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Lanaconga t1_iup63ri wrote

Look at one of her last tweets about having a black hairy tongue

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yahabbibi t1_iup9lq0 wrote

Awful and her Dr said not to worry. And she died the next day. Apparently sh3 had covid last month and had been feeling lousy since and not well the last week or so. Very sad.

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Ok-Explanation-1234 t1_iupffux wrote

> Awful and her Dr said not to worry.

Googling "black hairy tongue" gets you a bunch of the usual suspects (Mayo Clinic, WebMD) with some gnarly pictures, and all insist that it is in fact a benign condition. That's gotta be saying something because it's WebMD's job to convince anxious people they definitely have cancer.

I can see her calling her doctor and being like "Hey doc, my tongue just turned black and I'm feeling really lousy" and the doctor zeroing in on the harmless tongue and nothing else.

Women with heart attacks get blown off all the time.

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DougDougDougDoug t1_iuplt48 wrote

It's common on AIDS patients and is not infrequent with covid. And heart attacks are killing many in the 6 months after a covid infection

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Brilliant1965 t1_iupnh1z wrote

Yup that’s what doctors do these days about post Covid problems take it from me. Women’s heart attacks do get blown off a lot, and there’s a higher risk after Covid of heart attacks. Poor thing

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similar_observation t1_iupue8c wrote

It can also be caused by pepto bismal.

EDIT! The bismuth in pepto interacts with trace sulfur in your mouth and gut, staining whatever the sulfur is on. Black Hairy Tongue happens when the bismuth stains the strands of skin cells hanging onto your tongue's papillae(taste buds). A lot of food you eat has trace sulfur, anything related to onions is high in it. Turkey, eggs, any broccoli and cabbage type veggies. Anything with biotin and thiamin (vitaminB1). All have traces of sulfur.

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VioletBloom2020 t1_iuuk056 wrote

I knew pepto bismol was up to no good! Jk When I was a kid I HATED the taste. Lol

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rimjobnemesis t1_iupc4wu wrote

Do you have a link for that?

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Lanaconga t1_iupd76a wrote

https://twitter.com/licjulie/status/1585019082167885824?s=46&t=Wr2mW_LPd8aBrBBHIH_2pQ.

Her last tweet

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rimjobnemesis t1_iupde1d wrote

Thank you for that. It’s just really sad. I think her husband said it was due to cardiac arrest.

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Pulguinuni t1_iupgfkh wrote

There is another tweet a couple of days before where she complaints about stomach issues. I know the statistics show women tend to not seek help because they think is a mild symptom, stomach bug or something similar, when in reality heart issues can express as stomach pain. Really sad, she was still young.

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DougDougDougDoug t1_iuplx49 wrote

She had not recovered from COVID. Heart attacks are super common in the months after.

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Pulguinuni t1_iupu7rh wrote

Very true, but also the other way around. Heart disease or a heart attack in women can be often confused with flu or normal fatigue, symptoms are often very subtle. Posted an edit on my comment from the American Heart Association.

We also don’t know if she had other comorbidities, like diabetes, any autoimmune disease or any medication that could accelerate any damage done by COVID. That is why I think COVID is so scary, is like playing Russian roulette. Some people are hospitalized and recover fine, others have mild symptoms but have permanent damage and other chronic illnesses from it. Awful and sad.

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IT_Chef t1_iuqooxx wrote

I thought having your tongue do something like that might be because of drinking way too much tea.

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r0thar t1_iuqv2ie wrote

This is black tongue because there's a fungus growing on it

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Bison256 t1_iusfnna wrote

Anyone else feel the need for mouthwash?

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