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What Causes Burning Sensation And Metallic Taste In The Tongue?

I am having a burning sensation on my tongue and tingling in my lips. My tongue feels like I burned it with hot liquid but I haven t and my lips feel like I ve had numbing for dental work. It is worse in the afternoon and evening. I always have to be eating or drinking something because my mouth is dry or I have a metallic taste in my mouth,
Mon, 1 Jun 2015
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Hello ,

Thanls for consulting hcm

Read your query as you have burning sensation on tongue , metallic taste , dry mouth this can be due to some reason with include drug induced , vitamin deficiency, malnutrition , allergic reaction , respiratory tract infection or liver disease .
For this I will suggest you to consult oral surgeon and good physcian for examination of oral cavity and complete blood chemistry to evaluate the cause .
Inmeantime do warm saline rinses and maintain good oral hygiene and use chlorhexidine mouthwash regularly .

Hope this will help you .
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What Causes Burning Sensation And Metallic Taste In The Tongue?

Hello , Thanls for consulting hcm Read your query as you have burning sensation on tongue , metallic taste , dry mouth this can be due to some reason with include drug induced , vitamin deficiency, malnutrition , allergic reaction , respiratory tract infection or liver disease . For this I will suggest you to consult oral surgeon and good physcian for examination of oral cavity and complete blood chemistry to evaluate the cause . Inmeantime do warm saline rinses and maintain good oral hygiene and use chlorhexidine mouthwash regularly . Hope this will help you .