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What Are The Painful Red Bumps Under My Tongue?

I just started experiencing some horrible pain under my tongue this morning and every time I eat its like my jaws will lock up the whole time I eat and I have little red bumps under my tongue and it hurts to eat. Do you have any idea what this could possible be.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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HI. These are called aphthous ulcers, they are very painful and normally get healed up within 3 to 5 days,.

The exact reason is not know as to why these occur.
Probable reason is colitis.
The treatment is :
Avoid too cold or too hot foods and beverages.
A course of an antibiotic,. metronidazole helps yo settle the colitis. Add multivitamin supplements and folic acid.

These should get resplvrd
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What Are The Painful Red Bumps Under My Tongue?

HI. These are called aphthous ulcers, they are very painful and normally get healed up within 3 to 5 days,. The exact reason is not know as to why these occur. Probable reason is colitis. The treatment is : Avoid too cold or too hot foods and beverages. A course of an antibiotic,. metronidazole helps yo settle the colitis. Add multivitamin supplements and folic acid. These should get resplvrd