10 Symptoms of Scarlet Fever
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #10: Red Bumpy Tongue
The tongue is an impressive and underrated organ. Without it, we would not be able to taste the food we eat, leading to us eating the wrong things, and making us ill. It is also quite delicate, though, and is not impervious to the effects of disease.
Scarlet fever can cause what is often referred to as strawberry tongue, so named because it causes the surface of the tongue to look like the skin of a strawberry. The tongue can be very red in color, and also have white dots on the surface that resemble the seeds on a strawberry’s skin.
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