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Swollen tongue
An enlarged tongue is a clinical finding in which the tongue is larger than in a normal, healthy person. This can occur with allergies, infections, cancers, and other conditions.
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How can I heal a swollen tongue?
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How can I treat a swollen tongue?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Swollen tongue what does it mean?
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How do I fix my painful swollen tongue?
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Slightly swollen tongue cause for alarm?
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A 31-year old asked:
What should I do/take for a swollen tongue?
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Possible cause of swollen tongue, one said?
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A 31-year old asked:
Why am i getting a swollen tongue on one side only?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are the more common causes of a swollen tongue?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: swollen tongue?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can you tell me is my swollen tongue caused by medication?
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Help please? What is the best exercise for a swollen tongue?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can be done for baby with swollen tongue and enlarged organs?
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A 92-year old asked:
Friend said she woke up last night having trouble with swollen tongue. What could have caused that? Second time in a month.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Hey. Have one question. I ate my food, and suddenly i was able to get the fork touched my tongue with the tip. Can this cause a swollen tongue?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Is swollen tongue a symptom of lou gehrig's disease?
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A 44-year old asked:
I'm having trouble swallowing and swollen tongue?
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A male asked:
How to get rid of a swollen tongue?
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A 47-year old asked:
i am having swollen tongue with tooth marks?
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A 73-year old female asked:
Swollen tongue cannot eat troubles swallowing?? It has been ten hours.
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A 41-year old asked:
Can an allergy to nylon lead to a swollen tongue?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do you get a swollen tongue to go down without going to the doctor?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I get frequent tongue ulcers and swollen tongue?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I have a swollen tongue with lumps should u go to hospital?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Swollen tongue, red and purple tongue web on only one side, only one lymphnode swollen. Hurts to move tongue to the opposite side. Help?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have never had a swollen tongue. And I have no allergies. But for no reason i'm afraid of getting a swollen tongue. What is it ? Anxiety?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Red and swollen tongue, with lots of pain. No meds, no different foods, no changes that couldve brought this. Could it be caused by thrush?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I have a high IgE reading up to 2000. What could be the causes of this. Also get swollen tongue quite often, with ridges on side from teeth.
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A 20-year old female asked:
Swollen tongue with smooth ridges around tip/side of tongue,red small bumps all the way on back of tongue & both tonsils are swollen big?no pain
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A 26-year old male asked:
If you have no tongue disease, and no allergies at all. Then its not possible to get a swollen tongue? Afraid it will swell, and that i die. Anxiety?
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