Mon histoire en quelques mots
Gilbert Bou Jaoudé
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Oct 31, 2025
The tongue is covered with thousands of taste buds, essential for taste, speech, and perceiving food textures. Sometimes these buds become irritated and inflamed; this is called lingual papillitis, the most common and usually temporary condition. These papillae can then form small red or white bumps, which may be tender.