Varicose Veins—Tongue Disorders

Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds.

Problems with the tongue include

Pain
Swelling
Changes in color or texture
Abnormal movement or difficulty moving the tongue
Taste problems

These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem.

Geographic tongue (Medical Encyclopedia)
Glossitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
Leukoplakia (Medical Encyclopedia)
Macroglossia (Medical Encyclopedia)
Tongue biopsy (Medical Encyclopedia)
Tongue problems (Medical Encyclopedia)
Tongue tie (Medical Encyclopedia)

Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins that you can see just under the skin. They usually occur in the legs, but also can form in other parts of the body. Hemorrhoids are a type of varicose vein.

Your veins have one-way valves that help keep blood flowing toward your heart. If the valves are weak or damaged, blood can back up and pool in your veins. This causes the veins to swell, which can lead to varicose veins.

Varicose veins are very common. You are more at risk if you are older, a female, obese, don’t exercise or have a family history. They can also be more common in pregnancy.

Doctors often diagnose varicose veins from a physical exam. Sometimes you may need additional tests.

Exercising, losing weight, elevating your legs when resting, and not crossing them when sitting can help keep varicose veins from getting worse. Wearing loose clothing and avoiding long periods of standing can also help. If varicose veins are painful or you don’t like the way they look, your doctor may recommend procedures to remove them.

NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute