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== Tongue Laceration ==
== [[Tongue Laceration]] ==
*Secondary to tongue biting
*Secondary to tongue biting
*Serious injuries can cause hemorrhage and potential airway compromise
*Serious injuries can cause hemorrhage and potential airway compromise
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**Chlorhexidinemouth wash to prevent infection
**Chlorhexidinemouth wash to prevent infection


== Strawberry Tongue ==
== [[Strawberry Tongue]] ==
*Hypertrophied lingual papillae,initially with white exudate
*Hypertrophied lingual papillae,initially with white exudate
*Ass'd with scarlet fever and Kawasaki's disease
*Ass'd with scarlet fever and Kawasaki's disease


== Black Hairy Tongue ==
== [[Black Hairy Tongue]] ==
*Benign reactive process
*Benign reactive process
*Hyperplasia and increased pigmentation of filiform papille
*Hyperplasia and increased pigmentation of filiform papille
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*Treat with improved oral hygiene, gentle brushing, and a reducing pigment intake
*Treat with improved oral hygiene, gentle brushing, and a reducing pigment intake


== Oral Thrush ==
== [[Oral Thrush]] ==
*Candidal infection
*Candidal infection
*White curd-like plaques, easily removable with erythematous base
*White curd-like plaques, easily removable with erythematous base

Revisión del 01:42 3 abr 2014

Tongue Laceration

  • Secondary to tongue biting
  • Serious injuries can cause hemorrhage and potential airway compromise
  • Do not need primary repair unless >1 cm in length, widely gaping, involving tip, or large hemorrhage
    • Use absorbable sutures
    • Anesthesia of the anterior 2/3 of the tongue is obtained through an inf alveolar block
    • Chlorhexidinemouth wash to prevent infection

Strawberry Tongue

  • Hypertrophied lingual papillae,initially with white exudate
  • Ass'd with scarlet fever and Kawasaki's disease

Black Hairy Tongue

  • Benign reactive process
  • Hyperplasia and increased pigmentation of filiform papille
  • Smoking, GERD, Abx, poor hygiene predispose
  • Treat with improved oral hygiene, gentle brushing, and a reducing pigment intake

Oral Thrush

  • Candidal infection
  • White curd-like plaques, easily removable with erythematous base
  • Usually painless
  • Risk Factors:
    • Extremes of age
    • Abx
    • Immunocompromise (AIDS, immunosuppressants)
  • Treatment
    • Nystatin oral suspension 500,000 units (swish and swallow) QID OR
    • Clotrimazole 10mg troches 5x per day OR
    • Fluconazole, 100mg PO

Tongue Swelling

  • Differential includes trauma, angioedema, other conditions listed
  • Angioedema is true emergency, suggested by face,lip, and tongue swelling
    • Hereditary,allergic (ACE), or idiopathic

See Also

Diagnoses by Body Part (Main)