Suggest Treatment For Pain In The Split Tongue Radiating Into My Left Ear

Brief Answer:
Infection of tongue /middle ear .

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Split tongue is a fissured tongue. Mostly a long fissure is seen along length of tongue to make it have a split look. It can be accompanied by few smaller fissures. This can be from birth (dawns syndrome) / due to malnutrition or infection / inflammation of tongue (bad oral hygiene).

In your case as it is painful and reaches up to ear. It seems to be bad oral hygiene and infection where both tongue &eustachian tube (joining oral cavity with middle ear and can carry infection there to cause pain in ear.)are affected.
* Management consists of self help by improving oral hygiene -
- Having regular cleaning of oral cavity. Brushing of teeth regularly, gargling after every small serving of food, avoid sticky food. Thus avoiding &getting all the dental problems treated.
- Cleaning of tongue with a tongue cleaner / own fingers in your present condition when tongue is already inflamed or infected with a gentle massage &gargles with warm water.
- Massage of gums after each tooth brush would help in keeping gums healthy
- Avoiding/managing infection in oral cavity by prevention or treatment of sinusitis, tonsillitis, inflammation of adenoids.
- Avoid/stop smoking or chewing tobacco.
- Having good bowel clearance (bad digestion, infection of bowels or constipation can destroy normal intestinal flora, lactobacillus and cause vitamin B complex deficiency and tongue ulcers, these get infected and swollen due to bad oral hygiene)

*In this scenario along with improving oral hygiene you would need to remove basic infection and infection of tongue by medication and control of all above factors.
Please consult your family physician, dentist or ENT specialist for specific medicinal advice.
I hope that solves your problem. Any follow up query is welcome. In case you do not have any follow up query, please grade the answer before you close the query.

Thanks.

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