PAIN INTENSITY AND ITS ASSESSMENT IN THE CASE OF GLOSSALGIA

Glossalgia is characterized by the periodic appearance of burning, pain and tingling in the tongue, perversion of taste sensitivity, significant prevalence in middle-aged and elderly people and is often combined with somatic diseases. Glossalgia more often affected people aged 60 years and older, mainly women -84.7%, whereas in men this disease was diagnosed in 15.3% of cases, 11.3% were under 40 years old, 21.3% from 40 to 49 years old, 31.3% from 50 to 59 years old and 36% were patients aged 60 or more years.