Burning mouth syndrome
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Revision as of 18:25, 26 September 2022 by Aidan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* Syndrome of chronic oral pain * Mostly affects perimenopausal or postmenopaulsa women * Pathophysiology thought to be neuropathic * Pain is characterized as burning of oral mucosa, and may have associated dysgeusia, paresthesia, dysesthesia, and xerostomia * Treatments include alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation, topical clonazepam, gabapentin, combination ALA and gabapentin, Catauma, or bupivacaine")
- Syndrome of chronic oral pain
- Mostly affects perimenopausal or postmenopaulsa women
- Pathophysiology thought to be neuropathic
- Pain is characterized as burning of oral mucosa, and may have associated dysgeusia, paresthesia, dysesthesia, and xerostomia
- Treatments include alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation, topical clonazepam, gabapentin, combination ALA and gabapentin, Catauma, or bupivacaine
