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What Causes A Burning Sensation On A Recently Pierced Tongue?
So I got my tongue pierced about a week ago! A few days after I got it pierced and started to eat and rinse after...the tip of my tongue and from where I got it pierced and forward it just feels like it s burning. It doesn t feel like it s burning when I breathe in and out and also when I drink cold water!
Sat, 12 Apr 2014
Hi,
Tongue is a sense organ So it is richly supplied by nerve fibers. There are small minute papilae on tongue which have taste buds & nerve fibers too.
The piercing of tongue/wearing studs on tip of tongue sometimes causes soreness of the papilae there,they get inflamed & get irritated /start burning on taking hot things/ salty/sweet things..Ice reduces the swelling & offers relief from the symptom.
Thanks
Tongue is a sense organ So it is richly supplied by nerve fibers. There are small minute papilae on tongue which have taste buds & nerve fibers too.
The piercing of tongue/wearing studs on tip of tongue sometimes causes soreness of the papilae there,they get inflamed & get irritated /start burning on taking hot things/ salty/sweet things..Ice reduces the swelling & offers relief from the symptom.
Thanks
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