TASTE SENSITIVITY OF LANGUAGE IN GLOSSALGED PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING COVID-19 AT THE STAGE OF REHABILITATION

The presented article is devoted to the actual problem of therapeutic dentistry, the determination of the taste sensitivity of the tongue with glossalgia in patients who have undergone COVID-19 at the stage of rehabilitation. Purpose of the study: To study the taste sensitivity of the tongue using the density measurement method in patients with glossalgia who have undergone COVID - Materials and methods : 88 people took part in the study, they were divided into 2 groups: the main group -51 people with glossalgia who underwent COVID-19 and the comparison group consisted of 37 people who have only glossalgia, who did not have COVID-19. (Table 1). The study period was 3.6 months after treatment. In the main group of patients there were 15 men (29.41± 6.38%), in the comparison group - 8 men (21.62± 6.77%). The number of women in the main group was 36 (70.59 ± 6.38% ), in the comparison group - 29 (78.38 ± 6.77% ). ( Chi-square = 8.647; p = 0.003; Chi-square = 11.919; p = 0.001) are reliably significant. The control group consisted of 20 healthy individuals, including 11 women and 9 men. Patients in the comparison group with glossalgia who did not have COVID -19 received traditional treatment with oral baths, antioxidants, and patients with glossalgia who underwent COVID -19 received complex pathogenetic treatment, compiled together with a neuropathologist using sedative, antioxidant drugs, and physiotherapy were re-determined indicators of taste sensitivity of the tongue. Research results and discussion : In the studied groups of patients with glossalgia, especially those who underwent COVID-19 (main group) compared with patients with glossalgia who did not have COVID-19 (comparison group), there was a change in the HJF threshold for all types of stimuli - sweet, salty, sour and bitter, which is explained by the combination of glossalgia - as a ncuro-dcntal disease, as well as the influence of the psychoemotional state of patients who have undergone COVID -19 in combination with neurological pathology (main group). Conclusions: 1 .After carrying out a complex pathogenetic treatment, compiled together with a neuropathologist in patients with glossalgia who have undergone COVID-19, when determining the taste sensitivity of the tongue to sweet, salty, sour and bitter, there is a significant decrease in modality indicators, respectively, by 50.00%, 72.00% , 51.80% and 41.30% (P <0.001).