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Hurts inside the mouth
Burning sensation in the oral cavity
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Burning sensation in the mouth
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
You may have pain in the month due to biting your lip, tongue or cheek, other injuries, mouth sores, gum problems, irritation from braces or other orthodontic devices.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Repeated fever above 38 ℃
Disorder of consciousness
Fever
Possible causes
Viral mucositis
- Candidiasis (oral, hands and feet)
Normal human skin contains bacteria and fungi. Candidiasis happens when the fungus overgrows and invades the skin. Risk factors include warm moist environments, and a weakened immune system.
- Hand-foot-mouth disease
HFMD (Hand-foot-mouth disease) is a highly contagious viral infection. To prevent transmission, patients should wash their hands regularly and avoid going to school until the ulcers have healed and the rashes have dried up. Patients often eat and drink less due to the painful mouth ulcers, hence it is important to monitor for dehydration and encourage food and water intake.
- Stomatitis
- Mucous membrane pemphigoid
- Acute tonsillitis / pharyngitis
- Shingles
Related serious diseases
- Kawasaki disease
A disease caused by the body's immune system attacking the blood vessels. As such, Kawasaki disease requires hospitalization for treatment and ultrasound scans. Regular follow-up scans are also important to reduce the risk of future heart attacks.
- Acute HIV infection
Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom
Do you have pain inside your mouth?
Do you have headaches or does your head feel heavy?
Do you have any skin problems?
Do you feel any numbness or change in sensation?
Do you have a fever?
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References
Edens MH, Khaled Y, Napeñas JJ. Intraoral Pain Disorders. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;28(3):275-88. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2016.03.008. PMID: 27475507.
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1042369916300048
Napeñas JJ. Intraoral pain disorders. Dent Clin North Am. 2013 Jul;57(3):429-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2013.04.004. Epub 2013 Jun 3. PMID: 23809302.
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0011853213000293
Reviewed By:
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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