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Fissured tongue
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A 39-year old asked:
What's fissured tongue?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is a fissured tongue a turn-off?
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A 31-year old asked:
Could you pierce a fissured tongue?
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A 30-year old asked:
Does a fissured tongue get worse over the years?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hello, How can I treat a severely fissured tongue?
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A 34-year old asked:
Please help! what is the difference between geographical and fissured tongue?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can there be any famous people with fissured tongues?
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A 27-year old female asked:
In fissured tongue do the cracks stay there or move around?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Does geographic tongue usually turn into a fissured tongue?
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A 51-year old female asked:
I have a geographic and fissured tongue and it bleeds very slightly but constantly even when Im not eating anything. How can I stop this?
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A 36-year old asked:
What treatments are there for a fissured tongue?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can one cure a cracked or fissured tongue?
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A 37-year old female asked:
In the past couple months I have developed a fissured tongue. It is worrisome. Its around the front edges of my tongue. Why would it suddenly develop? I also have some white patches on back of tongue. Can I fix this problem?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have deeply fissured tongue and everytime i eat white patches remain especially in the middle crack where its also hairy?
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A 60-year old female asked:
I have been diagnosed with geographically and fissure tongue. My dr wants me to go for a blood test. My question is why do I need a blood test, what causes this? Is their a cure? My tongue feels like its on fire eating & drinking.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Will taking zinc or b complex vitamins help a fissured tongue?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Will taking vitamin b complex and zinc help to get rid of a fissured tongue? If not what will? A lot say its benign but i would like to get rid of it!
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can oral thrush cause fissures on tongue?
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A 39-year old asked:
Help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes fissures on your tongue?
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A 24-year old male asked:
White tongue lesions and fissures with uneven tongue borders?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What can I do for painful tongue fissures? I have an appt on the 25th, but until then i would like to eat. Right now eating makes my tongue burn badly
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can we differentiate with pictures and explanation between fissured and pathological tongue disease? I am worry and not sure what I have.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have a crack in your tongue? I have one crack on the top of my tongue toward the tip. Ive read about fissures, but I only have one and it seems like with fissures you have many. I didnt bite or damage my tongue?
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A 48-year old female asked:
My tongue has a white film on it and has big fissures. It also has painful canker sores on it. This has been going on for over a month.
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A 63-year old female asked:
Burning tongue with red patches and deep fissure down the middle. Burn has gone on for 9 weeks?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Geographic tongue, scares me after eating spicy/sour foods. I get painful, raised sores after eating; lacy appearance; fissure. I've always been negative for food allergies, but get scared when the sore bumps appear after spicy/sour foods. Dangerous?
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A 32-year old asked:
I have skin cracking in the corners of my mouth?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I have mouth ulcers , anal fissure, severe diahrea & stomach pain what could this be?
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A 18-year old asked:
How to cure butt fissures?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Suggestions for fissures. Foods, creams etc?
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