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Tongue turned out to be dark

2025-03-30 06:43:53
Hi , I have been suffering with fever and throat infection then after couple of days of infection my ear started paining. My Doctor prescribed below medicine. Tab macpod 200- twice a day after meal Tab vonomac 20- once in day before breakfast Tab twagic sp - once in day after breakfast Tab Belatin m - after dinner Betadine gargle - twice in a day Syp Zerosick - took only one dose after lunch yesterday After consuming medicine for 3 days I noticed in the morning my tongue got coloured into blackish color. After doing brush color got removed by around 50-60% but darkness is still there. Just want to check with experts what could the possibles reason , is it reaction of the medicine which I am consuming?
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It's staining caused by betadine gargle. It's just temporary staining by povidone iodine.
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Clean tongue and maintain oral hygiene

Answered2025-03-31 02:50:46

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