Tongue is suddenly super sensitive to spicy food. What gives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 to Geograpgic Tongue. I've had it since I turned 24.

Me too!!

[Anonymous]

this has happened to me several times in my life ( I am 39). It then goes away and I can go back to eating spicy foods... but sometimes all of a sudden I can't anymore for a long period of time. I have never been able to figure it out. Strangely, I do have celiac disease! I have never heard of that connection before

[Anonymous]

I’m experiencing the same thing. I’ve recently started using and ingesting xylitol and wonder if there is a connection. When I eat things things like baked goods, which tend to have a higher concentration of xylitol, I get an acidic burning sensation and I’m now hyper sensitive to spicy food. Any one else have that connection?

[Anonymous]

Why is my tongue super sensitive to just about everything I eat including pepperoni pizza,regular cheetos,fritos and mild salsa. It like my tongue is on scalley

[Anonymous]

This happened to me when I developed Lichen Nitidus. I got in in my mouth and on my hands. It's benign but had to be diagnosed by a dermatologist and I used steroid cream to treat it. Eventually it went away.

[Anonymous]

The same thing happend to me a week ago! It's so weird I first noticed it when I realized that the Italian salad dressing I was eating was burning my mouth. That's not even spicy! Now everything spicy I enjoy eating burns the front of my tongue like crazy! I have noticed a strange rash on my feet.

[Anonymous]

Hello

Hope this helps anyone but I had exactly the same and I tracked it back to a semi recent filling, I had testing and it turned out I was allergic to the materials in the filling - I had to have my fillings removed and replaced with ceramic ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The same thing happend to me a week ago! It's so weird I first noticed it when I realized that the Italian salad dressing I was eating was burning my mouth. That's not even spicy! Now everything spicy I enjoy eating burns the front of my tongue like crazy! I have noticed a strange rash on my feet.

Have you seen a doctor for hand foot and mouth disease?

[Anonymous]

me too!

[Anonymous]

Me too! IS this a side effect of the vaccine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me too! IS this a side effect of the vaccine?

The thread goes back to 2017, and many were chiming in back then.

[Anonymous]

I'm 56 yrs. I've had it now for over a decade and it's getting worse. I've not been diagnosed. But I found something on the internet about CAPSAICIN INTOLERANCE. CAPSAICIN is found naturally in chili peppers. I can't eat anything with black (white, etc.) pepper in it without my tongue stinging and my gums feeling numb. I also found that if I continue to eat that item, I start to feel nauseated. I try to drink milk or eat chocolate to make the stinging go away. It can sometimes take about 30 minutes for it to subside.

[Anonymous]

I've experienced the same thing. I have an autoimmune disease that gives me pretty bad dry mouth. (Sjogren's Syndrome). I am hyper sensitive to spicy foods.
I would live to eat Chilli again.

[Anonymous]

Re-upping this thread as I have just experienced these symptoms but for me its worse at night. Anyone get any clarity on this?

[Anonymous]

This happened to me earlier this year. I attribute it to a new mouthwash I was using, I think it was a crest whitening mouthwash. In the past I was using listerine or another crest blue mouthwash. After using the new mouthwash for a week or 2 I suddenly couldn't eat spicy foods without pain in my tongue. After stopping the new mouthwash it took about a month for my tongue to heal and now its normal again.