What is strawberry tongue?!
Question: What is strawberry tongue.?
My daughter (age 10) has had a urine infection and has been on antibiotics (trimethoprim) since Sunday.. Yesterday she started complaining about her tongue.. It has lots of little red dots on it and looks like a strawberry! All I can find on-line is stuff about Scarlet fever (which I am fairly sure she doesn't have!) She says it feels a bit swollen although I can't see any visible difference.. Any ideas.?.?Health Question & Answer
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This could be just be a symptom of the medication.. also definitely go to th doctors for them to check it out as my mum is in hospital at the moment as she had a urine infection and the medication didn't fight it so she then got a kidney infection from the urine infection which seeped into her blood so now she has a blood infection like Sepsis(septicemia)..Health Question & Answer
STRAWBERRY TONGUE
Patients with scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease or other conditions may develop a distinctive appearance of their tongues.. Because of its resemblance to the well-known berry, the appearance is called "strawberry tongue.." Since this eruption is on a mucus membrane, it is called an enanthem..
Strawberry tongue is the appearance of tongue with inflamed red papillae, giving an appearance of strawberry.. It is seen in Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome, and Scarlet fever.. It may mimic glossitis or B12 vitamin deficiency..
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Patients with scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease or other conditions may develop a distinctive appearance of their tongues.. Because of its resemblance to the well-known berry, the appearance is called "strawberry tongue.." Since this eruption is on a mucus membrane, it is called an enanthem..
Strawberry tongue is the appearance of tongue with inflamed red papillae, giving an appearance of strawberry.. It is seen in Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome, and Scarlet fever.. It may mimic glossitis or B12 vitamin deficiency..
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as u said it is a symtoms of scarlet fever but as u are sure it is not so it may be allergy due the drug or drugs taken u should review ur docHealth Question & Answer