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Mouth Diseases |
Tiny, reccuring bubble under tongue11/08/2007 |
a painful, tiny, clear looking bubble keeps appearing under my tongue. it pops some how and goes away, but weeks later returns. i`m a 26 yr old female who works and goes to school. is it stress or immune related, or something serious? it`s always in the center underneath my tongue. kind of reminds me of a blister and once it goes away i forget about it until it`s back. only lasts a few days at a time. please advise.
This probably represents what is known as a mucocele, which is a harmless, annoying condition caused when one of the little tubes that leads from a minor salivary gland to the surface of the mouth gets disrupted. The mucus pours into the tissue under the lining of the mouth, creating what appears to be a blister. Usually people have to see an oral surgeon to have the minor salivary gland responsible for the mucocele removed.
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Carl M Allen, DDS, MSD Professor of Oral Pathology College of Dentistry The Ohio State University |
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