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Back of tongue has a sore, enlarged taste buds & white coating. tried tongue scraper but didn't get rid of coating, only made tongue bleed. pls help!

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Dr. David Kam answered

Tongue lesion: A bleeding ulcer of tongue should be evaluated by an ENT doctor especially if it is more than 2 weeks. An office punch biopsy is warranted to r/o cancer.

Dr Maes and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/7/2019

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