Often asymptomatic, oral HPV sometimes causes flat or raised growths (such as bumps or warts) to develop on the tongue. Using ...

There are many reasons you can develop bumps on your tongue. Often, these growths are common, not serious, and tend to resolve without intervention. Studies have found over 50% of people ...

White spots on the tongue may be callous-like spots that come from biting down. White spots can also occur if you have an infection like candidiasis or HPV. Squamous cell carcinoma is a type of ...

Bumps on your tongue may be lie bumps, canker sores, cold sores, or in rare cases, oral cancer. Lie bumps are common and happen when the small bumps on your tongue become inflamed. Oral cancer is ...

Oropharyngeal cancer: HPV is a major cause of cancers in the throat, tonsils, and tongue (oropharyngeal cancers). These cancers are becoming increasingly common in men due to oral HPV transmission.