A cracked and painful tongue may be due to the presence of a furrowed tongue or external trauma, which needs to be recognized based on a combination of the clinical presentation and history of the visit.
1. Cracked tongue. Cracked tongue with pain may be due to genetic infection or systemic disease triggered by furrowed tongue, manifested as the back of the tongue with a number of grooves or fissures of different shades and lengths, the tongue mucosa is not oozing trauma, usually no conscious symptoms, when secondary infection, there will be pain.
2. Tongue fissure trauma. The tongue is cracked and painful, or it may be due to a foreign body in the mouth or a sharp tooth tip causing tongue trauma, the tongue mucosa continuity is interrupted with blood seepage.
Cracked tongue and pain, it is recommended to go to the hospital for timely examination and treatment, so as not to affect chewing.