Tongue burning due to stress

Stress, especially psychological stress, is a neurological symptom. Similar to anxiety or depression, it can cause you to subconsciously clench, clench or grind your teeth. In addition to jaw joint problems or muscle tension, tongue burning is a common symptom.

Psychological therapy can help in this case. Especially behavioral therapies have proven to be effective. Here you are instructed by a therapist to discard old behavior patterns in order to learn new ones. This form of therapy is therefore “help for self-help”. One learns how to guide oneself out of the problem and thus alleviate the symptoms.

Burning of the tongue through smoking

In smokers, the constant contact of the mucous membrane with the toxic smoke gases can cause an inflammatory reaction.In this case, nicotine and tar irritate the mucous membrane of the tongue and thus cause the symptom. In addition, smokers are also more likely to develop leukoplakia. A leukoplakia is a white change that cannot be wiped off and often occurs on the cheek mucous membrane. It also occurs on the tongue from time to time. Apart from the fact that this change does not look nice and can cause a burning sensation or pain, it can change over time and turn into cancer.

Burning of the tongue after a meal

The tongue can also be irritated by various foods and stimulants and cause a burning sensation. Especially strongly acidic foods or coffee are among the triggers. Pineapples also sometimes cause a burning sensation.

A certain enzyme, bromelain, is responsible for this. The task of bromelain is to digest meat protein. For this reason, when eating pineapple, the tongue is irritated by the enzyme and small inflamed areas can develop, which sometimes even bleed. This can only be prevented by eating ripe pineapple, as it contains less bromelain. However, the burning sensation disappears after a while.

Burning of the tongue due to fungal attack

The fungal infection of the oral cavity is also called oral thrush or candida infection in technical jargon. With this infection, a fungus can spread quickly in the mouth due to a weakened immune system. Beside single red, inflamed mucous membranes a whitish coating is recognizable.

This coating can usually be removed with simple means. If one examines it under the microscope, one can quickly get a confirmation of the eye diagnosis. Through the sore spots, the burning sensation of the tongue can then spread. One should consult a doctor to find out the reason for the fungal disease. He can also prescribe a medication to help and accelerate the healing process.