01/25/2021
Chinese Medicine practitioners have been observing the tongue for thousands of years. đź‘…
“A change in tongue appearance is one of the newest mouth-related symptoms being reported. Tim Spector, PhD, an epidemiologist and principal investigator for the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app, tweeted out a picture of a patient with a white tongue that resembles a condition called geographic tongue. Spector indicated that this "COVID tongue" may be one of the "less common symptoms" patients experience that don't get included on official public health lists.According to the Mayo Clinic, geographic tongue is an inflammatory condition, which may indicate its relationship to the coronavirus. An Aug. 2020 study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases said that when cells with ACE2 receptors become infected with the virus, that can cause inflammatory reactions in related organs and tissues, such as the tongue.” Photo credit via Twitter