My three year old has an orange tongue!?!?? I thought at first it was left from her eating gold fish or cheese it crackers BUT after a few day of not eating them, brushing her tongue a couple times a day it's still orange!
Any one ever deal with this? Any suggestions?
Thank you :)
**quick update - finally talked to her Dr. He is as baffled as we are. He suspects it's antibiotics causing this but wants to do a culture.
I did some googling and it seems this orange coloring of the tongue has shown up in adults usually after dental work, and is caused by a bacteria. There was one posted story of a toddler with orange tongue and was due to a recent antibiotics..... The frustrating part is it seems no real cure. The good thing is it doesn't seem to bother her and she is eating fine. I have noticed the color gets more orange when she has sugars (even oatmeal with a bit of brown sugar)
Thanks for the interest ladies! I will be sure to keep you all posted
***2nd update...
Finally found a probiotic my daughter will take without a fight... And it has worked! Orange tongue is gone after only two days ! We will keep going with the probiotics daily and keeping sugar to a minimum.
Thanks for the advice and interest! You ladies rock!
Any one ever deal with this? Any suggestions?
Thank you :)
**quick update - finally talked to her Dr. He is as baffled as we are. He suspects it's antibiotics causing this but wants to do a culture.
I did some googling and it seems this orange coloring of the tongue has shown up in adults usually after dental work, and is caused by a bacteria. There was one posted story of a toddler with orange tongue and was due to a recent antibiotics..... The frustrating part is it seems no real cure. The good thing is it doesn't seem to bother her and she is eating fine. I have noticed the color gets more orange when she has sugars (even oatmeal with a bit of brown sugar)
Thanks for the interest ladies! I will be sure to keep you all posted
***2nd update...
Finally found a probiotic my daughter will take without a fight... And it has worked! Orange tongue is gone after only two days ! We will keep going with the probiotics daily and keeping sugar to a minimum.
Thanks for the advice and interest! You ladies rock!
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Me too thanks!
Quoting TigerofMu:Yay! I am so glad that you were able to find answers and a solution that works for your daughter!
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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing your updates. Glad she is looking normal again!
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on Mar. 5, 2013 at 10:28 AM
We think it was the antibiotics. Her Dr did say it happens and usually goes away on its own but the probiotics help. One of those weird things...
Quoting ChamerahKadina_:WOW, any idea why it happened in the first place ?
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on Mar. 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Yes we are pretty happy it's gone! :)
Quoting sunshine86912:yay for no more orange tounge!
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on Mar. 24, 2013 at 12:50 PM
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Wow! I hadn't heard of that, but I'm glad something worked.
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