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A 27-year-old woman thought her mouth ulcer was stress-related. It turned out to be cancer, and she needed half her tongue removed.

Charlotte Webster-Salter, 27, said she had recurring tongue ulcers for three years before she got a diagnosis. Doctors told her the ulcers were caused by stress or wisdom teeth growth, but they turned ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: Burning mouth syndrome affects women at a much higher rate

Dear Doctors: I’m 54 years old and post-menopausal. I’ve had increasing issues with my lips for three years. At first, it felt like a persistent sunburn, and now my lips feel as if they are made of ...
DrBicuspid

Naltrexone reduced woman's burning mouth syndrome pain

A 62-year-old woman with stubborn burning mouth syndrome (BMS) experienced a significant decrease in pain after taking the opioid antagonist naltrexone daily. The case report was published on April 30 ...

Baby has heart attack and loses tongue after mistaking bottle for milk

A baby had a heart attack, suffered internal burns and lost half his tongue after he accidentally drank household drain ...
UPI

Texas woman's tongue is the world's widest at 3.11 inches

Brittany Lacayo from the USA has been verified as having the world's widest tongue at 7.90 cm (3.11 in) pic.twitter.com/32UqA7lj4U— Guinness World Records (@GWR ...