Health Dictionary
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Red Tongue
Introduction
Causes
Causes
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Enterocolitis
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Folic acid deficiency
- Gastrointestinal tumor
- Iron deficiency
- Niacin deficiency
- Scarlet Fever
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Glucagonoma syndrome |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Aphthous ulceration, Migratory glossitis, Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor , Glossitis , Hunter glossitis |
| Genetic | GraeckImerslund disease |
| Hematologic | Anemia , Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption , B12 deficiency, Cobalamin deficiency, Iron deficiency anemia , Juvenile Megaloblastic Anemia , Pernicious anemia |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Candidiasis, Herpes simplex, HIV, Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | B12 deficiency, Cobalamin deficiency, Folate deficiency, Iron deficiency anemia , Juvenile Megaloblastic Anemia , Pernicious anemia , PlummerVinson syndrome , Pyridoxine deficiency , GraeckImerslund disease , Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Glucagonoma syndrome , Oral cancers, Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Allergenic crossreactivity , Amyloidosis , Kawasaki disease , Food allergy , Tropical sprue |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Trauma |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Allergenic crossreactivity
- Amyloidosis
- Anemia
- Aphthous ulceration
- B12 deficiency
- Candidiasis
- Cobalamin deficiency
- Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption
- Migratory glossitis
- Folate deficiency
- Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
- Glossitis
- Glucagonoma syndrome
- GraeckImerslund disease
- Herpes simplex
- HIV
- Hunter glossitis
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Juvenile Megaloblastic Anemia
- Kawasaki disease
- Pernicious anemia
- PlummerVinson syndrome
- Food allergy
- Pyridoxine deficiency
- Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
- Trauma
- Tropical sprue
- Oral cancers
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: Template:Search infobox C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]