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A fissured tongue can be identified easily with cracks and deep grooves existing over both the sides of tongue and upper part as well. The fissure-affected tongues vary by look depending upon the deepness of grooves or cracks spreading over its integuments. The fissures on tongue are a common problem which a large number of the people are affected from, in the world. What is remarkable to notice regarding the fissures of a tongue is its being a genetic condition affecting the family-members generation and after generation which many of the affected ones do not happen to be aware of and just after noticing fissures over their tongue get much frazzled guessing the condition a precursor of some serious health complication.

Even the medical research has failed to divulge what causes a tongue to get fissured exposing the condition of fissured-tongue as an enigma for the affected individuals to solve. But a recent study has revealed that the problem of tongue fissures is associated with parental genes, a condition known as polygene as well. The study reveals that the children of a family may be affected from the fissures of tongue provided their parent are found to have been affected from fissured tongue. But such concept yet is beyond a perfect authenticity as many children still are found free from the fissures of tongue though their parents were affected from fissured tongue. Quaint…isn’t it, but it is a fact. 

It is an uncertain nature and disposition of the fissures that affects the tongues asymptomatically putting a great challenge before the health experts and doctors to tame. As there is a minor pain or no pain at all over a fissured tongue, nobody cares of the fissures emerging over their tongue. It is either during an oral examination by the doctor or inspection by the individual itself that exhibits the tongue-fissures compelling the individual concerned to find out whether a tongue affected from fissures would cause any contrary effects or not. Those who get aware of theirs fissured tongue get much frazzled to get rid of fissures of their tongue but only in vain as it can not be exterminated.

Having come across an enigmatic nature of the fissures emerging over tongue you might be thinking of its being not associated with any disease or health disorder which also is not a correct a presumption of yours, for the fissures over tongue have been found existing along with a few other critical conditions of tongue also such as Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome1, and Benign Migratory Glossitis (aka geographic tongue). It is an oral inspection, an individual undergoes, which reveals that the fissures emerge over a traumatic tongue as well. It is oral examination of geographical tongue that brings into light a relationship of a fissured tongue with geographical tongue syndromes as well, a condition depicted as chronic granulomatous disease as well.

As far as Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is concerned, it is not a common condition but if emerged affects the face, lips and tongue. It is a contrary effect of Melkersson-Rosenthal that causes the fissures over the tongue as well, exposing the tongue as a fissured tongue. What incites the Melkersson-Rosenthal syndromes has yet not been made clear but its causing a tongue to get fissured has been substantiated. The individuals affected from the fissures of tongue experience a pain and inflammation due to lesions thereof. The doctors administer the intra-lesional steroid injections to the individuals affected from fissured tongue. Out of 21% population in the world susceptible to fissured tongue around 2% people in the USA are susceptible to the fissures of tongue.