A normal tongue will look pink and be covered with tiny bumps called papillae (also known as "taste buds"). When your tongue is coated with creamy white patches or lesions, this is most likely due ...

Smooth, glossy surfaces often indicate nutrient deficiencies, particularly in iron-deficiency anemia. Loss of normal tongue papillae affects taste sensation and requires medical evaluation. Deep ...

“I told her it was politically incorrect.” Swab blue food colouring on the front of your tongue. This allows you to see the fungiform papillae (they don’t stain as well as the rest of the ...

Filiform papillae are bulges under the mucous ... Six months after he first presented with hairy tongue, it had returned to normal despite the fact that he did not stop smoking.