Scarlet Tanager. Male Scarlet Tanagers are among the most blindingly gorgeous birds in an eastern forest in summer, with blood-red bodies set off by jet-black wings and tail. Theyâre also one of the most frustratingly hard to find as they stay high in the forest canopy singing rich, burry songs.
However, a red tongue can be a sign of an underlying medical condition. Some red color changes on the tongue (strawberry tongue) could be related to a vitamin deficiency, Kawasaki disease, or a strep infection (scarlet fever). Erythroplakia is a red patch or lesion that cannot be rubbed off on the tongue (except for the color, it is similar to leukoplakia).
This is called tongue deviation [2, 3, 4, 5]. Hence, the symptom of tongue deviation is observed in a stroke or TIA [5, 6, 7, 8]. For thousands of years, the deviation of the tongue has also been recognized as a symptom of what is called a âwind strokeâ in traditional Chinese medicine [9, 10, 11]. The symptom of tongue deviation in stroke patients has been observed from ancient to modern times.