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What Causes Painful Cracks And Irritation On The Tongue?

My tongue has recently cracked near the tip, its very pain full. I had some spicy food last week, and after I noticed the cracks. I don't know how long I've had the cracks, I had been experiencing irritation on my tongue before the spicy food. Is this anything serious?
Fri, 4 Nov 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that cracks over the tip of tongue along with pain on taking spicy food seems to be due to Apthous Stomatitis leading to inflammation inside mouth while if there are deep grooves over the tongue it can be due to Fissured tongue..
Stomatitis can be caused due to deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc..
While Fissured tongue is due to genetic causes most commonly..
I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis..
Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms..
As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms.
You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily..
You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen..
Suck ice and do cool water rinses..
Avoid spicy food..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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What Causes Painful Cracks And Irritation On The Tongue?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that cracks over the tip of tongue along with pain on taking spicy food seems to be due to Apthous Stomatitis leading to inflammation inside mouth while if there are deep grooves over the tongue it can be due to Fissured tongue.. Stomatitis can be caused due to deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc.. While Fissured tongue is due to genetic causes most commonly.. I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis.. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms.. As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms. You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily.. You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen.. Suck ice and do cool water rinses.. Avoid spicy food.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.