What causes a white tongue?

There are many common problems in life. After they occur, they need to be solved in time, which will be of great help to yourself. Especially when there are problems with the body, they must be improved in time. Many people have white tongue, and this problem also has its reasons. So what is the reason for the white tongue? Many people are not very clear about this.

Under normal circumstances, the tongue will not turn white. So if you find that your tongue is white and your mouth feels bitter, you need to go to the hospital for examination. What is the reason for the white tongue?

What causes white tongue?

White tongue coating may appear in patients with mild illnesses, initial illnesses or the recovery stage of illness, such as upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, early pneumonia, etc. Due to the lack of symptoms or limited lesions in the early stage, it has not yet affected the blood circulation in the whole body and reflected on the tongue, so the tongue coating is still thin and white, which is within the normal range. If the disease progresses, the tongue coating will also change.

White tongue coating may appear in patients with water retention or phlegm in the body. It is clinically common in patients with certain pleural effusions, ascites, chronic nephritis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc., who have dampness or phlegm in the body, causing thick white or greasy tongue coating. It may be due to excessive saliva secretion in the mouth and increased sputum secretion in the trachea, which softens the keratinized cells or parakeratinized cells of the tongue, causing the cells to swell and not easily fall off; coupled with tongue tissue edema and lymphatic drainage disorder, the old keratinized cells on the tongue surface do not fall off while new keratinized cells accumulate, so the tongue is swollen and the tongue coating is thick and greasy white.

Various chronic inflammatory infections: such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pyelonephritis, tuberculous meningitis, bone and joint tuberculosis, etc. Patients have a slightly thicker tongue coating than normal, or a thin, white, greasy coating.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the reasons for white tongue. After this happens, we should also pay attention to changes in our own body. White tongue also shows that we are not feeling well. When we have chronic diseases, we will have such symptoms, so such diseases should be treated in time.