Geographic Tongue
category: Jims Guatemala

tongue.jpgIt’s funny, I generally don’t get sick very often, but I am sick AGAIN… sortof. My tongue started feeling funny last week, like I burned it on a hot drink or something. But after a week, it didn’t go away, so I got suspicious and looked in the mirror. My tongue is brown! How gross. Luckily, I was passing through Santa Lucia (home of Peace Corps HQ) today, so I stopped in to visit the medical officer. The best they can figure, I have contracted something called “geographic tongue”. Never heard of it. They tell me it’s a viral infection, and it makes your tongue look blotchy like a map (hence “geographic”). I don’t like it, but since it’s viral, I just have to wait for it to go away. Blech.

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