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glossalgia; tongue pain
Etiology:
- burning tongue with no lesions
- burning mouth syndrome
- tobaccoism
- glossitis
- menopause
- heavy metal poisoning
- diabetes mellitus
- deep lesion
- sialolithiasis of submaxillary or sublingual gland
- foreign body
- myositis of lingual muscles
- trichinosis
- periostitis of hyoid bone
- lingual muscle neoplasm
- localized superficial lesions
- tongue bite
- ingual frenulum trauma
- dental ulcer
- foreign body (fish bone)
- ranula
- epithelioma or carcinoma
- tuberculosis ulcer
- Herpes simplex stomatitis
- Vincent's stomatitis (ANUG)
- leukoplakia
- Candida albicans (thrush)
- vesiculoerosive lesions
- pemphigoid
- pemphigus vulgaris
- erythema multiforme
- systemic disease
- atrophic glossitis
- diabetes mellitus
- leukemia
- connective tissue disease
- lichen planus
- scarlet fever
- heavy metal Poisoning
- pharmaceuticals
- phenytoin
- antibiotic sensitivity
- uremia
- amyloidosis
- celiac sprue
- sarcioidosis
- Sjogren Syndrome
- nutritional deficiency
- pellagra (niacin deficiency)
- riboflavin deficiency
- scurvy (vitamin C deficiency)
- iron deficiency
- vitamin B12 deficiency
References
- Family Practice Notebook: Tongue Pain
http://www.fpnotebook.com/ent/sx/tngpn.htm