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  2. Transient lingual papillitis - Wikipedia

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    Transient lingual papillitis is generally diagnosed based on patient presentation, meaning where it is located in the mouth and how big the bump is. [8] The visual presentation can also accompany various signs and symptoms such as difficulty eating, having a "strawberry tongue", increased saliva production, and a burning or tingling sensation. [9]

  3. Fimbriated fold of tongue - Wikipedia

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    The fimbriated fold of tongue, also plica fimbriata, is a slight fold of the mucous membrane on the underside of the tongue which runs laterally on either side of the frenulum. The free edge of the fimbriated fold occasionally exhibits a series of fringe-like processes. (Fimbria is Latin for fringe).

  4. Woman, 45, had a lump on her tongue that wouldn't go ... - AOL

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    The bump on Smith’s tongue mostly hurt when she ate. She also experienced almost constant ear pain. “I started to get a really strange earache that wouldn’t go away,” she says.

  5. Frenulum of the tongue - Wikipedia

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    The condition manifests as pain and soreness on the undersurface of the tongue, [16] and sometimes the throat. [15] The ulceration of the lingual frenum caused by cunnilingus is typically oriented horizontally, the lesion corresponding to the contact of the ventral tongue with the incisal edge of the mandibular incisor teeth when the tongue is ...

  6. 'COVID Tongue' Is Definitely a Thing—Here's What It Is and ...

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    Dr. Gut says that scientists have theorized that COVID-19 starts to attack the bumps on the tongue (papilla) by using what's known as an angiotensin-converting enzyme receptor (ACE-2).

  7. Morsicatio buccarum - Wikipedia

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    The most common and simple treatment is the construction of a specially made acrylic prosthesis that covers the biting surfaces of the teeth and protects the cheek, tongue, and labial mucosa (an occlusal splint). This is either employed in the short term as a habit-breaking intention or more permanently (e.g., wearing the prosthesis each night ...

  8. Glossitis - Wikipedia

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    White strawberry tongue is seen in early scarlet fever (a systemic infection of group A β- hemolytic streptococci), [26] and red strawberry tongue occurs later, after 4–5 days. [8] Strawberry tongue is also seen in Kawasaki disease (a vasculitic disorder primarily occurring in children under 5), [ 27 ] [ 28 ] and toxic shock syndrome . [ 29 ]

  9. Median rhomboid glossitis - Wikipedia

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    Median rhomboid glossitis is a condition characterized by an area of redness and loss of lingual papillae on the central dorsum of the tongue, sometimes including lesions of the tongue and palate. It is seen in patients using inhaled steroids and smokers, and is usually a kind of chronic atrophic oral candidiasis , but hematinic deficiency and ...