Madrid: Spanish medical experts have discovered that spots, blisters and swelling on the tongue can also be caused by Covid 19. They collectively call these symptoms the ‘COVID tongue’.
To determine the apparent symptoms of coronavirus, they examined 666 patients with COV 19 with an average age of about 58 years, including 42% of men and 58% of women. About half (47.1%) of these patients were from Latin America.
A search of the medical records and other details of all of these individuals revealed that a total of 304 (45.7) patients had at least one symptom of corona virus in their mouths.
Corona virus caused 11.5% of patients to have blisters on the tongue and 6.6% had swelling in the front of the tongue.
6.9% of the patients had swollen tongues and blisters which made it very difficult for them to eat, drink, chew and speak.
5.3% of patients reported a general taste of tongue taste and chest irritation.
In the light of this research, experts say that the symptoms of Covid 19 should include pustules, blisters and swelling on the tongue to further improve the diagnosis of this epidemic.
Note: This research is published in the latest issue of the British Journal of Dermatology.