Causes of Tongue discoloration

This section discusses 10 medical conditions causing Tongue discoloration. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Tongue discoloration:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Tongue discoloration. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Oral thrush
• Mouth ulcers
• Gingivostomatitis
• Hand foot and mouth disease

Common Causes: Tongue discoloration

Some of the possible common medical causes of Tongue discoloration may include:

• Herpes
• Poor personal hygiene
• Infection
• Oral ulcers

Other Causes: Tongue discoloration

Some of the less common causes of Tongue discoloration may include:

• Carcinoma

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Tongue discoloration:

The following list of conditions have 'Tongue discoloration' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Tongue discoloration or choose View All.

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• Hairy tongue ... brown tongue

More Information About Tongue discoloration

• Tongue discoloration: Introduction
• Symptom combinations for Tongue discoloration
• Diabetes-related causes of Tongue discoloration

List of 10 causes of Tongue discoloration

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Tongue discoloration in our database from various sources.

• Carcinoma
• Gingivostomatitis
• Hairy tongue - brown tongue
• Hand foot and mouth disease
• Herpes
• Infection
• Mouth ulcers
• Oral thrush
• Oral ulcers
• Poor personal hygiene

Tongue discoloration: Tools

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Drug side effect causes of Tongue discoloration

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Tongue discoloration as a side effect.

• Bismatrol
• Devron
• Devrom
• Pepto-Bismol
• Pink Bismuth

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