CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of persistent oral mucosa pain, mainly burning sensation without any detectable clinical cause or modified general investigations. Coronavirus infections, in some patients, caused sensations of oral burning, of a neuropa...
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| author | Cosmin Dugan Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu Ioanina Părlătescu Monica Dobre Elena Milanesi Cristina Popa |
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| description | Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of persistent oral mucosa pain, mainly burning sensation without any detectable clinical cause or modified general investigations. Coronavirus infections, in some patients, caused sensations of oral burning, of a neuropathic nature, which mimicked the symptoms of BMS. In addition, the psychiatric manifestations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the symptoms of patients already diagnosed with burning mouth syndrome. Based on these observations, we conducted a longitudinal study to assess the changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms in BMS patients during the pandemics. We recruited two groups of age and gender-matched BMS patients. The first group included patients with BMS diagnosed with coronavirus infection and the second one without coronavirus infection. The study concluded that in patients with coronavirus infection there was an intensification of anxiety-depressive symptoms more pronounced in the first 6 months after infection (duration being associated with the infection severity and long-COVID symptoms), followed by a recurrence or even decrease in symptoms compared to the initial examination. Oral symptomatology had a similar evolution, the intensity being determined by the severity of the COVID-19 infection episode and by the prolonged use of antivirals. The lack of a larger number of studies and patients with BMS and COVID-19 infection limited the possibility of comparative analyses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc32f612dc964e1faf59f0489ac68b942022-12-22T04:20:35ZengRomanian Society of Oral RehabilitationRomanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation2066-70002601-46612022-06-011421525CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDYCosmin Dugan0Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu1Ioanina Părlătescu2Monica Dobre3Elena Milanesi4Cristina Popa5"Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania"Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania"Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine"Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania"Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, RomaniaGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy- Iași, Romania, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Oral MedicineBurning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of persistent oral mucosa pain, mainly burning sensation without any detectable clinical cause or modified general investigations. Coronavirus infections, in some patients, caused sensations of oral burning, of a neuropathic nature, which mimicked the symptoms of BMS. In addition, the psychiatric manifestations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the symptoms of patients already diagnosed with burning mouth syndrome. Based on these observations, we conducted a longitudinal study to assess the changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms in BMS patients during the pandemics. We recruited two groups of age and gender-matched BMS patients. The first group included patients with BMS diagnosed with coronavirus infection and the second one without coronavirus infection. The study concluded that in patients with coronavirus infection there was an intensification of anxiety-depressive symptoms more pronounced in the first 6 months after infection (duration being associated with the infection severity and long-COVID symptoms), followed by a recurrence or even decrease in symptoms compared to the initial examination. Oral symptomatology had a similar evolution, the intensity being determined by the severity of the COVID-19 infection episode and by the prolonged use of antivirals. The lack of a larger number of studies and patients with BMS and COVID-19 infection limited the possibility of comparative analyses.https://www.rjor.ro/clinical-and-psychological-impact-of-sars-cov-2-infection-in-burning-mouth-syndrome-patients-a-comparative-study/burning mouth syndromecoronavirus infectionoral burning sensation |
| spellingShingle | Cosmin Dugan Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu Ioanina Părlătescu Monica Dobre Elena Milanesi Cristina Popa CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation burning mouth syndrome coronavirus infection oral burning sensation |
| title | CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| title_full | CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| title_fullStr | CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| title_full_unstemmed | CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| title_short | CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN BURNING-MOUTH SYNDROME PATIENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| title_sort | clinical and psychological impact of sars cov 2 infection in burning mouth syndrome patients a comparative study |
| topic | burning mouth syndrome coronavirus infection oral burning sensation |
| url | https://www.rjor.ro/clinical-and-psychological-impact-of-sars-cov-2-infection-in-burning-mouth-syndrome-patients-a-comparative-study/ |
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