CAUSE OF BIZARRE GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE CONDITION UNVEILED.
by Health Care at11-03-16
The nature of a mysterious condition known as Geographic tongue (GT) that gives the surface of the tongue patches that resemble a geographic map could have been unveiled by researchers.
These patches in GT are formed as some areas of the tongue lose the tiny reddish bumps called papillae that cover the surface of the tongue.
The condition affects 2 percent of the population but is harmless for people who have it. However it is chronic meaning it persists for a long time.
Researchers in Israel have discovered that the condition, which has sent scientist on a wild goose chase for years, comes in two forms which spread differently over the tongue.
GT affects the tongues upper layer of tissue called epithelium which include the bumpy papillae where the taste buds are located.
In one form of GT, papillae known as filiform papillae become inflamed, said study author Gabriel Seiden, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel who is currently based at the Max Planck Institute for the physics of complex systems in Germany.
In the study, Seiden and his associates encourage us to think of the condition like a wildfire which spreads in a forest and continues until the whole forest is burned down i.e. the whole tongue is affected. Eventually, the tongue heals itself but since the condition is chronic, the process repeats itself. They use mathematical equations to explain it’s spread.
The condition starts with one spot and expands gradually into other areas in a circular pattern in one form of GT. Just like a fire does not return to the place it has been until the vegetation has regrown the inflammation does not return to places it has been.
In people with the other form of GT, the condition returns to the other parts of the tongue that are healing, causing repeated tongue inflammation which lingers for a long time.
The researchers hope that with these explanations, research on the Geographic tongue condition will be more fluid
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by Health Care at11-03-16
The nature of a mysterious condition known as Geographic tongue (GT) that gives the surface of the tongue patches that resemble a geographic map could have been unveiled by researchers.
These patches in GT are formed as some areas of the tongue lose the tiny reddish bumps called papillae that cover the surface of the tongue.
The condition affects 2 percent of the population but is harmless for people who have it. However it is chronic meaning it persists for a long time.
Researchers in Israel have discovered that the condition, which has sent scientist on a wild goose chase for years, comes in two forms which spread differently over the tongue.
GT affects the tongues upper layer of tissue called epithelium which include the bumpy papillae where the taste buds are located.
In one form of GT, papillae known as filiform papillae become inflamed, said study author Gabriel Seiden, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel who is currently based at the Max Planck Institute for the physics of complex systems in Germany.
In the study, Seiden and his associates encourage us to think of the condition like a wildfire which spreads in a forest and continues until the whole forest is burned down i.e. the whole tongue is affected. Eventually, the tongue heals itself but since the condition is chronic, the process repeats itself. They use mathematical equations to explain it’s spread.
The condition starts with one spot and expands gradually into other areas in a circular pattern in one form of GT. Just like a fire does not return to the place it has been until the vegetation has regrown the inflammation does not return to places it has been.
In people with the other form of GT, the condition returns to the other parts of the tongue that are healing, causing repeated tongue inflammation which lingers for a long time.
The researchers hope that with these explanations, research on the Geographic tongue condition will be more fluid
http://dgfpbd.blogspot.com
