A 45-year-old HIV-infected male patient presented with a 4-week history of burning mouth and dysgeusia that progressed to
glossodynia over the course of a few days.
Additionally, manifestations in mucosa include
glossodynia, recurrent ulcers, dysgeusia, lingual paresthesia, stomatitis, and angular cheilitis.
The term burning mouth syndrome is synonymous with stomatodynia, stomatopyrosis, glossopyrosis,
glossodynia, sore mouth, sore tongue and oral dysesthesia.
Hypnosis has been found useful to treat a number of skin disorders including acne excoriee, alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, dyshidrotic dermatitis, erythromelalgia, furuncles,
glossodynia, herpes simplex, hyperhidrosis, ichthyosis vulgaris, lichen planus, neurodermatitis, nummular dermatitis, postherpetic neuralgia, pruritus, psoriasis, rosacea, trichotillomania, urticaria, verruca vulgaris, and vitiligo.
Thrombocytopenia, anemia, tachycardia, temporary bundle branch block, visual accommodation disorder, oral paresthesia,
glossodynia, swollen tongue, hyponatremia, and dysarthria occurred in 1 in 100 to 1 in 1,000 patients.
-- Emotional stress underlies most cases of
glossodynia, and--after ruling out dermatologic causes ranging from contact allergy to cancer--the best prescription for patients may be relaxation, Dr.
Bruxing often coincides with
glossodynia. "The whole muscle area is overactive," Dr.
-- Symptoms of
glossodynia are too often written off as psychosomatic, Dr.
