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[|Human|] Hey Dr,my name is TJ from South Africa,I ve been experiencing tounge peeling and its been going on for a year now.it started when I began eating snacks without barcodes...I ve stopped eating them but my tounge is still peeling and it feels like I ve lost the sharpness of taste,might this be some sort of alergic reaction?
[|AI|]  Dear monyelatj. Thanks for sharing your concern. As your history suggests that you are experiencing tongue peeling, it could be due to deficiency of vitamins like vitamin B 12.(The Commonest cause) It does not seem to be an allergic reaction because if it was so, it would have stopped when you changed your food habit. Also, could you please explain what do you mean by, lost the sharpness of taste?because this shows that you are taking about numbness in tongue?  You can take vitamin B supplements for 15 days and observe the changes. If the symptoms persist even after that, then in this case I would suggest you to visit oral pathologist and get clinical evaluation done. The pathologist might suggest you few biochemical tests, which will give you exact diagnosis of the underlying pathology. Hope it helps. Thanks