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Glositis - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Inflamación de la lengua; Infección lingual; Lengua lisa; Glosodinia; Síndrome de la boca ardiente

Síntomas:

Los síntomas de la glositis pueden aparecer de manera lenta o rápida con el tiempo y abarcan:

Dificultad para masticar, deglutir o hablar.
Superficie lisa de la lengua.
Lengua sensible o adolorida.
Cambios en el color de la lengua:
- pálida, si es causada por anemia perniciosa.
- rojo fuerte, si es causada por deficiencia de otras vitaminas del complejo B.
Inflamación lingual.

Pruebas y exámenes:

Un examen por parte de un odontólogo o un médico muestra:

Puede haber ausencia de las proyecciones digitiformes sobre la superficie lingual (llamadas papilas).
Inflamación lingual (o parches de inflamación).

El médico puede hacer preguntas detalladas con respecto a su historia clínica y estilo de vida para encontrar la causa de la inflamación de la lengua si no hubo una la lesión obvia u otra causa.

Se pueden hacer exámenes de sangre para descartar otras afecciones médicas.

Lengua

Reviewed last on: 3/5/2011
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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