What Is Leukoplakia?
4. How Severe Is the Condition?
Most cases of leukoplakia are not severe and will resolve within 14 days, especially when you remove the cause through dietary changes or medical intervention. However, in rare instances, the condition may be a precursor to cancer, but it is necessary to stress the rarity of this result.
Oral hairy leukoplakia carries more risks than the standard condition because of its relation to HIV/AIDS. Of those people with an HIV diagnosis, between 25% and 53% will experience the fuzzy patches indicative of this condition. It is also pertinent to note that nearly 14% of people with HIV do not know they have it, meaning that hairy leukoplakia is their first sign. However, the condition itself is not typically life-threatening.
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