Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-26 | Page 6 | Advice on Your Health

Advice on on Your Health cl By Morris Fishbein Editor i Journal our A American M Medical Association s Among the most common of the peculiar nervous sensations which disturb a great many people people peo peo- pie is a burning feeling In the tongue Th The tongue like all of the theother theother theother other tissues of ot the human body Is Is' connected with the nervous system On each side the large nerves which arise In the spinal column send branches Into the tongue A burning sensation In Inthe Inthe Inthe the tongue is reflected through these nerves Because of the frequency of this symptom many Investigations have been made Several possible causes have been deter deter- mined Usually the condition arises In older women who have been nervous and who are therefore therefore therefore there there- fore especially sensitive to pain In some cases Inflammations may be found such as those caused by rough teeth or by the wearing of false teeth In other Instances there are deficiency diseases like Ilke pellagra or pernicious pernicious cious anemia with difficulties reflected In the tongue The condition condition condition con con- is also associated with dyspepsia It is necessary to make a complete complete com corn examination of the person In whom this condition persists In order to determine if any of ot these causes auses may be associated with the burning In the tongue Recently medical literature hai hu described two other causes About 10 per cent of 01 i I a group of ot patients who had Inflammations Inflammations In In- In- In in the Joint which controls the jaw bone had i I a burning sensation in fn the tongue I Proper tr treatment of the Joint sometimes Involving actual re repositioning repositioning positioning of the lower JI jay Jaw brought relief of the symptoms Another cause recently discovered discor ered has been the presence of ci fillings in the teeth with metals of different electrical potential on either side In such cases easel has been the complaint of I a metallic taste in the mouth sac and anda a burning sensation In ID the tongue Treatment of this condition depends on a determination of ci the cause If there is anemia or Cf pellagra the treatment wo would ld Include liver extract and tic niCOtinic nico- nico acid respectively If therIs there ther Is a lack of any other vitamin In the diet that vitamin must t b bo supplied If the condition ii is largely based on nervous Instability directed directed direct direct- directed treatment must be ed toward the nervous Sst system Finally If there are local conditions con conditions like roughened teeth and dissimilar dentures the treat treatment ment will Involve control C 0 of these conditions