Tongue, like other organs in the body is exposed to some of the problems and one of the most problems that may face tongue is cracking tongue, and mean cracking tongue cracks and grooves on the surface of the tongue, which leads to cracked tongue is difficult to put food or feel its taste, Tongue ulcers in the mouth and allergy of hot foods, and also lead to the appearance of foul odor of the mouth because of the accumulation of food between the cracks of the tongue and may also lead to the tongue turned to white color usually, and can be infected with bacteria and bacteria also.
Causes of tongue cracking
- The quality of food we eat is one of the most important causes of tongue dryness and cracking, which usually leads to vitamin B12 deficiency to break the tongue, so we take care to eat foods that contain vitamin B12.
- It is also associated with anxiety and psychological stress of the cracking of the tongue because it leads to a lack of nutrition, as well as something that decreases the nutrients that the tongue gets from the food consumed by the person so that psychological stress is one of the factors that help crack the tongue.
- Eating hot foods and excessive ingestion cause irritation and increase in the temperature of the tongue, causing contractions and contractions in raising and lowering the tongue temperature of hot food and this leads to small cracks and grow time to eat hot foods.
- Clean the tongue If the cleanliness of the tongue is neglected with a piece of residual food residue will lead to the accumulation of fungi that lead to inflammation of the tongue and cracking. It is recommended to clean the tongue daily after eating and can be rinsed after eating reduces the effects of food tongue. And if the fungi attacked the tongue leads to the inflammatory and infected by the disease of flat incision accompanied by cracking the tongue.
- Genetic factors The cracking of the tongue may be transmitted by genetic genes, especially in people with Down’s syndrome. These cases often occur rarely and are not a major problem for doctors.
- We note that after mentioning these reasons that lead to the emergence of cracking the tongue remains the most important is the quality of food so we are keen to eat food containing vitamins A and B of all kinds and not eat one food, but we are keen to diversify eating and we also take care to clean the tongue of the remnants of food after every meal . Therefore, the cracking of the tongue rarely occurs and affects the person but only affects those who neglect his clean mouth and the quality of his food.