A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin, mucous membranes
- Oral cavity [Leading symptoms: Burning tongue (glossodynia); pain on the tongue, especially at the tip and edges; discoloration of the tongue (pale to fiery red)]
- Inspection (viewing).
- If necessary, psychiatric examination [due todifferential diagnoses or possible causes: depression; psychogenic].
- Dental examination [due topossible causes:
- Health check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.