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Spots on tongue

2020-12-13 16:59:19
My son is 10 months old. from more than 10-15 days i am observing some sopts on his tongue. i tried to capture picture but couldnt do that. i found similar picture in google so i am attaching that one with the pic of my son i took. it looks similar like the picture but he has 4-5 of that spots. he doesnt have any pain or discomfort. he was suffering from cold from last 1 week and is still on antibiotics. what are these spots? please advice
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A child is having geographic tongue which is usually asymptomatic and nothing needs to be done for it. It will always change shape from time to time and may go away with time but no active intervention is required.

Answered2020-12-13 17:12:50

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Hi, If is geographical tongue, nothing to worry.

Answered2020-12-14 02:08:25

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