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Suggest Treatment For Hair Leukoplakia
about 20 years ago I had a biopsy of the tongue.The results said that it had characteristics of hairy leukoplakia.The dentist that I see now sent me to an oral surgeon who wants to biopsy it. Is it possible that it could be cancerous when I have had it so long? It just looks like a white area on either side. I have never smoked and with the exception of ulcerative colitis I am in pretty good health. I am 45 years old. Thankyou for your time.
Thu, 29 May 2014
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With your query, hairy leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion and usually associated with auto immune defieciency syndrome.In your scenario exact cause is not known. basically this is a viral infection caused by EBV i.e. epstein barr virus and the treatment is high doses of anti viral drugs if it is associated with auto immune defieciency syndrome then antiretroviral drugs are used.Etiology in most of the cases is immunocomprised patients and have a healthy diet and get it thoroughly checked with biopsy investigations under a oral physician guidance.Hope this answers your query
With your query, hairy leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion and usually associated with auto immune defieciency syndrome.In your scenario exact cause is not known. basically this is a viral infection caused by EBV i.e. epstein barr virus and the treatment is high doses of anti viral drugs if it is associated with auto immune defieciency syndrome then antiretroviral drugs are used.Etiology in most of the cases is immunocomprised patients and have a healthy diet and get it thoroughly checked with biopsy investigations under a oral physician guidance.Hope this answers your query
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