Table of contents:
- How to deal with hot tongue?
- 1. Give something cool
- 2. Drinking water
- 3. Gargle with salt water
- 4. Avoid some foods
- 5. Medicines
- 6. Honey and milk
Nowadays there are many restaurants that offer the option to cook your own food at the table, it's nice when we can determine the level of maturity of the food we want to eat. There are also those that serve fast food with hot plate, where we have to wait for the food to cook first by stirring it. However, the feeling of hunger is sometimes unbearable, the steam rising from the food makes us want to quickly taste it.
Finally we decide to taste the hot food as soon as possible, just blow it for a while and then eat it. Suddenly our tongue feels a burning sensation. Have you experienced this? As a result, the tongue becomes dry and the taste of food cannot be tasted well. The incident of accidentally eating and drinking hot drinks is not only once or twice, sometimes we even forget to sip coffee or other drinks that are still hot. What's the solution?
How to deal with hot tongue?
Hot tongue has different levels of sensation of heat. The difference is determined by how many layers are injured, as follows:
- First level: burns to the tongue only on the outer layer. The effect you experience is pain, besides that your tongue will experience swelling and redness
- Second level: burning sensation is more painful, because the broad layer and the lower layer are injured. At this level, you will experience blisters, swelling and redness on the tongue
- Third level: at this level, the burn affects the innermost tissues of the tongue. The effect can be in the form of skin color turning white or black like sunburn. Your tongue will also experience severe numbness and pain
The pain caused can interfere with your activities such as sleeping, eating and talking. You can use alias painkillers pain killers to relieve the pain caused. However, you can also try the following ways to treat a burning tongue so that the pain subsides:
1. Give something cool
You can also add ice cubes. According to Hadie Rifai, DDS, a dentist at the Cleveland Clinic who was quoted by Everyday Health, eating ice cubes can also relieve the sensation of a hot tongue. You can also eat other cold foods. Choose foods that are easy to swallow like ice cream or frozen yogurt, apart from being easy to swallow, these foods are also easy to find. Eating foods that are easy to swallow is necessary to give your tongue time to heal more easily. You can let the cold food sit for a few minutes in your mouth, so that your tongue doesn't swell.
2. Drinking water
Drinking cold water is the first thing you can do to neutralize the heat. When the tongue burns after eating and hot drinks, it feels dry because the mouth loses its moisture. Not infrequently the dry taste also causes the tongue to feel sore and canker sores can appear if a person has second-degree burns. Keeping your mouth moist can reduce the pain. You can drink it when your mouth feels dry, you should not even wait for your mouth to feel sore and dry.
Eating hot food can also dry out the roof of your mouth, this can cause dry mouth and lead to sore throat. Drinking more can reduce the risk of this sore throat.
3. Gargle with salt water
According to The U.S. National Library of Medicine, gargling with salt can reduce pain. Salt water is an isotonic solution. If used, gargle it will not irritate the mucous membranes - the membrane that lines several organs of the body including the mouth. Salt water is recommended as this method of healing is very mild. You can prepare one glass of cold water, then add one teaspoon of salt, then mix. Collect for about 30 seconds. If possible, let the salt grains coat your tongue. Not only healing, salt will also clean the blisters on your tongue.
4. Avoid some foods
You should also avoid some foods during the healing period of the tongue, such as spicy foods. Spicy foods can cause inflammation on your sore tongue, causing the pain to get worse and the healing process can be delayed. Capsaicin, which is contained in spicy foods, can irritate your injured skin. In addition, what you need to avoid is hot coffee and tea, because they can add to blisters in your mouth, said the American Academy of Family Physicians, quoted by Livestrong. In addition, you should also avoid eating acidic foods such as oranges, limes, lemons, pineapples, tomatoes and vinegar.
5. Medicines
You can take several painkillers. According to Steve Krendl, DDS, of Hopewell Dental Care in New Jersey, ibuprofen and acetaminophen are safe to take when the tongue is burning. Both can relieve pain and inflammation.
6. Honey and milk
You can also drink milk, because covering the tongue with milk can lighten the burning sensation, just like honey. Honey can improve blood circulation in the mouth to cure a hot tongue. You can also increase your intake of foods rich in iron such as spinach, meat, dried fruit and others. Iron can produce red blood cells, which can replace damaged tongue cells.
