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Q: Peeling White Tongue

asked by: ksmith684 on February 2nd, 2007

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5 days ago, my tongue felt really funny but I didn't really pay it any attention. Later on that night I rubbed my teeth on my tongue and my tongue felt as though it was peeling. So I looked in the mirror and I saw that my tongue had a white coating in the middle of it. I've been looking on the internet about it,but the spot didn't stay there I easily peeled it off with no problem, it didn't hurt, my tongue itsn't red. Or burning or anything. It didn't burn or anything before hand, and it hasn't came back. I'm wondering if it had to do with the fact that I had been eating sunflower seeds all day or..Whatever it is.I'm really curious about it.

Replies(7)

jessb

replied on January 4th, 2009

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same problem...help!

i'm a 16 year old female and the other day i noticed my tongue felt strange. I went to sleep just fine, but when I awoke the next morning my tongue felt like a had bread caked on it. So i scrapped it off of my tongue and it was white bready looking. I really need help. I just had surgery five days ago and I am on hydrocodone 7.5 I dont know if it has anything to do with it but something isnt right.

mmbc

replied on March 26th, 2009

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peeling tongue

my tongue peeled after taking hydrocodone too. I also lost my sense of taste. it has been three weeks and my taste still has not come back 100%. at first i could only taste sweet, i can now taste a little savory, but after a few seconds all food tastes bitter. the doctor had no explanation for me whatsoever.

soaker98

replied on April 8th, 2009

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Same

I ate like 6 packets of sunflower seeds in a day, and my tongue ended up like that. I peeled it off with no problem too. First time this has happened with sunflower seeds though

Exlla

replied on June 8th, 2009

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I am eighteen, female, and off and on for the last year my tongue peels. Not little patches, either. Full thick layers. I didn't burn my toungue any of the times, have not changed my mouthwash before or after any of the incidents. The peeling usually lasts for a week or two, then goes away. It never hurts, but a peeling tongue has the worst texture ever. No other changes that I can tell. Any suggestions on what this might be?

mspig

replied on October 16th, 2009

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skin on my tongue falling off

I'm 28 F and I think this same thing is happening to me. I have been reading in other places online that it often happens if you eat too much sour foods...your tongue gets a kind of burn. I recently have been eating a lot of vinegar and chips, which I think must have been the cause. But, does anybody know the official diagnosis/clinical name for this symptom??

bunneyboo22

replied on October 22nd, 2009

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tongue peeling

i am 11 and this morning for school i was on the computer on faacebook and then white stuff was on my tongue i looked in the mirror and pulled it off the white thing ihad little tiny itsy bitsy holes in it when i studied it then i started looking for clues and hypothesis and i fonud some
1. your probably ate sometihing sweet or sour and you babrly brush your teeth
2.your tongue is starting to get Rinotheseis which means your toungue gets wrinkly and gets creases and all that stuff
Luv,Keke
age:11

lachlanbourke

replied on November 20th, 2009

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13,male, Peeling tongue and gums?

PEELING TONGUE!!!! HELP@
I am 13, male and i had been feeling very strange in the mouth for a couple of days. i noticed the skin peeling off the sides of my mouth and the inside of my lips. till i had the feeling i had lots of mushy food in my mouth then i looked at my tongue in the mirror and it was white and it was peeling i was peeling multiple layers of it off? i don't understand whats happening? please send me a re post i am really desperate to find out what is going on. i'm missing the taste of food!!

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