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The picture on the right is from a 24 year old female from India who developed blisters on the tongue while eating jaggery. 

One Otolaryngologist on Otology Online responded:  Jaggery is a less refined extract of sugarcane produced in cottage industries in the Indo-pak subcontinent.  As jaggery is less refined, it also contains some physical as well as chemical impurities in it which have been added during its production.  Also it is my guess from logic & experience that there is a difference in the osmolarity of jaggery and sugar, hence it also has a drying or parching effect on the oral mucosa.  Thus,  I would conclude that this is a case of submucosal haematoma due to jaggery consumption.