inflamed papillae on tongue

[RogerRKohlmeier]

Your tongue is responsible for all taste sensations. It helps you swallow and communicate. In your tongue, there are tiny structures sitting on the surface called papillae. Papillae have a role in taste of substances by the tongue. The papillae help determine whether a substance is salty, sweet, bitter, or sour. Papillae also help in determining bland food that many don’t like. At times, these structures can become enlarged. Having enlarged papillae is often normal but at times, serious conditions can lead to the enlarging of these structures.inflamed papillae on tongue

Usually, people don’t give a lot of attention to papillae and at most time, they only have them examined when there is something serious like a condition that is causing pain. Because of the location in mouth, papillae can experience changes induced by different things such as diseases, trauma, or irritation, and become large than normal. The taste buds forms around papillae and these are what assist in detecting the taste of food.