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Been experiencing a coated tongue with spots that reappears after brushing off. also the roof of mouth is coated too. i've been told it isn't thrush.
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White tongue causes: The tongue is known to have many variations with pigmenting, size, appearance, & not always due to disease. Causes of a tongue that looks white include: lichen planus (responds to steroids), white sponge nevus (familial, benign, permanent), smoker's leukoplakia (2% risk of cancer, needs biopsy), hairy leukoplakia (due to epsteinbarr virus), warts (due to papillomavirus), "thrush" (rx antifungals).
Answered 11/28/2017
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