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Question: I suffer from this disease since my childhood. I have heavy white coating on my tongue every morning. My mouth stinks badly. i use germicide gargle in morning after that i scrap my tongue, which helps to remove the stink for some part of the day. But after having lunch again stink comes back by evening also the coating starts reappearing. It comes earlier if i have tea or coffee. kindly help me to overcome this embarrasing problem.
Brief Answer:
Dehydration or dry mouth
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
I went through your query and understood your concerns.
White tongue is the result of inflammation of the finger-like projections (papillae) on the surface of your tongue. The appearance of a white coating is caused by debris, bacteria and dead cells getting lodged between the inflamed papillae.
Common causes for your symptoms are dehydration or dry mouth and Infection.
Need to brush your teeth or gargle after each meal.
Take plenty of water, minimum 4 lit of liquid per day.
Avoid using sweets at the end of your meal.
Avoid junk foods and repeated eating in between meals.
Try these measures for few days, if your symptoms doesn't improve , you may need to get biopsy study done.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Regards
Dehydration or dry mouth
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
I went through your query and understood your concerns.
White tongue is the result of inflammation of the finger-like projections (papillae) on the surface of your tongue. The appearance of a white coating is caused by debris, bacteria and dead cells getting lodged between the inflamed papillae.
Common causes for your symptoms are dehydration or dry mouth and Infection.
Need to brush your teeth or gargle after each meal.
Take plenty of water, minimum 4 lit of liquid per day.
Avoid using sweets at the end of your meal.
Avoid junk foods and repeated eating in between meals.
Try these measures for few days, if your symptoms doesn't improve , you may need to get biopsy study done.
Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.
Regards
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