{"id":1814,"date":"2020-09-15T13:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T07:53:17","slug":"do-you-suffer-from-burning-mouth-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/do-you-suffer-from-burning-mouth-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Suffer From Burning Mouth Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u203c\ufe0fBurning Mouth Syndrome\u203c\ufe0f\u00a0(BMS) is a hot feeling or sensation which can affect your tongue, lips, palate, or areas all over your mouth. BMS is sometimes called \u2018glossodynia&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/burning-mouth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1815\" width=\"374\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/burning-mouth.png 818w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/burning-mouth-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/burning-mouth-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/burning-mouth-624x533.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You get this feeling when there are changes in the way the nerves in your mouth send messages to your brain &#8211; for example, about taste and temperature. When your brain doesn&#8217;t understand these messages properly it can cause the feeling of pain or burning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although some parts of your mouth may feel like they are burning, they will not be hot to the touch. You might not be able to see any soreness or redness in the areas that are hurting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BMS is sometimes called a \u2018neuropathic pain&#8217;, as it happens when there is damage to the nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help to ease the symptoms yourself at home by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Sipping water often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Sucking on crushed ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Chewing sugar-free gum &#8211; this helps you produce more saliva which helps to stop your mouth getting dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Avoiding things that irritate your mouth &#8211; such as hot and spicy foods, mouthwashes that contain alcohol, or acidic fruits and juices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Avoiding tobacco and alcohol products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any further advice, please contact us on 020 88884401.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203c\ufe0fBurning Mouth Syndrome\u203c\ufe0f\u00a0(BMS) is a hot feeling or sensation which can affect your tongue, lips, palate, or areas all over your mouth. BMS is sometimes called \u2018glossodynia&#8217;. You get this feeling when there are changes in the way the nerves in your mouth send messages to your brain &#8211; for example, about taste and temperature. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/do-you-suffer-from-burning-mouth-syndrome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do You Suffer From Burning Mouth Syndrome?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}