A woman’s tongue turned black and hairy because of a drug she took after both her legs were crushed in a car crash.
The unidentified 55-year-old was diagnosed with ‘black hairy tongue’ – a harmless condition often caused by poor oral hygiene.
Doctors in St Louis have revealed it was caused by minocycline, an antibiotic that was given to her to combat a wound infection.
The unidentified 55-year-old was diagnosed with ‘black hairy tongue’ – a harmless condition often caused by poor oral hygiene
The drug’s bizarre side effect, a known cause of black hairy tongue, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The woman was rushed immediately to Washington University Hospital in St Louis following her motor vehicle accident.
Dr Yasir Hamad and Dr David Warren, who wrote the report, revealed that she sustained ‘a severe crush injury to both legs’.
They gave her IV drips of meropenem, another antibiotic, and oral minocycline tablets to combat a wound infection.
Within a month, her tongue returned to its normal colour, doctors in St Louis wrote in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine
After just one week of the treatment, the patient noticed her tongue was slowly turning black. She also reported nausea and a bad taste in her mouth.
Writing in the prestigious journal, the medics said: ‘Black hairy tongue, resulting from treatment with minocycline, was suspected.’
Black hairy tongue is a temporary and harmless condition that makes the tongue turn dark and furry, the Mayo Clinic states.
It is usually caused by a build-up of dead skin cells on the on the papilla – finger-like projections on the surface of the tongue that contain taste buds.
But it can also be associated with poor oral hygiene, tobacco, irritating mouthwashes and certain antibiotics, the doctors wrote.
Doctors decided to stop giving the patient minocycline and they urged her to ensure she was brushing her teeth as often as she should.
Within a month, her tongue returned to its normal colour, Dr Hamad and Dr Warren explained in the NEJM’s Images in Clinical Medicine.
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Main photo article A woman’s tongue turned black and hairy because of a drug she took after both her legs were crushed in a car crash.
The unidentified 55-year-old was diagnosed with ‘black hairy tongue’ – a harmless condition often caused by poor oral hygiene.
Doctors in St Louis have revealed it was caused by min...
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