Question 1

what causes a black tongue?

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Black Tongue: Black tongue can be from foods or candies, from a yeast or 'thrush' infection among other rare things.  If there are any other symptoms or concerns please get in to see your family doctor or dentist.

Question 2

what causes geographical tongue?

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Unknown: The cause of geographic tongue is unknown, and there's no way to prevent the condition. Although geographic tongue may look alarming, it doesn't cause health problems and isn't associated with infection or cancer. Geographic tongue can sometimes cause tongue discomfort and increased sensitivity to certain substances.

Question 3

what causes a blue tongue in humans?

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Bad hygiene: Blue tongue may be due to build up of food debris under the structures on the surface of the tongue.  Daily brushing or scrapping with a plastic device will help to keep the tongue clean.  
Congenital heart disease or some other forms of medical conditions can give you blue tongue.  Consult with a medical doctor to do further test.

Question 4

what can cause fisures on your tongue?

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Truly unknown: Definitive cause is not known, but is quite common, more so in some genetic disease such as down and melkerson-rosenthal syndromes, sacoidosis etc...  It is typically just a finding, not a symptom...As most have no pain etc...Glossitis or inflammation of tongue can cause pain/burning etc..And have several causes...If you have pain/burning etc...Consult doc..
Good luck.

Question 5

what can cause a man's tongue to feel thick?

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Enlarged tongue: There are many conditions that can cause the tongue to feel enlarged. Hypothyroid condition is one... Without a full medical history and exam it is impossible to determine. See your doctor for a thorough exam. Good luck!

Question 6

my tongue feels bigger today. what might cause that?

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Inflammation: If you have normal blood pressure at age 34, then your tongue may be swollen from inflammatory causes such as temperature or chemical triggers in hot spices. You may have a food allergy causing the tongue to swell. Some people take blood pressure medications in the class called ace inhibitors like lisinopril. There is a condition called angioneurotic edema of the tongue due to an enzyme deficiency.

Question 7

what causes cuts on your tongue and how do you heal them?

Accepted Answer

Sharp things. Leave : Cuts on tongue - caused by eating sharp things no doubt. One has to ask how the cuts would be obtained more than once, but that may just be my slow thinking. They should heal if you leave them alone.

Question 8

is there anything that can cause a sudden hole in my tongue?

Accepted Answer

Biting it : The  most common cause would be trauma or biting your tongue.

Question 9

what can cause a part of tongue hardening? could it be recovering

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Tongue: Injury, chronic tongue chewing habit, tumor are some causations.

Question 10

what is the cause of a hurting, nasty taste, white colored tongue?

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Thrush: The most common cause for what you describe is candidiasis or thrush.  It is a yeast infection that can be treated quite easily. 

If you are a high risk lifestyle,  i would also get an HIV test just to cover all my bases.

Otherwise, some Nystatin should do the trick.

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