Within a week, her tongue turned black, she began to feel nauseated and there was a foul taste in her mouth."As scary as this looks, the good part is that it's actually reversible," Hamad said.

When Dr. Yasir Hamad heard that a patient's tongue had turned black, he decided he needed to see it for himself. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Gastrointestinal - Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth ulcer, black or hairy tongue. What are the other precautions for Oxacillin Injection? Avoid excess dosage.

Luckily, black hairy tongue, or lingua villosa nigra, is typically painless and temporary. It occurs when the tiny bumps on the tongue, called papillae, which are normally about 1 millimeter in ...

A man in his 50s presented to doctors in India a black, hairy tongue. Hairy tongue occurs in about 13% of the population, per the American Academy of Oral Medicine. It's usually harmless and self ...

A woman in the U.S. developed a "black hairy tongue" after a car crash in which she severely injured both her legs. After a week in hospital, her tongue had become discoloured and she reported ...

Adverse events lead to drug discontinuation more commonly among patients who receive nafcillin compared to oxacillin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , 2016; AAC.03122-15 DOI: 10.1128/AAC ...

Washington, DC - March 14, 2016 - Nafcillin and oxacillin, two antibiotics commonly prescribed in hospitals, have been used without preference for one over the other. Costs and effectiveness are ...

Black hairy tongue is an uncommon and harmless side effect of some drugs, but it can also be linked to smoking, poor oral hygiene and certain medical conditions. Hamad's patient, ...