Swollen or inflamed taste buds are very common and can be caused by different factors like burning your tongue, consuming spicy, acidic, or sour foods and drinks or having allergies. If you have inflamed taste buds, you can’t enjoy your food and face difficulty to sense the taste of food.
Don’t worry about your inflamed taste buds anymore. There are many ways to soothe your inflamed taste buds and get quick relief. But if it doesn’t heal within 2 to 3 days then you should consult your doctor.
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Quick relief:
- Put an ice cube on your tongue: If you have inflamed taste buds it easily heals by cooling down the taste bud. Put an ice cube on your tongue and press it down against your tongue until it melts. If it is too cool then remove it from your mouth otherwise continue this until it melts. Repeat this method 2 to 3 times a day until you get relief from inflamed taste buds.
- Use salty water for gargles: Take
- 1 glass of warm water.
- 1 tablespoon of salt (14 grams).
Mix salt in warm water completely. Take a big sip of this salty water, gargle for a minute and throw it out. Repeat this method until your taste buds feel better. Salts have anti-inflammatory properties, it will help to sooth your taste buds.
- Take pain killers: Anti-inflammatory medicines like Ibuprofen and paracetamol help to sooth your inflamed taste buds and reduce inflammation. It also helps to get rid of pain caused by inflammation. Follow the dosage written on the bottle or use after taking a prescription from the doctor. These anti-inflammatory medicines are easily available at your nearby pharmacy or drug stores.
- Brush your tongue with a soft brush: If some food particles remain on your tongue, this also causes inflammation of taste buds and pain in your mouth. So take care of hygiene for your tongue. Use a soft brush and toothpaste to brush your teeth and then your tongue to remove food particles. This will get relief from inflamed taste buds and pain caused from it. Don’t use a hard brush that will damage your tongue.
- Drink cool drinks through a straw: Drink one glass of cold water with no ice added through straw. This will help you to sooth your inflamed taste buds. Take a sip of cold water and let it around your tongue for a while. By doing this you feel a cooling sensation on your taste buds that heal your taste buds.
- Use water instead of alcohol and sugary drinks: Avoid alcohol or sugary drinks such as soda and cold drinks because these contain a lot of sugar. Sugar causes inflammation of taste buds badly. Drink lots of water because it helps to soothe your inflamed taste buds and heals inflammation of taste buds faster. Keep hydrated yourself this also soothes your inflamed taste buds.
- Eat soft, soothing foods like yogurt: When you have inflamed taste buds you can’t eat crunchy or hard foods. To soothe your inflamed taste buds you should use cool, soft, creamy foods like yogurt, cream, smoothies or pudding. Yogurt has a mild flavor but it helps to heal your taste buds.
- Try oil pulling with coconut oil: Pulling oil helps you to heal inflamed taste buds. Put 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in your mouth early in the morning before you eat anything. Swish coconut oil between your teeth for 20 minutes. After this throw out the oil. If you feel pain in your jaws then reduce the procedure to 5 to 10 minutes.
- Avoid spicy and acidic foods: Keep away from spicy and acidic foods because it causes inflammation in your taste buds. Hot sauce, chili peppers, citrus juice, and heavy spices increase inflammation in your taste buds. So avoid such foods to heal inflamed taste buds.
2. Prevention:
- Brush your teeth and floss twice a day: Keep your mouth washed, clean and healthy. It helps to maintain the health of your taste buds. Brush your teeth and floss twice a day to recover your taste buds from inflammation because remaining particles of food in your teeth cause inflammation of taste buds. You can also use mouthwash to clean your mouth. For proper hygiene of your mouth and teeth consult with a dentist.
- Stay hydrated: Drink lots of water to stay hydrated and lubricate your mouth because dry mouth causes inflammation in your taste buds. Some medicines cause dryness of the mouth. Consult the doctor if your mouth is still dry after drinking plenty of water.
- Avoid too hot or too cold foods: If you have inflamed taste buds avoid hot coffee or too cool drinks because too hot or too cold cause inflammation of taste buds. Keep away from too hot and too cold foods to soothe your inflamed taste buds. Use room temperature items.
- Treat your acid reflux: When acid reflux into your mouth it causes inflammation and also affects your taste buds. If this continues, consult your doctor for proper medication and treatment of acid reflux after every meal. Use medicine that calms your stomach. Don’t go to bed directly after dinner or don’t lay down right after a meal to avoid acid reflux.
- Don’t smoke if you do: Chemicals in cigarettes like nicotine damage your taste buds and cause inflammation. So avoid smoking. If you have inflamed taste buds then you have to stay away from smoking cigarettes. It will help you to heal from inflamed taste buds.
CONCLUSION:
Inflammation of taste buds causes pain in your mouth and you can’t enjoy your food because of the pain. Consuming spicy and acidic foods and sugary or sour foods cause inflammation of your taste buds. To soothe your inflamed taste buds follow some procedure for quick relief like putting ice on your tongue, it gives you a cooling sensation that heals inflammation. You also use salty water for gargles. You should take painkillers like Ibuprofen and paracetamol for treatment of inflamed taste buds. Must take care of the hygiene of your mouth, avoid alcohol, sugary drinks and foods that cause inflammation. Try to eat soft and creamy foods. It will soothe your taste buds and use coconut oil and swish it between your teeth. It gives you relief from pain. Follow some precautions like brush your teeth and floss twice a day to remove remaining food particles, drink plenty of water and stay hydrated, avoid too hot and too cold items, use proper meditation and treatment of acid reflux and avoid smoking because it causes inflammation of taste buds and pain in your mouth.