Tongue discomfort may be related to chronic lingual inflammation, tongue lichen planus, burning mouth syndrome and other diseases.
1. Chronic lingual inflammation: under the action of various pathogenic factors, chronic inflammation can occur in the tongue tissues, including papillitis of the tongue, chronic atrophic lingual inflammation, wandering lingual inflammation and so on. It can be accompanied by dryness of the tongue, burning sensation, discomfort when eating and other symptoms.
2. Tongue lichen planus: When lichen planus occurs in the tongue tissues, it can be manifested as atrophy of the tongue papillae with the presence of white streaks or plaques. At this time, there may be loss of taste, tongue pain, irritation pain when eating and other discomfort.
3. Burning Mouth Syndrome: It is a syndrome that occurs in the oral mucosa with burning pain as the main discomfort, and it is often felt that there is burning pain in the tongue, abnormal tongue sensation and other discomforts.
There may be other reasons for the discomfort of the tongue, it should be timely consultation, improve the examination, clarify the cause and diagnosis, and standardize the treatment under the guidance of a professional physician to avoid delaying the condition.