White Spot On Tip Of Tongue. Painful. Hurts To Eat, Drink, Talk. What Could It Be?
I had a little white bump on the tip of my tongue about two days ago and now it has turned into a big white spot almost like an ulcer or something. I do not smoke or anything like that and I have had the taste buds swollen before and it would just always go away after a day or two. This is very painful and makes it hard to eat, drink, and even talk. What could possibly cause this?
hi chelsea and welcome to HCM,
White spots on the tongue are caused due to some of the reasons such as ulceration of the tongue mucosa due to trauma , physical trauma or chemical trauma caused by food allergies , injury to the tongue by hot food stuffs , deficiency of certain vitamins.
Stress Ulcers , Apthous ulcers , or viral infections like herpes also leads to ulcerations.
fungal infections of yeast called candida albicans leads to oral candidisis leads to white ulcerated area.
I would suggest you to start with multivitamin supplements and vitamin C lozenges two times daily.
apply antiseptic oral oitment topically over the ulcerated area .
maintain good oral hygiene by using antiseptic mouth rinses .
if condition doesnt get better then this then go for clinical examination by a dentist.
take care.
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White Spot On Tip Of Tongue. Painful. Hurts To Eat, Drink, Talk. What Could It Be?
HELLO AND WELCOME, White spoy on tip of tongue may be recurrent aphthous ulcers. S uch ulcers arise due to- vitamin b12 deficiency immune deficiency infections food allergy I WOULD SUGGEST you to apply topical corticosteroids on the affected site. Take vitamin becosules daily. Avoid hot/spicy/artificial foods Maintain good oral hygiene If symptoms persist,please do consult dentist. Hope you get well soon. regards dr.bindiya