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| + | ==Description== |
| + | Acute or chronic inflammation of the tongue usually secondary to an infectious, physical, chemical or metabolic cause. |
| + | Infectious causes include [[Feline Calicivirus|calicivirus]], [[Feline Herpesvirus 1|feline herpesvirus]], panleukopanenia, [[Fungi|fungal]], necrotising stomatitis and [[:Category:Leptospiraceae|leptospirosis]]. Physical causes may be irritation from [[Periodontal Disease|periodontal disease]], foreign bodies and trauma. Metabolic causes such as [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Uraemia|uraemia]], vitamin deficiencies and hypoparathyoidism can also be responsible. |
| + | Additionally heavy metal poisoning and other chemicals can cause glossitis. |
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| ==Signalment== | | ==Signalment== |
− | *Long coated dogs that commonly get plant seeds stuck in their coats.
| + | Any animal can become affected however dogs are more frequently at risk due to their non discriminatory eating habits. |
− | ==Description==
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− | Acute or chronic inflammation of the tongue usually secondary to an infectious, physical, chemical or metabolic cause:
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− | *'''Infectious''': [[Feline Calicivirus|calicivirus]], [[Feline Herpesvirus 1|feline herpesvirus]], panleukopanenia, [[Fungi|fungal]], necrotising stomatitis and [[:Category:Leptospiraceae|leptospirosis]]
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− | *'''Physical''': irritation from [[Periodontal Disease|periodontal disease]], foreign bodies and trauma
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− | *'''Metabolic''': [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Uraemia|uraemia]], vitamin deficiencies and hypoparathyoidism
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− | *'''Chemical''': heavy metal poisoning
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| ==Diagnosis== | | ==Diagnosis== |
| ===History=== | | ===History=== |
− | Ingestion of a foreign body
| + | There may be a history of ingestion of a foreign body or access to chemicals. |
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| ===Clinical Signs=== | | ===Clinical Signs=== |
− | *drooling
| + | Include drooling, bleeding, dysphagia, a reddened, swollen and ulcerated tongue edge in the case of [[Periodontal Disease|periodontal disease]]. |
− | *bleeding
| + | A foreign body may be visualised under the tongue (they may become embedded so that they cannot be palpated). |
− | *dysphagia
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− | *a reddened, swollen and ulcerated tongue edge in the case of [[Periodontal Disease|periodontal disease]].
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− | *visualisation of a foreign body under the tongue (they may become embedded so that they cannot be palpated).
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| *acute swelling in the case of insect stings | | *acute swelling in the case of insect stings |
| *in chronic ulcerative glossitis there may be a thick, malodourous brown discharge. | | *in chronic ulcerative glossitis there may be a thick, malodourous brown discharge. |