Burning mouth

What it means

An intense sensation of burning, scalding, or tingling feeling of the tongue or other regions of the oral mucosa.

This term implies that there is no obvious oral mucosal lesion causing the pain.

Rare diseases that can present with this2

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category