A person's language usually has a pink color, and changing it, the appearance of any stains or plaque most often signals a health problem. Brown spots on the tongue can appear as a plaque, which can be cleaned, and with a direct change in the color of the tissues.
The causes of the appearance of brown spots in the language
Light brown, most often not individual spots, but a virtually continuous raid on the tongue may indicate the following problems:
- aggravation of joint diseases;
- impaired circulation of lymph;
- exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases.
Yellow-brown coating is often observed:
- in smokers;
- with lung diseases;
- as a reaction to some medications;
- with diseases of the digestive tract.
Dark brown spots in the tongue or plaque, which is difficult to remove, occur when:
- acute infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract complicated by dehydration ;
- severe dysbiosis;
- with diseases of the gallbladder;
- hepatitis or other liver diseases;
- severe vitamin B deficiency;
- launched mycosis (fungal infection) of the oral cavity.
Directly changing the color of the tongue tissue can also be observed:
- as a result of injuries and pinpoint hemorrhages (formation of a hematoma);
- with Addison's disease (chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex);
- when the thyroid gland is broken;
- with malignant neoplasms (cancer);
- with fibroids.
In addition, the cause of staining and discoloration of the tongue is the excessive use of products such as cocoa, coffee, tea, chocolate.
The most common, in addition to safe, cause of brown spots in the language are diseases of the digestive system.
What should I do if a brown stain appears on my tongue?
When you change the color of the language, you need to estimate the size of the spots, their location, the thickness of the plaque in the language and how easily it is scraped off.
A thin, easily removable plaque or indicates a safe cause, or the initial stage of the disease. A thick plaque indicates serious disturbances in the functioning of the body. In addition, except for minor hemorrhages, brown spots always indicate serious problems that can not be cleaned off.