Psychogenic Lingual Paresthesia
Published: May 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5897
M.S.Bhatia, Navneet Kaur Bhatia, Navleen Kaur Bhatia
1. Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
2. Ex.Resident, Department of Dentistry, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
3. Intern, Santosh Dental College & Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. M.S. Bhatia,
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences,
Dilshad Garden, Delhi-110095, India.
E-mail : manbhatia1@rediffmail.com
Oral paresthesias are common in clinical practice but they often go unnoticed and untreated. Psychogenic oral paresthesia is an unpleasant sensation of tingling or pricking or a feeling of swelling or burning, with spontaneous onset.It can result due to local, systemic, psychogenic or idiopathic causes. Among psychogenic causes; anxiety disorder and depression are common. We describe a 32-year-old patient presented with lingual paresthesia and features suggestive of depression. He responded to an antidepressant, fluoxetine 40 mg /day.
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