Avaliação sensitiva orofacial, gustativa, olfativa e salivar em doentes com neuralgias trigeminais / Somesthetic, gustatory, olfactory function and salivary flow in patients with neuropathic trigeminal pain

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

17/11/2011

RESUMO

Trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (ITN) and burning mouth syndrome (BMS) are painful neuropathies with no clear signs about their causes. The objectives of this study were to determine somatosensory, olfactory, gustative and salivary characteristics of patients with PHN, ITN and BMS compared to controls. Twenty patients from each group, diagnosed according to the criteria from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and 60 healthy controls were evaluated with a systematized quantitative approach which included thermal (cold and warm), mechanical (tactile), pain, gustative (sweet, sour, salty and bitter) and olfactory thresholds, and quantitative salivary flow evaluation. Data were analyzed with ANOVA 1 factor, Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests with a level of significance of 5%. Thermal thresholds for cold were different (higher) only in the mandibular branch of patients with PHN (p=0.001) and warm thresholds were higher in all trigeminal branches of PHN and BMS (p=0,001); tactile mechanical sensitivity was altered at the mandibular branch of PHN (p=0,001) and in all trigeminal branches of BMS (p= 0,001; p=0,004 e p=0,001). The salty, sweet and olfactory thresholds were higher in all studied groups (p=0,004; p=0,001 e p=0,0389); the sour threshold was lower and there were no differences in bitter taste or salivary flow (p=0,1694 e p=0,001). This study showed evidences of somatosensory, gustative and olfactory abnormalities in patients with neuropathic orofacial pain. Somatosensory findings were discrete in ITN and more common in PHN and BMS. Peripheral and central mechanisms of perception and modulation could be involved in the physiopathology of these findings

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burning mouth syndrome dor orofacial facial neuralgia facial pain limiar sensorial modalidades sensoriais modalities sensorial neuralgia do trigêmeo neuralgia facial neuralgia pós-herpética neuralgia postherpetic sensory thresholds síndrome da ardência bucal trigeminal neuralgia

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