What’s that pimple on your tongue?



Flesh bumps on the tongue can be considered diseases such as sublingual cysts, tumors such as papillomas, or tongue cancer.

1. Sublingual cysts: generally located on the tongue tie side, superficial cysts are located in the floor of the mouth, often painless and slow-growing, the contents are colorless viscous liquid, which may rupture due to injury, but then can also increase in size.

2. Tumor: such as papilloma of tongue, which can be caused by local irritation, repeated friction or viral infection, and it can be protruded on the surface of the tongue, and the patient has the feeling of foreign body in the tongue, and the growth rate is generally slow. Tongue cancer can occur in the edge of tongue, tip or back of tongue, etc., and may present exophytic hard nodule.

It is recommended to consult a doctor in time for the cause and nature of the problem, and then treat it accordingly.