Overview:

A grooved tongue may be related to heredity. Clinically, it is usually divided into two types: leaf pulse tongue and brain pulse tongue. This disease is more common in young adults, and there is no obvious gender difference.

Clinical manifestations:

1. The distribution of lingual groove of vein is similar to that of vein, with a deep longitudinal groove in the center and many symmetrical accessory grooves arranged regularly on both sides, which can cause burning sensation if complicated with infection.

2. The sulcus of the tongue surrounds the back of the tongue and looks like the sulcus of the brain. The size of the tongue with brain pattern is sometimes large, and the concave-convex tooth marks are common at the edge of the tongue, which can cause burning sensation when combined with infection.

Diagnostic basis:

1. Common in young people.

2. There are many groove lesions on the back of tongue.

3. Some patients have a family genetic history.

Principles of treatment:

1. Maintain oral hygiene.

2. Regularly clean and remove the food residue left in the ditch to prevent infection.

3. Surgery can be performed when necessary.

Medication principle:

This disease generally does not require medical treatment. You can choose 3% boric acid solution, chlorhexidine solution and Koutai mouthwash to maintain oral hygiene.

Auxiliary inspection:

The vast majority of this disease has no conscious symptoms, is easy to diagnose, and has no tendency to aggravate, so it generally does not need special examination.

Efficacy evaluation:

1. Healing: the crack disappears.

2. Improvement: shallow crack.

3. Non-healing: the crack has not changed.

Expert tip:

If there is no concurrent infection, medication is generally not needed. As long as we pay attention to oral hygiene and often clean pits and ditches, we can achieve the purpose of preventing infection.