Some causes of a swollen tongue can be harder to spot, like a side effect of a medication or an undiagnosed health condition. Glossitis refers to a swollen tongue due to inflammation. Edema is another ...
Transient lingual papillitis, also called "lie bumps" or "liar's tongue," is a painful condition that causes small bumps all along the tongue. It is not serious and usually goes away in a few days.
All healthy people have little bumps across the surface of their tongues called papillae. Some patients experiencing vitamin B12 deficiency may notice these bumps appear to vanish when the tongue ...
Several diseases that we now know clearly to be due to dietary deficiencies, such as sprue, glossitis and vaginitis due to avitaminosis B, have in the past been falsely attributed to pathogenic ...