Hairy Tongue in an Elderly Neglect Patient

Volume 4 - Issue 1

Khurshid A Mattoo¹* and Nagaraja K²

Received:October 23, 2019;   Published:October 30, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/MADOHC.2018.03.000178

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Abstract

Elder neglect is an accepted social practice in the scientific domain and globally there is an increase in reporting of such association with medical diseases. Elder neglect results in depression and when antidepressant drugs are taken for a long period of time, adverse effects do result in one form or the other. We present a unique case of such complex social phenomenon in which an elderly patient was suffering from neglect which resulted in depression and manifested in the form of a hairy tongue on prolonged treatment with antidepressant drugs. These psychological associations are an important consideration in diagnosis and treatment planning of a clinically visible disease. The patient required prosthetic rehabilitation but forfeited the treatment midway

Keywords:Elder abuse; Depression; Clozapine; Hyperkeratosis; THARA (illegally brewed alcohol)

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