicy food till it heals..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards..
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..
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Suggest Medication For Pain At The Bottom Of The Tongue Due To Broken Skin

Hi.. Can understand your concern.. As per your complain a small piece of skin hanging on the underside of the tongue can be Plica Fimbriata which is a small mucousal fold and it is a normal structure and not an abnormity.... Although it can get inflammed due to some trauma caused by some hard food or any chemical or thermal burn and can become painful.. You need not worry as it will be fine soon and you can apply lignocaine gel or oragel for relief.. You can suck on ice pops and gargle with cold water.. Salt water rinses can be relieving.. In case of pain you can take anti-inflammatory painkiller like Advil.. Avoid any hot or spicy food till it heals.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards.. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..