A patient's tongue turned green about two weeks before he paid a visit to the doctor. Upon a closer look, he was diagnosed ...

Black hairy tongue is caused by bacteria or fungi in the mouth, which make the tongue appear black and hairy. It's easily remedied by good old-fashioned oral hygiene.

The condition known as black hairy tongue is characterised by a furry or hairy texture, where the tongue's surface may feel rough due to papillae that can grow up to 15 times their normal length ...

This is another medical emergency, meriting a call to 999. A mapped tongue Your tongue can be more than red, white, black and blue, though. It can take on some genuinely odd appearances.

A mapped tongue Your tongue can be more than red, white, black and blue, though. It can take on some genuinely odd appearances. One example is geographic tongue, where the top of the tongue turns from ...

Black hairy, strawberry and geographic—what the state of your tongue can say about your health by Dan Baumgardt, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ...

A black hairy tongue colour is usually harmless, but it is important to know its underlying cause to determine a course of treatment. Written by: Tenzin Chodon Updated at: Apr 02, 2024 11:54 IST ...

And frequently, hairy tongue manifests as jet black fuzz, a condition specifically known as lingua villosa nigra, or black hairy tongue, according to the case report.

She was diagnosed with black hairy tongue (BHT), which is a rare but reversible condition in which the tongue bumps (papillae) elongate and there is discolouration on the surface of the tongue.

The tongue of a cancer patient turned black and hairy, likely as a result of a rare reaction to antibiotics used in her treatment doctors say. The Japanese woman in her sixties was battling rectal ...

The patient was diagnosed with drug-induced hyperpigmentation and a black, hairy tongue (BHT). The Metro reported that doctors found that the woman's face had turned grey.