Doctors called the unusual state of the language sign of vitamin B12 deficit, writes Daily Express.
According to a nutritionist, a specialist in disorders of food behavior Helen West (Helen West), the lack of this vitamin in the body can cause various diseases. Medic pointed out one sign, according to which you can immediately understand that a person lacks vitamin B12. It turns out that language in such cases scatters, becomes red and a little glossy. Doctors call this phenomenon Glossite. At the same time it seems like the taste receptors completely disappeared.
West clarified that glossitis leads to speech defects, a person has changes and during food intake. The sign does not appear immediately, but for several years. Glossite, except for the lack of vitamin B12, can cause consumption of acute food, dry mouth or acid reflux.
Earlier, a member of the National Association of Natologists and Nutricologists Marina Makisch said that the lack of vitamin B12 in the human body could lead to weakness and lethargy, provoke anemia.