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White patch on tongue

2017-05-21 07:40:40
Hi from last 8 month I can see white patch on my tongue . I never smoke . Is it serious ? I am afraid after reading some articles about this.
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Hi As you said you don't smoke and you don't have any substance abuse then this patch is less likely to be a cancer. Hence to confirm this  ot the nature of this you require to take a biopsy and then seek the histopathology report of that. So consult an ENT SURGEON and get biopsy done. Regards

Answered2017-05-24 08:16:49

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