# OUCH! My tongue!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-tongue/97613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-tongue/97613 "2002-03-11T17:06:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-my-tongue/97613/1 "2002-03-11T17:06:03Z")

</div>

I’m pretty pissed! My tongue is always getting damaged. No matter what I do, I end up the tastbuds that are hurt and swollen…(the ones you get after you bite or burn your tongue). It’s an everyday thing, and no matter how careful I am… the mother still hurts in numerous bud placements. Anyway, any idea what to do? Any remedies that will help? Most importantly, anything I can do to help my current pain?

Less, but still, importantly:

Do I just have a sensitive tongue? I have VERY good oral hygiene, (Jean says “hi” back by the way)… could this be a problemb?

It’s getting to me, and before I put Scooby-Doo on the case, I’ll try you good people. BTW, my tongue is not… umm, …um, -“Sexually active”. My tongue, um… well, it’s waiting for the right gal. It’s a bit of a prude. So it’s not anything that was transmited that way. Oh man, that quite nasty… Sorry about that folks.