What does it mean when your tongue is always coated white?!
Question: My tongue is always white on top, but it kinda looks similar to dry skin, as if i could scrape it off with my teeth, but it doesn't come off. It's also spotted in the back. When I was little my mom used to look at the back of my tongue to see if I was sick. I'm perfectly fine, though, yet my tongue is still white. I always wake up ridiculously thirsty and with bad morning breath too. I feel like if I don't chew gum constantly it comes back. So what's up with this annoying issue?
Answers: My tongue is always white on top, but it kinda looks similar to dry skin, as if i could scrape it off with my teeth, but it doesn't come off. It's also spotted in the back. When I was little my mom used to look at the back of my tongue to see if I was sick. I'm perfectly fine, though, yet my tongue is still white. I always wake up ridiculously thirsty and with bad morning breath too. I feel like if I don't chew gum constantly it comes back. So what's up with this annoying issue?
Have you gone to a dentist?? It could be candidiasis (yeast) or xerostomia (dry mouth) or many other things. Ether way I would see a doctor.
It could be Oral thrush. you can go the doctor to be for sure and they will give you some medication for it.
you have a lot of bacteria on your tongue change your diet and start using a tongue scrapper to remove the high level of bacteria on it, bacteria amounts to the level of bad breathe you have
it means your mouth is dry, try drinking more water. Also having proper dental hygiene is good. brush teeth/tongue often and use mouth wash.
So you're saying that when you chew gum, it goes away? If so, it could be that your tongue is not producing enough saliva on it's own. Chewing gum stimulates your salivary glands to produce more. I would check with a dentist especially sinceyou wake up thirsty and dry! It could be your aren't producing enough saliva
A White Tongue is something that nobody wants to have - not only does a white tongue look abnormal, but left untreated, it's a strong indication of a breath problem. People who have a condition known as geographic tongue are definitely more likely to experience a white tongue. Geographic Tongue simply means a tongue that has lots of grooves and fissures in it - these grooves and fissures make an excellent breeding ground for the anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath and a white tongue. The way around this problem is simply making sure that your tongue is kept as clean as possible. But not all tongue cleaning is created equal....
Tongue Cleaning (or Tongue Scraping) is a process that the majority of people in the United States don't do on a daily basis. Yet it's one of the most important steps you can take to keep your breath clean and fresh!
It's not difficult to do, and it's not even that particularly time consuming. Yet that extra minute or two per day can reap huge rewards in preventing bad breath, and helping to prevent white tongue and return it to its normal color.
A healthy tongue should be slightly moist, smooth, and slightly pinkish in color (see image below left).
Under certain conditions, a geographic tongue can become coated, off-color (white, yellow, even black), and dry and cracked.
keep ur tongue clean by using tongue cleaner. if left unclean for long period it may get too coated
dunno, but I only can relate to bad breath, i even brush my teeth/tongue 3 times a day every day.