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What Causes Yellow Discoloration On The Tongue?

Good day, on Tuesday night, I noticed the center area of my tongue was a yellow tint. After doing some google research, I came upon the remedy of brushing my tongue with a mixture of Water and Hydrogen Peroxide twice per day. It looked less yellow this morning but after eating food and drinking coffee, it is yellow again. I dont believe it is food staining causing it, because I have never had it before.
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Welcome to HCM and thanks for writing to us.

As you said you have a yellow mark in the middle of tongue and it is not going even after you scrub it . The common cause of yellow is that the digestion is not clear. Sometimes this happens due to the deficiency of Vitamin B complex in your body.

So I would advice you to take Vitamin B Complex capsules for 15 days regularly once a day after breakfast.

Though There are many reasons of yellow tongue like dehydration, dry mouth, fever, acid reflux, mouth breathing, excessive tobacco smoking, medications, tongue irritations caused by hot beverages, poor oral hygiene, soft foods that don’t scrub off the tongue, and foods or candies with yellow dye.

If Vitamin B complex Capsules fails to help you then you must visit to your doctor.

Thanks
Dr. Tripat Mehta
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What Causes Yellow Discoloration On The Tongue?

Hello Welcome to HCM and thanks for writing to us. As you said you have a yellow mark in the middle of tongue and it is not going even after you scrub it . The common cause of yellow is that the digestion is not clear. Sometimes this happens due to the deficiency of Vitamin B complex in your body. So I would advice you to take Vitamin B Complex capsules for 15 days regularly once a day after breakfast. Though There are many reasons of yellow tongue like dehydration, dry mouth, fever, acid reflux, mouth breathing, excessive tobacco smoking, medications, tongue irritations caused by hot beverages, poor oral hygiene, soft foods that don’t scrub off the tongue, and foods or candies with yellow dye. If Vitamin B complex Capsules fails to help you then you must visit to your doctor. Thanks Dr. Tripat Mehta