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It usually manifests in 1–3 hours after the first dose of antibiotics as fever, chills, rigor, hypotension, headache, tachycardia, hyperventilation, vasodilation with flushing, myalgia (muscle pain), exacerbation of skin lesions and anxiety. The intensity of the reaction indicates the severity of inflammation.
Red strawberry tongue is where the white coating is lost and a dark red, erythematous surface is revealed, interspaced with the hyperplastic fungiform papillae. White strawberry tongue is seen in early scarlet fever (a systemic infection of group A β- hemolytic streptococci ), [ 26 ] and red strawberry tongue occurs later, after 4–5 days. [ 8 ]
This is usually termed "antibiotic sore mouth", "antibiotic sore tongue", [9] or "antibiotic-induced stomatitis" because it is commonly painful as well as red. Chronic erythematous candidiasis is more usually associated with denture wearing (see denture-related stomatitis). [citation needed]
The sixty-year-old patient’s face skin also turned grey, doctors say
Canker sore that wouldn't heal turned out to be stage 4 tongue cancer. Tongue cancer used to affect older men, who drank, smoke. More people under 40 have it.
Aphthous stomatitis, [2] or recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), commonly referred to as a canker sore or salt blister, is a common condition characterized by the repeated formation of benign and non-contagious mouth ulcers (aphthae) in otherwise healthy individuals.
However, not all cases present with a fever, the degree of tiredness may vary, the sore throat and tongue changes might be slight or absent, and in some the rash can be patchy rather than diffuse. [ 5 ] [ page needed ] Cough, hoarseness, runny nose, diarrhea, and conjunctivitis are typically absent in scarlet fever; such symptoms indicate what ...
Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]