HEALTH TIPS: CHECKOUT WHAT YOUR TONGUE SAYS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.

Vitamin deficiency 

 Your tongue might be turning a
shiny red because it’s losing taste buds. This happens when
you’re not getting enough of certain vitamins, namely B-12,
folic acid or iron. You’ll need to supplement or eat more
foods that contain these vitamins to solve the problem.


Scarlet fever

If you’re red tongue is accompanying a
high fever, you should get checked for this bacterial
condition. You might see scarlet fever pop up with strep
throat.



Chronic dryness

 If you have an overly dry mouth, you
might see an abnormal red. In this case, you’ll just need to
take care of the symptoms with over-the-counter or
prescription medications.



White All Over


What it means: If you’re noticing what looks like a lumpy
blanket of white all over your tongue, you may have a yeast
infection (or oral thrush).
Most of the time, oral thrush happens because too many
good bacteria are killed by antibiotics, letting yeast take
over instead. You do need to see your doctor for
prescription anti-fungal medication.
White patches.

What it means: You might notice a painless white patch on
or underneath your tongue, a spot called leukoplakia. For
the most part, you don’t have anything to worry about.