Patients who experienced mild or no upper respiratory symptoms developed tongue ulcers within a few days of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a new analysis, described in a letter to the editor on ...

"COVID tongue" and mouth ulcers may need to be included in what could become a vast list of symptoms of the coronavirus, a British researcher says. Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at ...

"All disease begins in the gut," said Hippocrates, Greek's "Father of Modern Medicine." Mouth ulcers are no exception. The mouth is not an island unto itself, so whatever happens to one cell in the ...

A persistent mouth ulcer, often dismissed, is a critical early warning sign of rising oral cancer rates among Indian women.

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The cause of blisters on the tongue may be a simple injury or one of several underlying health issues, including canker sores and oral candidiasis. Some sores go away on their own, while others result ...

A woman who initially believed she had a simple tongue ulcer was left stunned when she was diagnosed with cancer. Grace Brand, 30, noticed what she assumed to be an ulcer on her tongue in April 2025 ...

A woman who was told her mouth ulcers were caused by growing wisdom teeth and a hectic lifestyle has had part of her tongue removed and remade with muscle from her leg. Charlotte Webster-Salter, 27, ...

Charlotte Webster-Salter, 27, said she had recurring tongue ulcers for three years before she got a diagnosis. Doctors told her the ulcers were caused by stress or wisdom teeth growth, but they turned ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) most commonly causes cold sores while HSV-2 is associated with genital herpes. But, it’s also possible to contract an HSV-2 infection in the mouth from sex without ...

Tongue cancer cases are rising in the U.S. across age groups. Learn the warning signs, HPV connection and why early detection ...