What Causes Irritation On Tongue After Drinking Wine?

Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2015

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Mon, 16 Nov 2015 Answered on

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Question : I drank lots of res wine last week and on my last glass my tongue started feeling irritated on top, a few days went by and it started to go away. The only thing left is these 2 red little string projections under my tongue that hurt a lot when i touch them or eat and drink. What are they and how can i get rid of them?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
not necessarily abnormal.

Detailed Answer:
First, the tannins and phenolics of the red wine bind permanently to the tongue. Second, questions like "red little string..." are strongly visual and are generally difficult to answer on a text interface.
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this may help
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frenulum_linguae02.jpg
these are all normal structures. They get stretched like any other tendon and hurt for quite a while afterwards. Aspirin like drugs are helpful.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (2 hours later)

The link did not help at all because is not the same as what i on the bottom of my tongue. I just have 2 tiny red looking like strings that hurt if i touch them and/or drink and eat something. I have a pic if that helps.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
Yes that would help

Detailed Answer:
have no idea what a red string would be

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar