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Burning mouth syndrome – anyone else have this?

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Thanks for your thoughtful response. In my case, it seems much less about food sensitivity or allergies and much more about emotional status. According to the folks at Harvard and Brigham women’s in Boston, where I am treated, this can afflict individuals after a severe trauma – in my case the suicide of my sister in 2018. Once it has taken hold, it sits in the body and responds to other high levels of stress and emotion that may come along throughout life. I’ve become somewhat accustomed to it and able to deal with it pretty well. The issue with me is that it kicks off anxieties about whether other issues are coming into place such as esophageal comorbidities, etc. So it is a bothersome health anxiety trigger more than anything at this point. Thanks all!

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@londonex I have a first appointment next week at Brigham and Women’s. Have they done anything at all to help?