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Burning mouth syndrome: The Oral Syndrome
Wed, December 3, 2008 10:55 am By James Coolridge

Burning mouth syndrome is the main reason for chronic burning pain in the mouth which affects the tongue, gums, lips, inside of cheeks, roof of mouth, or widespread areas of the whole mouth. It is very hard to find the real cause of burning mouth syndrome and treatment is more difficult. But there is no need to get despaired. By working closely with the health care team, burning mouth syndrome could be brought under control. Also called as scalded mouth syndrome, burning tongue syndrome, burning lips syndrome, glossodynia and stomatodynia, the burning mouth syndrome causes numb sensation in the mouth or on the tip of the tongue.

It may cause a sensation of dry mouth, increased thirst, sore mouth, and loss of taste.
Taste changes, such as a bitter or metallic taste also occurs because this syndrome.
The pain from burning mouth syndrome typically has several different patterns that occur every day with little pain.

It may often last for years and may suddenly go away on its own or become less frequent. This syndrome usually doesnâ€™t cause any noticeable physical changes to the tongue or mouth.

If you suffer from pain or soreness of the tongue, lips, gums or other areas of mouth, it is time to see doctor or dentist. Even though, it is hard to find out the real cause of burning mouth syndrome, the condition is called primary or idiopathic burning mouth syndrome. It may be caused by an underlying medical condition, such as a nutritional deficiency.

According to certain research, burning mouth syndrome has relations with problems with taste and sensory nerves of the peripheral or central nervous system. Dry mouth (xerostomia, caused by various medications or health problems along with oral conditions like oral yeast infection (thrush), oral lichen planus and geographic tongue may also cause burning mouth syndrome.