Geographic Tongue
Geographic Tongue: Introduction
Geographic Tongue: A form of tongue inflammation where smooth, migrating patches form on the tongue.
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Symptoms of Geographic Tongue
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Medical Books Excerpts
- 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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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Treatments for Geographic Tongue
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Prognosis for Geographic Tongue
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condition may go into remission and recur
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Definitions of Geographic Tongue:
An idiopathic disorder characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band. The lesions heal, then others erupt.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Geographic Tongue is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Geographic Tongue, or a subtype of Geographic Tongue,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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