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yahabbibi t1_iup9lq0 wrote

Reply to comment by Lanaconga in ‘Julie & Julia’ Author Julie Powell Dead at 49 by dissolutewastrel

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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