Tongue changes?

[dottyaboutstripes]

We have Covid in the house, just one of our 3 kids. The rest of us have all tested negative on PCR and are due day 8 PCR on Friday. Also negative LFT yesterday.
Ds1 (so far negative)now has lots of red patches all over his tongue - is this a Covid thing do you think?

Is it sore? I got tested earlier this year because I'd read that a sore tongue was one of the lesser talked about symptoms. My test came back positive

There's a lot of hand, foot and mouth about at the moment - could it be that?

He says it stings a tiny bit. He's 17 so I don't know if that makes hand foot and mouth less likely?
I'll get him to do LFT when he wakes up (day off college 🙄)

Google Covid geographic tongue.

Sounds like geographical tongue, my DD suffers with this and generally is an indicator that she's fighting an infection somewhere. I would definitely get him tested.

My DD also suffers from geographical tongue and is just recovering from covid and yes during her isolation it definitely flared up

Yes! Me! My tongue had never been the same since covid! It’s like long covid but just my tongue 😂

It’s sore all the time, with red patches but nothing else of note. It flares up & down. When it’s bad, it’s literally agony to eat anything like oranges. It’s bizarre. I’ve had blood done to check for B12 deficiencies etc & all OK. Doc thinks it’s a covid side effect 🤯

Yes. Here's mine at the end of covid. It's fine again now!

Dentist here. It's geographic tongue. Harmless and common. There's definitely increasing reports of cases associated with Covid. No need for active treatment.