Oral Thrush In Adults is sometimes misdiagnosed as Apthous Mouth Ulcers

It has been reported that some patients have been misdiagnosed with Apthous Mouth Ulcers, when in fact the correct diagnosis in their specific case was Oral Thrush In Adults.

Oral thrush or candidiasis is a disease where the fungus candida albicans grows on the lining of the mouth. It is naturally occurring in the mouth but when your immune system is suppressed it can grow and cause symptoms. These symptoms include slightly raised creamy white lesions on the tongue, and cheeks, redness, burning and soreness that is severe enough to cause difficulty eating and swallowing, a cottony feeling in the mouth, and loss of taste. Oral thrush can be mistaken as conditions such as geographic tongue, coated tongue from poor hygiene, oral lichen planus, oral leucoplakia, and apthous mouth ulcers.

Always consult your doctor or health professional, and do not self diagnose.

Symptoms can include:

White creamy lesions on tongue, white creamy lesions inside mouth and throat, a cottony feeling in mouth, loss of taste, denture stomatitis, redness or burning or soreness, slightly raised lesions, lesions with a cottage cheese-like appearance, slight bleeding when lesions are rubbed or scraped, cracking and redness at the corners of mouth

Symptoms are a guideline only and may apply to either the diagnosis or the reported misdiagnosis, or both. Consult your specialist for further information.

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