To evaluate whether the prevalence of glossodynia increased among patients affected by COVID-19 compared to other hospital populations. The i2b2 patient registry platform at the University of Florida Health Center was used to generate a count of patients using the international classification of diseases (ICD)-10 diagnosis codes from October 2015 to June 2021. Logistic regression of the aggregates was used for analysis. Of the patients with both glossodynia and COVID-19, 60% were females, 32% were African American, 64% were white, and 100% were adults. There were 72% females, 19% African Americans, 72% whites, and 93% adults with glossodynia only. For COVID-19 patients, 57% were females, 23% were African American, 56% whites, and 90% were adults. The odds ratio (OR) for glossodynia in the COVID-19 patients was significant (OR = 2.9; 95% CI, 1.94-4.32; P < 0.0001). Glossodynia is significantly more common in COVID-19 patients and should be considered in the differential diagnoses among the oral complications of this infection. Copyright©American Journal of Dentistry.
Joseph Katz, Ilana Sacks. Glossodynia, burning mouth syndrome, and COVID-19. American journal of dentistry. 2022 Feb;35(1):9-11
PMID: 35316585
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