title: Psychogenic Lingual Paresthesia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences , Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India .
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.affiliation: Ex.Resident, Department of Dentistry, University College of Medical Sciences , Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Navneet Kaur
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.affiliation: Intern, Santosh Dental College & Hospital , Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Navleen Kaur
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Bhatia
keywords: Burning mouth syndrome; Depression; Fluoxetine; Oral paresthesia