Please help - dark spot on tongues

[SamanthaAU]

Please help - I have been worried sick about melanoma. I just noticed a small dark spot on my tongue - I have never noticed this before.

I have to start work in 10 minutes and I feel sick to the stomach :(

[Anxious_gal]

You might just have a geographical tongue.
What colour is the dark spot? Did you try brushing it off ?
Did you eat any coloured sweets or drink coke?

[SamanthaAU]

I just tried brushing it off - its still there :(

It seems red to me, it's small maybe a bit bigger than a pin head.


I had a drink of coke before but it doesn't seem the same colour.


I can't control the panic about it. I am 34 and never smoked and very rarely dri k surely it couldn't be mouth cancer :(((

[Anxious_gal]

Maybe you burnt your tongue, or ate something sour, high in acid.
Or it could be normal and harmless tongue discolleration like these:
http://www.oralhealthnet.co.uk/admin/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Geographic-tongue.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2109035483_56e7fbd55a.jpg

[SamanthaAU]

Thank you for being there with some support xxx

I had some dinner, and now its a lighter red colour so it is a spot of blood. My tongue is a little sore maybe I have done something to it...

[Ronno]

Hi ,
I've had these tiny red spots. And I think their harmless , my dentist have seen them and he wasn't concerned , he said as you get older some people get dark small risen lumps which are a type of varicose vein , again harmless . If concerned check with your dentist.

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Oh also some times if you bite your tongue you get a blood blister.

[BubblegumUK]

it could be a blood blister, a flat one, i get them ALL the time! Cornflakes usually makes me get them, or something hot or something sharp. Normally dark red/purple in colur. can be tiny or really big.

[swgrl09]

it could just be from an injury like biting your tongue. I get them from time to time, freak out, and then a week later it's gone. Give it a week or so and see if it goes away.

[Jules147]

Blood blisters on the tongue can look a bit scary when you're a HA sufferer.

[SamanthaAU]

Thank you all -I woke this morning and it seems to have disappeared.

I really appreciate your support xxx