On their illnesses can be found in language

This body is responsible not only for chewing and speech function rights. Language - a real map of the body by which experienced doctors learn about the affected areas and determine their location.
Learn to control their own health as the language quite easily. To do this, you just have to know which authorities are responsible for one or another of his zone.

A healthy tongue is pale pink color, with a smooth and well-defined fold papillae, while the physical strain and raids could signal the disturbances in the body:
- Whitish plaque on the back of the third - a sign of enterocolitis;
- White patches on the edges and on the front third of the shows pulmonary disease;
- White patches on the edges of the rear-thirds indicate kidney problems;
- Swelling and redness on the right - hepatocholecystitis;
- Swelling and redness on the left - a disease of the spleen;
- Accumulation of foamy saliva on the sides - rheumatism;
- Extension of the bottom surface veins - pulmonary heart disease, thrombophlebitis;
- White whiskers formation on the side surfaces with no signs of inflammation - HIV infection;
- Cold wet tongue - increased arousal;
- Loss of feeling - a violation of the central and / or peripheral nervous system;
- Dry ground with cracks indicative of diabetes;
- Brown color of the bottom surface, changing the color and structure of the papillae - the symptoms of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease;
- "Raspberry" language speaks of scarlet fever;
- A sleek, red, shiny tongue - a sign of dysbiosis, atrophy of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract;
- A rough coating - typhoid, dysentery.

Gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer can be recognized by the whitish bloom around the perimeter of the tongue. In chronic gastritis it except sidewalls covered thick whitish-gray coating of thickness of three to five millimeters. If you scrape it, it will show up under normal papillae. If you see a plaque inflammation of the mucous, is to make an appointment to see a doctor. It is possible, the matter is far from gastritis.

To clean or not to clean language?
The attack in the mouth not only looks unsightly. It may have an unpleasant smell and a thick layer of "nazhdachki", located in the mouth, can cause discomfort.

To save yourself a lot of discomfort, and, in particular, adhere to hygiene, dentists recommend from time to time to brush your tongue. Ideally, you need to clean the surface of the tongue after every meal. Thus the best way to clean it is not a brush, and baby soap. It kills germs and does not damage the mucosa of the language.

Treatment and prevention

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