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Assessment – Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam to Detect Micronutrient Deficiencies
Published in Jennifer Doley, Mary J. Marian, Adult Malnutrition, 2023
The tongue should appear moist and pink in color. Glossitis is an inflammation of the tongue which causes it to swell and become magenta in color (see Figure 7.6). Deficiencies in several micronutrients may lead to glossitis, including vitamins B2, B3, B6, B12, folate and/or iron.4,8 Several non-nutrient causes include Crohn’s disease, uremia, infection, malignancy, chemotherapy, or trauma.5,6 In atrophic glossitis, caused by atrophied filiform papillae, the tongue has a glossy, smooth appearance with partial to complete absence of papillae (see Figure 7.7). Potential micronutrient deficiencies include vitamins B12, B2, B3 and folate, as well as iron.7
Nutritional Deficiencies
Published in Philip B. Gorelick, Fernando D. Testai, Graeme J. Hankey, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Hankey's Clinical Neurology, 2020
Deepa Bhupali, Fernando D. Testai
General: Pallor of mucous membrane.Glossitis.Changes in skin, hair, and fingernail pigmentation.
The Digestive (Gastrointestinal) System and Its Disorders
Published in Walter F. Stanaszek, Mary J. Stanaszek, Robert J. Holt, Steven Strauss, Understanding Medical Terms, 2020
Walter F. Stanaszek, Mary J. Stanaszek, Robert J. Holt, Steven Strauss
Diseases affecting the digestive system can attack any portion of the gastrointestinal tract or its associated organs (see Table 6.1). Many of the diseases affecting the mouth only indirectly alter digestion by decreasing the effectiveness of chewing and are not usually considered digestive diseases (see Dental section). Other oral disorders, such as stomatitis (inflammation of the mouth), glossitis (inflammation of the tongue), and oral infections are often secondary to systemic diseases or are local disorders that do not affect digestion. Disorders of the remainder of the GI tract, however, are generally classified as digestive.
Oral microbial diversity analysis among atrophic glossitis patients and healthy individuals
Published in Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2021
Hong Li, Jing Sun, Xiaoyan Wang, Jing Shi
In our study, g_prevotella was the high relative abundance species in the atrophic glossitis and significant difference between two groups (Figure 2a, Figure 4a). In many studies, Prevotella was a commonly observed member of the oral microbiome with considerable variation in its relative abundance [20,50]. It has been identified as a potential pathogen in the oral cavity, where it is associated with both carious lesions[51] and periodontitis [52,53].The high Prevotella level could be related to local or systemic inflammatory disoders [54]. Maybe it can cause inflammation of local tongue papilla of atrophic glossitis. However, a finding in our LEfSe analysis was that Prevotella was not the main genus in the atrophic glossitis group but in the control Figure 7 (a,b). It seems that there are no associations between Prevotella and atrophic glossitis. This may be attributed to the nonclinical nature of this study and the limatations of sample size.