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A member asked:
Help me please! there are small red bumps on tongue, with "hairy" tougne and red patches. what do i do?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
See your dentist: See your dentist for a definitive diagnosis. Sounds like normal taste buds (bumps), geographic tongue (bald patches-red spots) and hairy tongue (elongation of papillae).
Answered 1/1/2014
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