Community Nutrition

COMMUNITY NUTRITION 3 (1+2)

Lesson 4 : Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

Tongue

Oedema of tongue	:	This can be detected by the indentations made by pressure of teeth along the edges of the tongue.
Scarlet and raw tongue	:	The tongue is bright red in colour, slightly atrophic, denuded and very painful.
Magenta tongue	:	The tongue is purplish red in colour. Numerous morphological changes may co-exist.
Atrophic papillae	:	The filiform papillae disappears, giving the tongue an extremely smooth appearance. The distribution may be central or marginal.