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Tongue Disorders
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<p>Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds. </p> <p>Problems with the tongue include:</p><ul> <li> Pain </li> <li> Swelling</li> <li> Changes in color or texture</li> <li> Abnormal movement or difficulty moving the tongue</li> <li> <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/tasteandsmelldisorders.html">Taste</a> problems</li> </ul> <p>These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem.</p>
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<p>Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds. </p> <p>Problems with the tongue include:</p><ul> <li> Pain </li> <li> Swelling</li> <li> Changes in color or texture</li> <li> Abnormal movement or difficulty moving the tongue</li> <li> <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/tasteandsmelldisorders.html">Taste</a> problems</li> </ul> <p>These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem.</p>
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Tongue Disorders
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08/24/2009
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Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Problems with the tongue can have many different causes. Learn more.https://medlineplus.gov/tonguedisorders.html
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