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ArticleAnesthesia progress2023

A Case Report of Burning Mouth Syndrome with Dry Mouth Managed by Kampo Medicine.

Ichiro Okayasu, Mizuki Tachi, Erika Suzue, Nanae Ito, Yu Ozaki, Gaku Mishima, Shinji Kurata, Takao Ayuse

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Article in Anesthesia progress, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ichiro OkayasuDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Mizuki TachiDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Erika SuzueDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Nanae ItoDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yu OzakiDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Gaku MishimaDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Shinji KurataDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Takao AyuseDepartment of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Nagasaki University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The patient was a 56-year-old woman who complained of chronic pain involving her tongue. We diagnosed her with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) based on exclusion of any local factors or systemic conditions. The patient not only had tongue pain but also had other signs and symptoms like scalloped tongue, dry mouth, and headache. To manage these additional issues, we used Goreisan, an herbal Kampo medicine, as a complementary alternative medicine (CAM) approach along with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The patient's BMS was successfully managed with the combination of CAM and CBT, which may suggest that the pathophysiology for BMS might be nociplastic pain rather than purely nociceptive or neuropathic.

Indexed as

Burning Mouth SyndromeXerostomiaFemaleHumansMedicine, KampoMiddle AgedPainBurning mouth syndromeDry mouthKampo medicineNociplastic painPsychogenic factor

Identifiers

PMID37850679
PMCPMC11080977
OpenAlexW4387728547

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