# Hard tongue

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/hard-tongue/9455>\
**Category:** Medical Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/hard-tongue/9455 "2020-09-09T04:11:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lukesan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lukesan](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Lukesan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/hard-tongue/9455/1 "2020-09-09T04:11:58Z")

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My mom has had a hard time chewing and swallowing her food because she says she has a hard tongue. She is getting an MRI soon but what they are looking for is rare. She wears a mouthguard at night and that’s the only thing I know that she might do differently than other people. Any idea or thoughts on what it could be?

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/hard-tongue/9455/2 "2020-09-09T12:26:16Z")

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Hard to say based on this alone and without examining the tongue. There are a variety of infiltrative disorders that can involve the tongue, which is why I suspect the MRI is being performed.