When a white layer forms on some or all of your tongue’s surface, it’s known as white tongue. Symptoms including discomfort, a hairy tongue, and foul breath may accompany it.
Causes may include: disregarding dental hygiene, such as not regularly brushing, flossing, or cleansing your tongue. bad behaviors. damaging your tongue with sharp items or wearing dentures.
Using antibiotics, which may result in oral yeast infections. eating a diet heavy in soft foods and low in fruits and vegetables. using your mouth to breathe.
having dry mouth as a result of illnesses or drugs, such cancer treatments or muscle relaxants. Oral candidiasis, another name for oral thrush,
Is a condition in which the fungus Candida albicans accumulates on the oral lining. Although Candida normally lives in the mouth, it may sometimes overgrow and cause symptoms.
3. Twitches in the muscles