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When it's a food you've been craving for some time, you just feel like eating it right away, right? But it turns out that this desire actually makes you forget that the food is still hot. As a result, instead of enjoying food, you actually feel the sensation of your tongue burning (burnt tongue). What to do to deal with burning tongue after eating or drinking something too hot this?
What is a burning tongue?
Tongue burning occurs when you underestimate the temperature of food or liquid that you are about to put in your mouth. The degree of severity of this burning tongue is in fact various:
On the first degree, what you feel may be the appearance of pain in your tongue, so that your tongue may look red and swollen.
On the second degree, the pain you feel may be more than that felt in the first degree, because if you get to this phase, the part of the tongue that is exposed to heat is no longer only the outermost part, but includes the layer under the part. At this degree the tongue will also look red and swollen, accompanied by the appearance of a lump filled with fluid.
On the third degree, the heat was able to reach deeper tongue tissue. No longer red, the tongue is even able to turn blackish on burned skin. At this degree, your tongue may tend to experience numbness.
How to deal with a burning tongue
A burning tongue that is able to reach the second and third degrees which is not immediately treated will certainly be able to reduce your tongue's ability to taste the taste, although this effect is only a temporary effect, because generally the taste buds on your tongue will regenerate itself every two weeks. Here are some actions you can take to fix this:
- Something cold. A piece of ice or popsicle that you place on your burning tongue, or a glass of cold water may be able to soothe your burning tongue and even reduce the effect of the burning sensation you feel.
- Something overlaid. After efforts to reduce the burning sensation, perhaps coating your tongue with something soothing can be tried. Milk and yogurt have this coating ability.
- Some other ingredients at home You who have the ability to calm you can also try, such as a spoonful of sugar and honey that is sprinkled on the surface of your burning tongue.
- Food selection. The burning sensation you feel has started to decrease, but has not fully recovered. It's good if you still avoid some foods that might actually aggravate the condition, such as foods that are too spicy or too acidic, because some of these flavors can exacerbate the damage to the skin.
Immediately consult a doctor if …
The human body has a special ability to heal itself. However, if after all the efforts that have been mentioned above and your tongue does not heal, your burning tongue is also followed by several symptoms such as fever, swelling and redness that gets worse, you should immediately get your burning tongue checked.
