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My daughter recently got sick & now she has red bumps on the back of her tongue. is this normal?

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Bumps tongue: the tongue is made up of tiny little bumps that get bigger toward the back of the tongue and may get larger with illness.

Dr Melder agreed

Answered 5/26/2017

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