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Causes of Swollen tongue

This section discusses 247 medical conditions causing Swollen tongue. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Swollen tongue:

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

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Swollen tongue:

The following list of conditions have 'Swollen tongue' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acromegaly ... enlarged tongue
  • Adam and Eve poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Allergenic cross-reactivity ... tongue swelling
  • Amyloidosis ... enlarged tongue
  • Amyloidosis AL ... enlarged tongue
  • Amyloidosis, inflammatory ... swollen tongue
  • Anemia, hypochromic microcytic ... swollen tongue
  • Angelman syndrome ... tongue protrusion
  • Angioedema ... swollen tongue
  • Antihypertensive drug allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Asiatic porpoise poisoning ... swollen tongue
  • Athyrotic hypothyroidism sequence ... enlarged tongue

    B

  • Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome ... enlarged tongue
  • Breathing-related sleep disorder ... macroglossia

    C

  • C1esterase deficiency ... tongue swelling
  • Caffeine Allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Caladium poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Calla lily poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Calla poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Century Plant poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p ... enlarged tongue
  • Congenital hypothyroidism ... Macroglossia, enlarged tongue
  • Cretinism athyreotic ... enlarged tongue

    D

  • Dieffenbachia poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Down Syndrome ... enlarged tongue
  • Drug Allergies ... tongue swelling

    E

  • Exercise induced anaphylaxis ... tongue swelling

    F

  • Food Additive Allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - amaranth ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - Annatto ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - benzoate ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - carageenan gum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - Carmine ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - erythrosine ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - guar gum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum acacia ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum tragacanth ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - lecithin ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - locust bean gum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - quinoline yellow ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - saffron ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - salicytes ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite derivative ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - sunset yellow ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - tartrazine ... tongue swelling
  • Food Additive Allergy - xanthan gum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - abalone ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - almond ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - aniseed ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - apple ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - apricot ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - avocado ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - banana ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - barley ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - bean ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - beef ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - beer ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - bell pepper ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - brazil nut ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - buckwheat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - cabbage ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - carp ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - carrot ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - cashew ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - castor bean ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - celery ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - chamomile tea ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - cherry ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - chestnut ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - chick pea ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - chicken meat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - cinnamon ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - coconut ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - codfish ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - Coriander ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - crab ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - crayfish ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - cumin ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - date palm ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - duck meat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - fennel ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - fish ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - frog ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - fruit ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - garbanzo (legume) ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - garlic ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - goose meat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - hazelnut ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - hops ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - kidney bean ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - kiwi fruit ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lamb ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lentil ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lettuce ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lima bean ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - Linden tea ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lobster ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - lychee ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - mackerel ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - mango ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - meat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - melon ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - milk ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - mollusk ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - MSG ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - mussel ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - mustard leaf ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - oat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - olive ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - oranges ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - papaya ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - paprika ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - parsley ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pea ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - peach ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - peanuts ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pear ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pecan ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pine nut ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pineapple ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - plantain ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - plum ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pomegranates ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pork ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - potato ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - pumpkin ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - Quorn ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - red meat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - rice ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - rye ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - salmon ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - scallop ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - sesame ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - shellfish ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - shrimp ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - snail ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - soy ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - soybean ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - spices ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - strawberry ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - sulfite ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - sunflower seeds ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - thyme ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - tomato ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - tree nuts ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - tuna ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - turnip ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - turtle ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - vegetable oil ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - walnuts ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - watermelon ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - wheat ... tongue swelling
  • Food Allergy - zucchini ... tongue swelling
  • Fucosidosis type 1 ... enlarged tongue
  • Fucosidosis type II ... enlarged tongue

    G

  • Glossitis ... swollen tongue
  • Glycogen storage disease type 2 ... enlarged tongue
  • Glycogenosis type 2 ... enlarged tongue
  • Golden club poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Green dragon poisoning ... tongue swelling

    H

  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Rue ... swollen tongue
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Feverfew ... swollen tongue
  • Herpes stomatitis ... tongue swelling
  • Hives ... tongue swelling
  • Hunter glossitis ... swollen tongue

    I

  • IgE mediated gastrointestinal food allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Immunoglobulinic amyloidosis ... enlarged tongue
  • Insect bite allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Insect sting allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Italian arum poisoning ... tongue swelling

    J

  • Jack-in-the-pulpit poisoning ... tongue swelling

    K

  • Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome ... enlarged tongue

    L

  • Local anaesthetic allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Lubarsch-Pick syndrome ... enlarged tongue

    M

  • Mannosidosis, alpha B lysosomal ... enlarged tongue
  • Meige syndrome ... tongue protrusion
  • Mental retardation, X-linked with brachydactyly and macroglossia ... enlarged tongue
  • Morphine allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses ... Macroglossia
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis II ... enlarged tongue
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- mild form ... enlarged tongue
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VI ... Macroglossia

    N

  • Nephthytis poisoning ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Africanized honeybee ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Ant ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Black fire ant ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Bumblebee ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - honey bee ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Hornet ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Red fire ant ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - scorpion ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Tropical fire ant ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - wasp ... tongue swelling
  • Non-Food Allergy - Yellow jacket Wasp ... tongue swelling
  • Novacaine drug allergy ... tongue swelling

    O

  • Oral cancer ... lump on tongue

    P

  • Penicillin allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Plant poisoning - Calcium oxalate crystals ... tongue swelling
  • Plant poisoning - dumbcane (Dieffenbachia sp.) ... swollen tongue
  • Plant poisoning - elephant's ear (Colocasia sp.) ... swollen tongue
  • Plant poisoning - Philodendron (Philodendron sp.) ... swollen tongue
  • Pollen food allergy syndrome ... tongue swelling
  • Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma ... lump on tongue

    S

  • Seafood allergy ... tongue swelling
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome ... enlarged tongue
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) ... enlarged tongue
  • Sulfa antibiotics allergy ... tongue swelling

    T

  • Tardive Dyskinesia ... tongue protrusion
  • Triploid syndrome ... enlarged tongue

    U

  • Urticaria ... Tongue swelling

    W

  • Wiedemann Opitz syndrome ... Macroglossia
  • Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome ... enlarged tongue

    X

  • X-linked mental retardation craniofacial abnormal microcepahly club ... Macroglossia

    Y

  • Young Simpson syndrome ... Macroglossia

    Z

  • Zadik Barak Levin syndrome ... Macroglossia

    Conditions listing medical complications: Swollen tongue:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Swollen tongue' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    D

  • Down Syndrome ... enlarged tongue

    More Information About Swollen tongue

    List of 247 causes of Swollen tongue

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Swollen tongue in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Swollen tongue

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Swollen tongue as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 42 drug side effect causes of Swollen tongue]

    Medical Textbooks about Swollen tongue

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Swollen tongue. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Swollen tongue (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • TONGUE PAIN
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Stomatitis
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • Mouth lesions
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Stomatitis
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
     

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