What Your Tongue Can Reveal About Your Health: Insights from Dr. Siobhan Deshauer

Dr. Siobhan Deshauer, a renowned rheumatology specialist from Canada, has revealed that you can learn a lot about your health just by examining your tongue. In a recent YouTube video, Dr. Deshauer shared all the things to look out for that may mean you’re unhealthy, from the color and coating of your tongue to certain signs that reveal early warnings of rare conditions. Dr. Deshauer has become a popular social media star with over 918,000 subscribers due to her regular sharing of tips on staying healthy. She explained that medical professionals can determine a lot about a patient’s body just by examining the way their tongue looks and acts. Pay attention to the color and size of your tongue, and the coating on it. A red and smooth tongue may mean you have a nutritional deficiency, while a white coating that won’t go away could be thrush. If you have a very dry mouth with hardly any saliva, it could be a sign of an autoimmune disease such as Sjogren’s syndrome. Dr. Deshauer advises that keeping track of these tongue symptoms can reveal a lot about your overall health.