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My tongue is covered in little tiny red bumps, and there's a few cracks on it. It hurts and burns a lot. Please help
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You seem to be suffering from glossitis which may be due to infection, nutritional deficiency, trauma etc. Cause for the problem needs to be identified so that appropriate treatment can be planned
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