A normal, healthy tongue should be pink, relatively smooth with small papillae on top, moist but not too wet, and proportional to your mouth. When it becomes noticeably swollen — a condition ...

A key symptom is small red or white bumps on the tongue. These bumps are enlarged or inflamed papillae. Lie bumps can affect one or several papillae. Other symptoms can include: pain a burning or ...

People with geographic tongue have fewer papillae than normal. The patches may come and go.” They warned that this could also be accompanied by: A burning sensation: You may notice a stinging ...

Characteristics of anemia tongue can include: Shiny appearance of the tongue Red color May be slightly swollen Smooth and lacking the normal bumps ... known as tongue papillae, are lost.

The tongue-- sorry, the tongue ... Most people think those are our taste buds, but they're actually the papillae, which help grip your food. In the tips of those papillae are where our 10,000 ...

People with geographic tongue have fewer papillae than normal. The patches may come and go.” They warned that this could also be accompanied by: A burning sensation: You may notice a stinging ...