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Mouth pain may be related to overall health.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a painful disorder affecting mostly women, is a constant and aggravating source of discomfort for more than one million adults.

Patients' experience a burning sensation in their mouth, palate, lips, and tongue, as well as partial or complete loss of taste, dry mouth, and thirst. New findings explain how anxiety and depression may be a precursor that triggers this difficult-to-diagnose syndrome, according to a new report that will be published in the September/October 2003 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal.

Oral habits of anxiety and depression may include repetitive tongue thrusting and bruxism ...

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