Hi Doris, I’m so sorry to hear that you’d been hospitalized. My goodness, did you find out what caused the severe hives? I’ve only experienced that once when I was getting a platelet infusion. It was awful but quickly treated by my attentive nurse with 50ml of Benadryl! Thank heaven’s!! Of course I slept for hours afterwards. But wow, I never want to experience that again!

Prednisone can indeed cause burning mouth syndrome and especially in post menopausal women…lucky us, huh? It will take time but if the prednisone caused your condition, it will eventually diminish and disappear.
There are other conditions in the mouth that can cause burning. But you didn’t mention having any lesions in your mouth so I’m just going on the premise for now that it’s caused by the prednisone. If your symptoms persist for more than several weeks it’s a good idea to check in with your doctor or dentist to make sure you don’t have a thrush (fungal) infection or other condition.

Has your diet changed since the hives episode? The reason I ask, BMS is often caused by a vitamin B deficiency. Some foods with Vit B are fish, meat, Turkey, whole grains, avocados,bananas, oats, bran, yogurt, slang, milk, cheese, bread and eggs. If you can eat more of these vitamin rich foods that might help. They’re beneficial anyway.

Avoid salty foods such as potato chips or acidic foods like tomatoes, citrus fruits for a while. Papaya can be soothing in the mouth however.

Ok, let’s get you some help inside your mouth. These are home remedies I used during my Leukemia treatments after some fierce chemo. Hopefully these bring you some relief to get you through the worst of it.

First thing to get is a super soft tooth brush. The bristles are almost as soft as fur and are marketed as brushes for pregnant women because their gums often swell and are sore during pregnancy.

>Brush your teeth with plain baking soda or Arm and Hammer Baking Soda toothpaste. It has a soothing, calming effect.
>Make a mouth rinse of 1 tsp baking soda to 6 oz of warm water. Swish for 30 seconds, then spit it out and repeat several times. Don’t swallow
>Try Salt water rinses with 1/4 tsp salt in 6 oz warm water.
>Try rinsing your mouth with cool apple juice.
>A little honey on the tongue. Allow it to dissolve and spill over your tongue for about a minute. Then swallow.
>I’ve also done the same thing with yogurt. Just let it sit on my tongue before swallowing.
One more product I used was Spry healing mouth rinse from Xlear (you can order on Amazon. Some pharmacies have it but it’s hard to find.) It contains xylitol which can promote healing by preventing bacteria from adhering to the tissue.

Colgate Peroxyl mouth rinse is soothing and helps healing. However you shouldn’t use that for more than 7 days. The peroxide in it can change the normal flora of your oral tissue with some side effects.

Ok that’s a lot to digest! But hopefully in that list something will bring you relief.

A fellow member, @artist01 has also had experience with burning mouth and used a coconut pulling rinse. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633127/

I forgot to ask, is your mouth overly dry?

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