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Does fissured tongue affect speech or taste?

Donna Hill Howes, RN
Donna Hill Howes, RN
Family Practitioner
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Fissured tongue is typically asymptomatic. Taste may be affected only so far as any symptoms do develop and interfere. If swelling or halitosis develops, these symptoms could interfere with taste. Otherwise, taste should not be affected by the condition.

Because the tongue is essential for speech, speech may be affected by the development of symptoms, such as swelling of the tongue.

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