The possible clinical causes of bitter mouth and tingling tongue are dietary factors, facial neuritis, oral tumor, etc.
1. Dietary factors: this condition is mostly seen in eating sour and spicy food, such as plums, citrus, peppercorns and mace, etc. The above food contains special capsaicin as well as other alkaloids and other ingredients, which may cause bitter mouth and numbness of the tongue.
2. Facial neuritis: this condition is usually associated with viral infection of the facial nerve, which will cause damage to the normal function of the facial nerve, with clinical manifestations such as abnormal salivary secretion, bitter mouth, numbness of the tongue and facial tissues.
3. Oral tumor: clinically, common diseases of this kind are tongue cancer, oral cancer, etc. When the tumor appears, with the increase of the tumor and its invasion of the surrounding tissues, it will cause compression and damage to the lingual nerve, and the clinical manifestations include abnormal function of the taste buds and numbness of the tongue, etc. It is recommended that people with related conditions should go to a doctor for treatment.
It is recommended that people with related conditions should go to the stomatology department of hospitals for consultation, so as to carry out targeted treatment.