What to do if the sides of your tongue are red, swollen and painful

Redness, swelling and pain on both sides of the tongue may be caused by traumatic ulcers, papillitis of the tongue, herpes stomatitis, pharyngitis or tonsillitis, etc. Depending on the situation, choose to adjust (dental), local sprays, medication, mouthwash solution rinse and other treatment methods.
1. Traumatic ulcers: remove local irritants, adjust and grind sharp tooth tips, residual roots and crowns, etc. Meanwhile, choose recombinant bovine alkaline fibroblast growth factor to be sprayed on the ulcer surface to promote ulcer healing.
2. Tongue papillitis: generally caused by fungal infections, it is best to carry out timely antifungal treatment, commonly used drugs are mycotoxin tablets, fluconazole, etc.; vitamin deficiency caused by tongue papillitis, you can take multivitamin tablets.
3. Herpetic stomatitis: active antiviral treatment, commonly used drugs are acyclovir, ganciclovir, at the same time with supportive therapy.
4. pharyngitis or tonsillitis: you can take oral roxithromycin capsules or cefixime capsules, etc., at the same time to do more drinking water, eat a light diet, do not eat spicy and stimulating food.
There may be other reasons for the redness, swelling and pain on both sides of the tongue, so go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease and then actively treat it, in order to facilitate the recovery of the disease.