Re: Raw/burning mouth reply-Allergies

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It really sounds like you guys may have food and hormone allergies.

That would explain why it comes and goes (result of eating the foods)

and why it seems to revolve around your cycle (hormones fluctuate and

cause allergic flare). I *know* that is what caused my VV, and I'm

better now that I'm getting it treated.

in SF

> Hi,

>

> I too have a raw and burning mouth affecting my tongue, it is

linked

> with my vulval soreness and pain as it began at the same time as my

> first real bad bout of vulval problems. It flares up before my

period

> and goes when the heavy couple of days are over. It starts with a

dry

> soreness like a feeling of scoulding it with a hot drink, then red

> patches begin to appear like sores and the white stuff is gradually

> replaced in patches by the redness, the tip goes bright red. No one

has

> ever given me an explanation of why this happens, I saw an oral

> specialist but he said it was Geographic tonge' which just meens

> unexplained sore patches.

>

> I then saw a Hopeopathic doctor who gave me Muriatic acid pills to

> suck, this stopped the problem for two months untill I began to

take

> prozac and the soreness is back now really bad.(I did try anti

fungal

> drops but they did'nt work)

>

> Hope this helps

>

> Jane xxx

>

> Raw/burning mouth

>

> > August 2000 I was told I had vulvodynia. I was given many

> > medicines to apply to the area for " a cure " . None of them worked.

> > I

> > was then given Nizoral (an antifungal)and after approximately 5-6

> > days of taking it the vulvar area was clear and free of any pain

> > for

> > most of the time. A slight to medium irritation will return with

> > the

> > wearing of pants, underwear or hot weather. Along with the vulvar

> > pain I also have had a raw/tingling/burning mouth with nothing

> > that

> > can be seen such as redness or sores as a possible cause. Medical

> > doctors, the gynecologist and dentist all have no idea what is

the

> > cause. A dermatologist diagnosed it as Lichen Planus and gave me

a

> > Clobetasol Gel medicine which dulls the pain some at times.

> > According

> > to the pictures of Lichen Planus, that I have been able to see,

> > there

> > is not a comparison to what appears in my mouth. I have tried to

> > stay

> > on the oxalate free diet with no affect either. Since a burning

> > mouth

> > is also a symptom that goes along with vulvodynia I would

> > appreciate

> > hearing from anyone that may have similar mouth feelings.

> >

> >

> >