What is Strawberry Tongue

Strawberry Tongue is a red tongue with a red manubrium, which means that the papillae of the tongue are flushed and swollen like strawberries, reflecting the internal heat in the body, and is a manifestation of fever, mostly seen in acute respiratory infections caused by Streptococcus haemolyticus type A. The most common type of fever is scarlet fever, which is characterized by fever, body temperature of 38-40°C, sore throat, strawberry tongue, and a diffuse scarlet-like rash with flaky peeling after the rash recedes. A small number of patients develop metabolic heart and kidney disease 2-3 weeks after the disease. Clinically, some people also appear strawberry tongue, but the whole body does not have the other symptoms mentioned above, but also reflects the body indigestion, zinc deficiency. After the appearance of strawberry tongue must promptly to hospital treatment, diet attention to drink more water, eat more vitamin C-rich fruits, vegetables, such as oranges, cabbage, etc..