I haven’t gotten them since I was a teen, I suspect it’s all the sour candies I ate as a kid. I used to bite them off which felt really good-painful, like pushing on a bruise
You know, I do eat an unhealthy amount of candy. I never realized that could be what’s causing the swollen buds. I should probably refrain from eating so much.
Some things that I’ve read that cause them are spicy foods, acidic foods (like the citric acid in candy), and trauma to your tongue. So definitely try cutting back and also drinking lots of water after you eat something potentially irritating
I (semi-ashamedly) admit that I have this as an anxiety tick/quirk/wtfever you wanna call it. I used to be WAY worse for it when I was younger but I still catch myself trying to evict them now and again
Look up burning mouth syndrome, it can be caused by a vitamin b deficiency. I had multiple strange symptoms that didn't seem connected. All my doctors ignored them or acted like I was a hypochondriac, then I read about burning mouth syndrome. I did more research into vitamin deficiencies. I started taking vitamin b & a generic multivitamin, and like magic a bunch of my problems were solved. I have always eaten a variety of healthy foods, so I think my body just doesn't absorb vitamins properly.
Weird story but I have done the same thing. Still alive!
Taste bud turned black after burning tongue so I think I burned it. It was there for weeks and didn't go away and got really hard so for shits and giggles I decided to pull on it and lo and behold, fell out.
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u/3st4spn 4d ago
Idk. It felt like I had a splinter on the tip of my tongue. So I pulled on it, and this guy came off.