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Have you ever heard of a black tongue?

post #1 of 5
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I got the following in an email from my sister this morning:

Gabrielle woke up this morning w/ a dark greyish/black tounge. I was really worried, so I brought her to the doctors. DR.Cadman said it looked like It was dark due to an infection in her body, ( Probly her ear infection), and maybe a side effect from the antibiotics. Gabby has been crying on and off
all day, hitting her belly, and pulling at her ears. She cked for a bladder infec. or a yeast infection, But under the microscope it did not show to be yeast infec. and she wasnt concerned about her pulling at her ears, since we know she does have a double ear infection. She said she might have an upset belly due to the meds.



I'm just curious if anyone else has ever heard of this or experienced it? It sounds very strange to me.
post #2 of 5
I don't know.
I found this site though that talks about how the tongue's appearance is a good way to help diagnose problems with the digestive system.
It also lists some color changes and what they could indicate.

http://users.net2000.com.au/~shankara/diagnostic.html
post #3 of 5
I've never heard of it Shari. I hope that she'll be okay.
post #4 of 5
I know one ofmy BIL's had something like that happen with his tonge and it had to do with his sugar being threw the roof.
post #5 of 5
Is there like a thick layer on her tongue that kind of 'peels' off?

What about thrush?

I know antibiotics can cause your tongue to turn colors! Umm.. Biaxin and Augmentin I know.. I think Omnicef may do it too but don't hold me to that one!

We had a mom bring a little girl into work and ask one the the pharmacists, and they looked it up! Turns out the little girl had been on Augmentin
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