Black hairy tongue

Black hairy tongue: Introduction

Black hairy tongue: The occurrence of a hairy tongue where the papillae are brown or black. See free access online books about Black hairy tongue below. See detailed information below for a list of 2 causes of Black hairy tongue, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Black hairy tongue:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Black hairy tongue. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Antibiotic therapy
• Smoking
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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Tongue symptoms (373 causes)
• Hairy Tongue (9 causes)
• Hand symptoms (1080 causes)
• Throat symptoms (2320 causes)
• Hairiness (172 causes)
• Mouth symptoms (2823 causes)
• Head symptoms (5905 causes)
• Hair symptoms (630 causes)
• Arm symptoms (1309 causes)
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• Limb symptoms (1192 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Black hairy tongue

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• Tongue rash (5 causes)
• Tongue pain
• Tongue numbness
• Tongue symptoms (373 causes)
• Bad taste in mouth (15 causes)
• Taste symptoms (82 causes)
• Lingua villosa nigra
• Defective desquamation of the filiform papillae
• Poor oral hygiene
• Therapeutic radiation
• Glossopyrosis
• Burning tongue
• Candida albicans
• Halitosis (83 causes)
• Hypertrophy of filiform papillae
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Diagnostic Guides for Black hairy tongue

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Misdiagnosis and Black hairy tongue

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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

The list below shows some of the causes of Black hairy tongue mentioned in various sources:

• Antibiotic therapy
• Smoking
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How Common are these Causes of Black hairy tongue?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Black hairy tongue. Of the 2 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
• 1 causes have no prevalence information.

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Medical Conditions associated with Black hairy tongue:

Tongue symptoms (347 causes), Hairy Tongue, Hand symptoms (1076 causes), Throat symptoms (2303 causes), Hairiness (152 causes), Mouth symptoms (2805 causes), Head symptoms (5831 causes), Hair symptoms (629 causes), Arm symptoms (1300 causes), Face symptoms (4261 causes), Limb symptoms (1182 causes)

Symptoms related to Black hairy tongue:

Tongue rash (1 cause), Tongue pain, Tongue numbness, Tongue symptoms (347 causes), Bad taste in mouth (2 causes), Taste symptoms (73 causes), Lingua villosa nigra, Defective desquamation of the filiform papillae, Poor oral hygiene, Therapeutic radiation, Glossopyrosis, Burning tongue, Candida albicans, Halitosis (9 causes), Hypertrophy of filiform papillae, tobacco use, coffee drinking, tea drinking

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Medical News summaries about Black hairy tongue

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Black hairy tongue

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