Glossary for White tongue

Medical terms related to White tongue or mentioned in this section include:

• AIDS: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
• Alcohol - Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that exposure to Alcohol during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Candidiasis: Fungal infection of moist areas such as mouth or vagina
• Chronic Illness: Any form of continuing chronic illness.
• Coated tongue: When the tongue is coated in a whitish or yellowish layer
• Dehydration: Loss and reduction in body water levels
• Epstein-Barr virus: Common virus causing mononucleosis
• Face symptoms: Symptoms affecting the face
• Hairy Tongue: Abnormal sensation where the tongue feels hairy or furry.
• Head symptoms: Symptoms affecting the head or brain
• Immune deficiency conditions: Any of various diseases that suppress the immune system.
• Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome: A rare, inherited disorder characterized by thickening of nails, white patches on mouth and anus(leukoplakia) and thickened hard skin on soles and palms.
• Jaundice: yellowish discoloration of the skin and mucous membrane
• Leukoplakia: This is a white area on a mucous membrane that will not rub offoff
• Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
• Mouth symptoms: Symptoms of the mouth or oral area.
• Oral candidiasis: An infection with the fungus candida which occurs in the mouth
• Oral lichen planus: An inflammatory condition involving the mucous lining inside the mouth, including the lips, tongue, gums and throat.
• Oral thrush: Candida fungal infection of the mouth.
• Skin color changes: Skin changes such as redness, blueness, or whitening.
• Skin problems: Any condition that affects the skin
• Skin symptoms: Symptoms affecting the skin.
• Smoking: The smoking of cigarettes
• Sore tongue: Pain or soreness of the tongue
• Swallowing difficulty: Difficulty or pain when swallowing
• Swallowing symptoms: Problems with the ability to swallow
• Systemic lupus erythematosus: chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal, though with recent medical advances, fatalities are becoming increasingly rare.
• Throat symptoms: Symptoms affecting the throat
• Tongue discolouration: Abnormal colour change of the tongue
• Tongue rash: A rash located in the tongue
• Tongue symptoms: Symptoms affecting the tongue.
• Whitening: Whitening or reduced coloring of the skin

 » Next page: Surveys

Rate This Website

What do you think about the features of this website? Take our user survey and have your say:

Website User Survey

Medical Tools & Articles:

Next articles:

• Surveys
• Join in at the forums

Tools & Services:

• Bookmark this page
• Surveys relating to White tongue
• Symptom Search
• Symptom Checker
• Medical Dictionary
• Give your feedback

Medical Articles:

• Disease & Treatments Search
• Misdiagnosis Center
• Full list of interesting articles

Forums & Message Boards

• Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
• I cannot get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for my condition?
• See all the Boards.

Enter your search terms Submit search form
Search The Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

Common Health Mistakes

Symptom
Checker

Search Specialists by State and City