Cracked tongue is very painful may be trauma or the emergence of grooved tongue, trauma caused by the need for immediate debridement suture, while taking antibiotics to prevent secondary infection.
1. trauma: oral trauma may cause soft tissue tearing of the tongue, can produce severe pain, generally need to saline debridement after stitching, severe pain take ibuprofen pain capsules, at the same time, the use of antibiotics amoxicillin to prevent secondary infections.
2. furrowed tongue: the organism appears mossy, viral infection or related to other diseases, may lead to the oral cavity appear furrowed tongue, the back of the tongue has different depths and lengths of grooves or cracks, grooves in the residue can lead to the growth of bacteria, secondary infections produce inflammation and pain.
Need to use chlorhexidine or sodium bicarbonate gargle, take antibiotics such as metronidazole and other drugs to fight infection, pain intolerable people consider surgical resection of the groove fissure site after pulling together suture.
Cracked tongue is very painful, it is recommended to consult a doctor to check the cause of targeted treatment, the use of drugs need to comply with medical advice.