Until today, I'd not been aware of the term - or should I say "condition" - known as "geographic tongue."
And neither was Mrs W. But now she is and it's in her mouth.
She went to the doctor's first thing this morning to seek a diagnosis of her poorly licker, and her symptoms matched up.
These include (and I quote from some random site I found on Google):
- Map-like appearance to the surface of the tongue
- Patches that move from day to day
- Smooth, red patches and sores (lesions) on the tongue
- Soreness and burning pain (in some cases)
All lovely, I'm sure you'll agree.
Treatments are uncertain, although I have suggested an indefinite ban on tongue-lashings aimed in my direction.
If she agrees to that request, I'll know she really is sick.
