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Random question but has anybody else had a dark yellow coating on their tongue? It's not whitey-yellow like you would see with thrush but just a thin layer over the main part of my tongue.

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Hi Highland49 are you a smoker?

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Highland49 in reply to clivealive

Hi Clive,

No never smoked. I read about conditions giving you a yellow tinge to your skin but can't find anything if it only affects the tongue.

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The effect a B12 deficiency may have is described as "A sore tongue that has a red, beefy appearance" and there are many more symptoms than just that one.

I'm not a medically trained person and hope you find an answer.

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Highland49 in reply to clivealive

Thank you.

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Hi Highland49. Most causes of yellow tongue are harmless...usually due to a build up of dead skin cells, which can become stained by heavily coloured food, coffee, tea, smoking etc.

Yellow tongue can be present with jaundice but then there would be other signs of yellowing (skin, yellow ringe to eyes etc.).

Here's more about yellow tongue:

mayoclinic.org/symptoms/yel...

If I get it, I brush my tongue when doing teeth...some like to use a tongue scraper 😳😉😀

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Highland49 in reply to Foggyme

Thanks Foggyme. I just wondered if it was all connected as never noticed it before. I use one of those round brushes with the gel so keeps it at bay.

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toph

Could be b12 deficiency. Get yourself some good sublingual tabs and see if it goes, if not go see a dr

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