Black hairy tongue
Black hairy tongue: Introduction
Black hairy tongue: The occurrence of a hairy tongue where the papillae are brown or black.
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Causes of Black hairy tongue:
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- Mouth lesions
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Stomatitis
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of Black hairy tongue:
Black hairy tongue: SYN: black tongue.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Black hairy tongue is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Black hairy tongue, or a subtype of Black hairy tongue,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
Detailed list of causes of Black hairy tongue
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How Common are these Causes of Black hairy tongue?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Black hairy tongue.
Of the 4
causes of Black hairy tongue that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 0
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 3
causes have no prevalence information.
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Medical Conditions associated with Black hairy tongue:
Tongue symptoms (375 causes), Hairy Tongue, Hand symptoms (1161 causes), Throat symptoms (2447 causes), Hairiness (162 causes), Mouth symptoms (3063 causes), Head symptoms (6320 causes), Hair symptoms (677 causes), Arm symptoms (1388 causes), Face symptoms (4607 causes), Limb symptoms (1217 causes)
Symptoms related to Black hairy tongue:
Tongue rash (1 cause), Tongue pain, Tongue numbness, Tongue symptoms (375 causes), Bad taste in mouth (2 causes), Taste symptoms (74 causes), Lingua villosa nigra, Defective desquamation of the filiform papillae, Poor oral hygiene, Therapeutic radiation, Glossopyrosis, Burning tongue, Candida albicans, Halitosis (15 causes), Hypertrophy of filiform papillae, Tobacco use, Coffee drinking, Tea drinking
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