In rare cases, symptoms may suddenly go away on their own or happen less often. Whatever pattern of mouth discomfort you have, burning mouth syndrome may last for months to years. Start as soon as you wake up and last all day.Happen every day, with little discomfort when waking up, but become worse as the day goes on.
The discomfort from burning mouth syndrome can have several different patterns. Tingling, stinging or numbness in your mouth.Taste changes in your mouth, such as a bitter or metallic taste.A feeling of dry mouth with increased thirst.A burning or scalding feeling that most commonly affects your tongue, but also may affect your lips, gums, roof of your mouth, throat or whole mouth.Symptoms of burning mouth syndrome may include:
