Tongue pain

Human tongue

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In general tongue pain is burning or pain sensation of the tongue.

Most common

• Aphthous ulcers

• Atrophic glossitis

• Bejel - mouth ulcer

• Canker sore

• Candida infection in the mouth

• Dental ulcer

• Gingivostomatitis

• Heavy smoking

• Injury by tooth

• Macrocytic anemia

• Non-specific glossitis

• Poorly fitting dentures

• Vitamin deficiency

• Infection

By organ system

Cardiovascular	Referred heart pain
Chemical / poisoning	Adam and Eve poisoning, Chemical poisoning -- Sulfuric Acid, Elephant's-ear poisoning, Heavy metal poisioning
Dermatologic	erythema multiform, Lichen planus, Pemphigus vulgaris
Drug Side Effect	ACE inhibitors, Albuterol, Antibiotic glossitis, Escitalopram oxalate, Furosemide, Infliximab, Mecamylamine, Tubocurarine
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Carcinoid syndrome, Diabetes mellitus, Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor, Glucagonoma syndrome, Hypothyroidism
Environmental	Cold sores
Gastroenterologic	Burning mouth syndrome, Calculus in duct of submandibular salivary gland, Canker sore, Celiac sprue, Crohns disease, Dry mouth, Geographic tongue, Gingivostomatitis, Lingual muscle disorder, Lip and Oral cavity cancer, Salivary gland disorders, Sialolithiasis, Cystic fibrosis
Genetic	Familial Selective Vitamin B12 Malabsorption, Imerslund-Grasbeck_syndrome
Hematologic	Hunter glossitis, Iron deficiency anemia, Macrocytic anemia, Pernicious anemia, Leukemia, Folic acid deficiency anemia
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	Candida infection in the mouth, Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome, Herpes simplex stomatitis, HIV, Minor viral disease, Oral infection, Scarlet fever, Streptococcal infection, Syphilis, Thrush, Trichinosis, Tuberculosis ulcer, Vincent's stomatitis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	Myositis
Neurologic	Brain disorders, Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia
Nutritional / Metabolic	Cobalamin malabsorption, selective, with proteinuria, Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption, Eating cayenne pepper, Folic acid deficiency anemia, Pyridoxine deficiency, Riboflavin deficiency
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Epithelioma, Leukemia, Oral cancer, Tongue cancer, Glucagonoma syndrome, Lip and Oral cavity cancer
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	Anxiety, Depression
Pulmonary	Cystic fibrosis
Renal / Electrolyte	Uremia
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Ankylosing spondylitis, Behçet's disease, Chemical allergy - sore tongue, Sjogren's Syndrome
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Injury by tooth, Lingual frenulum trauma, Tongue injury, Tongue piercing
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	After anesthetic, Amyloidosis, Aphthous ulcers, Atrophic glossitis, Bejel - mouth ulcer, Collagen vascular disease, Congenital fissured tongue , Foreign body, Heavy smoking, Hot drink or food, Leukoplakia, Median rhomboid glossitis, Menopausal glossitis, Moeller's glossitis, Non-specific glossitis, Periostitis, Ranula, Smoking Cessation, Tetany, Tongue biting

In alphabetical order

• ACE inhibitors

• Adam and Eve poisoning

• After anesthetic

• Albuterol

• Amyloidosis

• Ankylosing spondylitis

• Antibiotic glossitis

• Anxiety

• Aphthous ulcers

• Atrophic glossitis

• Behçet's disease

• Bejel - mouth ulcer

• Brain disorders

• Burning mouth syndrome

• Calculus in duct of submandibular salivary gland

• Candida infection in the mouth

• Canker sore

• Carcinoid syndrome

• Celiac sprue

• Chemical allergy

• Chemical poisoning -- Sulfuric Acid

• Cobalamin malabsorption, selective, with proteinuria

• Cold sores

• Collagen vascular disease

• Congenital fissured tongue

• Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption

• Crohns disease

• Cystic fibrosis

• Dental ulcer

• Depression

• Diabetes mellitus

• Dry mouth

• Eating cayenne pepper

• Elephant's-ear poisoning

• Epithelioma

• Erythema multiform

• Escitalopram oxalate

• Familial Selective Vitamin B12 Malabsorption

• Fibromyalgia

• Folic acid deficiency anemia

• Foreign body

• Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor

• Furosemide

• Geographic tongue

• Gingivostomatitis

• Glucagonoma syndrome

• Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome

• Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome

• Heavy metal poisioning

• Heavy smoking

• Herpes simplex stomatitis

• HIV

• Hot drink or food

• Hunter glossitis

• Hypothyroidism

• Infliximab

• Injury by tooth

• Iron deficiency anemia

• Leukemia

• Leukoplakia

• Lichen planus

• Lingual frenulum trauma

• Lingual muscle disorder

• Lip and Oral cavity cancer

• Macrocytic anemia

• Mecamylamine

• Median rhomboid glossitis

• Menopausal glossitis

• Minor viral disease

• Moeller's glossitis

• Myositis

• Neuralgia

• Non-specific glossitis

• Oral infection

• Pemphigus vulgaris

• Periostitis

• Pernicious anemia

• Poorly fitting dentures

• Prosthesis incompatibility

• Pyridoxine deficiency

• Ranula

• Referred dental pain

• Referred heart pain

• Riboflavin deficiency

• Salivary gland disorders

• Scarlet fever

• Sialolithiasis

• Sjogren's Syndrome

• Smoking Cessation

• Streptococcal infection

• Syphilis

• Tetany

• Thrush

• Tongue biting

• Tongue cancer

• Tongue injury

• Tongue piercing

• Trichinosis

• Tuberculosis ulcer

• Tubocurarine

• Uremia

• Vincent's stomatitis

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