Sharma Shikha, Bhardwaj Amit
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2022 Sep-Oct;26(5):498-500. doi: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_437_21. Epub 2022 Sep 1.
Since the advent of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, this highly infectious virus has spread worldwide infecting millions of people. Not only it has affected the pulmonary function of the body, leading to difficulty in breathing, but at the same time, an array of other systemic infections which may or may not be directly due to coronavirus infection, due to an absent established relationship. The mucocutaneous manifestations seen in COVID-19 infection include depapillation of the tongue, lesions seen on alveolar mucosa, gingiva, buccal mucosa, dysgeusia, and dry mouth. This case report highlights the effect of COVID-19 on the tongue also known as COVID tongue seen as depapillation of the tongue surface. Due to the absence of long-term studies and time-limited research, a direct relationship between COVID-19 and the systemic manifestation is not yet established. More research has to be done in this direction, to chart out the exact etiology of these systemic infections.
自冠状病毒病（COVID-19）感染出现以来，这种高传染性病毒已在全球范围内传播，感染了数百万人。它不仅影响身体的肺功能，导致呼吸困难，而且同时还引发一系列其他全身感染，由于尚未确立明确的关系，这些感染可能直接由冠状病毒感染引起，也可能并非如此。COVID-19感染中出现的黏膜皮肤表现包括舌乳头萎缩、牙槽黏膜、牙龈、颊黏膜出现病变、味觉障碍和口干。本病例报告强调了COVID-19对舌头的影响，即所谓的“COVID舌”，表现为舌表面乳头萎缩。由于缺乏长期研究且研究时间有限，COVID-19与全身表现之间的直接关系尚未确立。必须在这一方向上开展更多研究，以明确这些全身感染的确切病因。
