Just to start with, I was a dental nurse for 6 years and never saw this.
Also, I have impeccable oral hygiene, I'm 24 and have never had a cavity.
But yesterday I was reading and felt something on my tongue. It felt a bit like a really fine onion skin or something sitting there, so I scratched it off. It was some white stuff. I thought it must have been something I ate. Then it happened again, and again so I went to look in the mirror and saw that the white stuff was all over my tongue.
The white stuff was the skin covering my tongue and when I looked at the rest of my mouth, it was the same. I peeled it all off (like peeling off sunburned skin) and it wasn't sore or anything.
I haven't seen this before and I haven't eaten anything hot or spicy in the last few days, but I am pregnant. Has this ever happened to anyone else? And why?
2006-07-02 18:13:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
PLEASE read the question before answering! I did not eat anything hot or spicy.
2006-07-02 19:47:26 · update #1
The only time I had this was after eating too many salt and vinegar potato chips. Can't say I've ever heard of it because of pregnancy.
2006-07-02 18:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by MillwoodsGal 6 · 8⤊ 5⤋
Tongue Peeling
2016-10-17 23:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by alejandrez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have to be hot or spicy to do this. Bananas and some nuts do the same thing to me. But, I wouldn't rule out the pregnancy. You are going to have lots of experiences being pregnant. Not to alarm you. They all won't be bad. Good luck!
2006-07-02 18:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by sumrtanman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had some skin peel off the inside of my mouth occasionally, but not off my tongue...
2006-07-02 18:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by beadtheway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like geographic tongue.
2006-07-02 18:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by kaitlin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋