There are numerous causes of burning tongue including, but not limited to the following:
- Yeast and other infections
- Blood diseases
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Hormonal imbalances
- Nerve injuries
- Reflux of stomach acid
- Tumors (rarely)
- Reactions to Medications
If your dentist and physician ruled out specific causes, gargling with two teaspoons of Milk of Magnesia combined with a half a cup of water twice daily may be helpful.
If burning or changes in
taste are your only symptom and Milk of Magnesia does not provide relief, we are of
the opinion that you should see a specialist in Oral Medicine.
They can be found by calling a local dental school or through
the Yellow Pages by looking in the section which lists “Dentists”.
Studies suggest
that approximately 75% of people who report burning tongue
(glossodynia) or “Burning Mouth Syndrome” also
suffer from headaches, face pain, and other muscle and joint
related conditions which we treat. Interestingly, burning
and painful tongue and burning mouth are almost always the
first symptoms to go away.
“Everyone
in this office has been wonderful to me, and all the headaches,
pain in my tongue and vomiting are gone. I’ve been
telling my friends that they should come here so they can
feel better too.” - Aura C.
"I severely
injured my face and tongue in a bad accident and couldn't
eat or accomplish anything until I came here for treatment.
I just got better and better until it was all gone."
- Brian K.
“I honestly would have paid
any amount of money to stop having migraines and pain
in my tongue, throat, and chest. I became non-functional
and made so many mistakes because I couldn’t think
straight. I can’t tell you how good it feels to
feel good and not have to think about how much I hurt
for the first time in 19 years. I really have no pain
at all. I really smile and laugh.
Everyone here is so fabulous.
They’re truly like family. I couldn’t be more
appreciative of my ear, nose and throat specialist for
sending me here. I didn’t realize it at the time,
but that was the greatest day of my life." - Mary
Lynn F.
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“I used
to sit on the floor and push my head against the wall as
hard as I could while screaming from the pain. I couldn’t
even talk to the doctors I went to and now I barely remember
how terrible it was like to be in pain. I’m so happy
I came here from North Carolina.
Dr. Klemons is the
first doctor who ever let me tell him what the entire problem
was. The fourteen specialists I went to at the medical schools
and private practices gave me almost fifty different medications
which never helped and often made me feel really sick or
gain weight. I flushed them all down the toilet.
Before I was treated
here, I had twenty-five different symptoms. These are just
a few of them:
Headaches all over
my head
A burning sensation in my tongue and all over my face
Pressure in my ears and eyes that made me feel like they
would burst
Difficulty swallowing
Dizziness
Horrible constant ringing in my ears
A crushing feeling in my face under my eyes
It’s just
amazing to be without the agonizing pain I had for so long.
It’s all gone since the RF procedure. I went shopping
the next day. Everyone here is so nice and the therapy is
so relaxing.” -Jennifer S. (North Carolina)
