In 1862 English explorer John Hanning Speke journeyed from Africaâs east coast to find what he considered to be the source, where the river exits Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda.
Nerve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.erve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.
Anatomy. The chorda tympani nerve (branch of CN VII, the facial nerve) leaves the tongue with the lingual branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V), separates from the lingual nerve and then travels through the middle ear where it is vulnerable to pathogens associated with ear infections (i.e., otitis media).he observation that dysgeusia (chronic taste sensations in the absence of stimulation) and intensified oral pain are associated with a history of otitis media is consistent with the damage to taste inflicted by otitis media. Strongest Pain of Any Kind.