Can antibiotics and ventalin cause red lumps on tongue?
Patient: Hi my 2 year old son has some little red lumps at the back of his tongue I only noticed them last night. He has been sick and is on antibiotics and ventalin. Could this have something to do with it. they are only small and at back they actually look like they go in a triangle shape if that makes sense? thanks Doctor: what you ve mentioned is nothing but hypertrophied taste buds. there are few varieties of them. the one that lines the back ( as you said in an inverted v shape) is called circumvallate papillae. they get enlarged especially after a course of illness. it's quite normal that they become visible at the time they enlarge. they subside in a few weeks. drinking plenty of fluids might help at times