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BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME + diagnosis
- Taebunpakul P, Piboonratanakit P, Thongprasom K. Folate Levels in Burning Tongue. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2007;41(3):233-40.
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Folate Levels in Burning Tongue |
| Title in Croatian: |
Razine folata u sindromu pekućeg jezika |
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BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME + diagnosis
FOLIC ACID |
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It can be recognized that some hematological abnormalities are involved in burningtongues. The aim of this study was to compare folate levels between patients withburning tongue and healthy control group. Twenty-nine patients with tongue symptomswere enrolled in this study. They were compared with 21 healthy volunteers.Complete blood counts, hemoglobin typing, serum and red cell folate, and serum vitaminB12 levels were investigated. Medication taking and systemic diseases in allsubjects were recorded. The results showed that 13 out of 29 patients (44.83%) hadlow red cell folate levels, whereas all healthy subjects had normal red cell folate levels.Patients with low red cell folate levels were defined as folate deficiency (n=6), folatedeficient erythropoiesis (n=2) and folate depletion (n=5). There was a significantdifference in red cell folate levels between two groups (p=0.000). Interestingly, 11out of 29 patients with low red cell folate levels showed various tongue appearancessuch as geographic, fissured, coated, atrophic and foliate papillitis. Only 2 casesof burning tongue with normal appearance revealed low red cell folate levels. Moreover,there was no significant difference in red cell folate levels between medicationand non medication taking patients (p=0.534). This study showed an association betweenred cell folate level and burning tongue but no association was observed betweenfolate levels and any attendant systemic condition or prescribed medication. |
- Cekić-Arambašin A, Pokupec-Gruden JS. Suggested parameters in the assessment of stomatopyrosis. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2000;34(3):287-302.
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Suggested parameters in the assessment of stomatopyrosis |
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Prijedlog parametara u procjeni stomatopiroze |
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BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME + diagnosis |
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Stomatopyrosis is a state characterized by a burning sensation in the oral cavity. Various etiological factors contribute to the occurrence of stomatopyrosis. They may be local, systemic and psychogenic. As it was not feasible to gain any accurate and detailed diagnostic and therapeutic effect, and due to the differences in the definition of stomatopyrosis as a disease, we designed a questionnaire which can helpto solve the problem. Our research was conducted on 60 subjects, 30 suffering from stomatopyrosis and 30 in a control group, with no clinical pathological oral finding. Members of both groups were persons of the same age. With regard to sex, both groups included a female population. The testing was conducted by means of a questionnaire, which, apart from general data on the subjects, included subjective and objective assessments of the symptoms present in the oral cavity. General data required referred to the subjects age, sex and occupation. Objective assessment comprised localization of symptoms, their description, intensity of symptoms, their frequency, the time of their occurrence, factors intensifying symptoms, change in taste, etc. Subjective assessment was conducted by means of thermoestesiometric measurement and visual analogue scale (VAS-scale). The findings showed that stomatopyrosis occurs in older subjects, primarily female. The localization of symptoms was confined mostly to lips. Description of the symptoms showed that the burning sensation was the most frequent symptom occurring within the oral cavity. The intensity of the symptoms in the mouth cavity was reported to be unbearable and as far as the frequency of the symptoms is concerned, it was said to be of a continuous nature. The symptoms occur in the daytime, and factors contributing to intensification of the symptoms are anxiety and dentures. The subjects taste was also reported to be changed. Visual analogue scale showed a high subjective assessment of the intensity of the symptoms, while thermoestesiometry did not reveal any inflammatory changes in the oral cavity.These findings suggest that our questionnaire can contribute to better diagnostic and therapeutic effects and help to establish an accurate definition of stomatopyrosis and its occurrence. |
- Aurer-Kozelj J, Jorgic-Srdak K. [Lack of pyridoxine, a factor in the diagnosis of glossopyrosis]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1971;6(2):65-9.
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