The Secrets Your Tongue Keeps | A Different Perspective | July 20, 2024

What does it mean when your tongue burns or looks like hamburger? What can your tongue tell you about your health? Probably more than you think! This week, on A Different Perspective, Dr. Bryce Gallagher dives into this discussion and explains the plethora of information this muscle can give you about the state of your health.

He covers many useful topics, including:

Geographic tongue: Geographic tongue affects 2-3% of the population. Signs of geographic tongue are a loss of papillae, redness, and the tongue looking like a map. Dr. Bryce covers a few different triggers of Geographic Tongue, like allergies, hormonal changes, and stress.

Hamburger tongue: What does it mean when your tongue looks like a hamburger? This is a condition commonly associated with geographic tongue, which can come from similar triggers and underlying infections. How should you approach and address it? Dr. Bryce explains why it's not the same for everyone.

Oral thrush and candidiasis: Oral thrush can come from a fungal or yeast overgrowth. What are the symptoms beyond a white-ish tongue? Dr. Bryce breaks it down while addressing the differences between oral thrush and Leukoplakia.

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For further information, check out these resources:

https://www.thewellnessway.com/candida-overgrowth-got-sugar-cravings/

https://www.thewellnessway.com/aloe-juice-benefits/

https://www.thewellnessway.com/ways-to-manage-stress/

Articles and studies cited in this video:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/geographic-tongue/symptoms-causes/syc-20354396

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1578219019301489

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554466/

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/10956-thrush

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28184328/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36911593/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560624/