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Burning Mouth Syndrome. I have it very severe.

Posted by mygrigio @mygrigio, Aug 5, 2011

I am a 76 year old women and have had this condition for almost a year. it is getting worse everyday. been to many doctors and not one of them has heard otf it, I am getting desperate

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diannesmcneill | @diannesmcneill | 6 days ago

My burning mouth was finally diagnosed as acid reflux with Barrett’s. In reading today I read about the connection between fatty liver and acid reflux so indirectly fatty liver can cause the reflux that can cause the burning mouth!

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hlab27 | @hlab27 | 6 days ago
In reply to @badgerfan24 "I have also started acupuncture for BMS and have brought this same study to my acupuncturist...." + (show)
@badgerfan24

I have also started acupuncture for BMS and have brought this same study to my acupuncturist. I am also considering checking into a few others. I will say, it's only been 3 weeks and I do feel like I have seen improvement. How long overall would you say it took you to receive significant improvement? I'm curious - did they give you herbs to use or just the treatment? And, do you go back for periodic treatments? If so, how often do you return? I agree - those fingernail points that were just added do hurt but if it's helping I'm all for it!

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I have not had to go back since the second round of treatments. As I mentioned, I still occasionally feel it to a minor degree, but it's not often, prolonged, or bad. The first time was maybe 10-12 treatments over 3+ months, and the second was maybe half that. It's been several years, so timelines aren't clear anymore. No herbs, no moxa, just needles. I know that not everything works for everybody, but this worked for me. I hope it does for you, 'cause that BMS can be a real bitch!

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badgerfan24 | @badgerfan24 | 6 days ago
In reply to @ristu "Has anyone noticed that the burning mouth syndrome gets worse with cold weather versus warmer weather?..." + (show)
@ristu

Has anyone noticed that the burning mouth syndrome gets worse with cold weather versus warmer weather? Just today, after having a cold snap for a few days my burning mouth syndrome came back with a vengeance. Stu.

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Funny you mention that. I was just in FL for a few days and visited my Mom and thought my BMS was really much better and than came back here and noticed it seemed to ramp back up again (here being Wisconsin where it's snowing and cold)

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