Many HIV-related conditions can affect the mouth, causing symptoms such as ulcers ... Being on HIV treatment will strengthen your immune system and the leukoplakia should improve. Therapy for herpes, ...

But kids and young adults can also get it. Both oral lichen planus and leukoplakia affect the tissue lining of your mouth (mucosa), and their symptoms appear on your gums, inside your cheeks ...

Those suffering from acute strokes tend to have an oddly shaped red tongue ... oral hairy leukoplakia, which may be linked to viral infections such as Epstein-Barr or HIV.