Sores in the mouth: treatment and prevention of disease

Many children and at least one in three adults have jaundices in their mouth from time to time. Treatment of this trouble can be done at home without contacting the doctor: for a while, replace the toothpaste with baking soda and sometimes rinse your mouth with a solution of soda. But if such sores appear in you or your child regularly, or there are many of them, then in this case it is necessary to talk about stomatitis - irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth.

How to recognize stomatitis? It is manifested by the appearance on the inner surface of the lips, cheeks, gums, sky or tongue of small ulcers of whitish color. Also, red or whitish spots may appear. In some cases, stomatitis is accompanied by itching in the mouth and edema of the tongue. But first of all the main symptom of stomatitis in both children and adults are sores in the mouth. The treatment of these sores is quite simple, but it must be remembered that the sores, despite their dangers to life, are quite painful. A person can not eat normally, often swallows food in large pieces, so as not to tire himself with the painful process of chewing, and this can lead to problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, when stomatitis should first of all remove the pain.

Symptoms of stomatitis do not yet indicate with 100 percent probability that you have stomatitis. Sores in the throat or mouth can be signs of very serious diseases requiring urgent treatment. For example, diseases such as oral cancer, leukemia, lead poisoning, diabetes mellitus, HIV / AIDS, Crohn's disease, Stephen-Jones syndrome and others are accompanied by the appearance of blisters, sores, red and white spots in the mouth. In addition, in some cases, stomatitis itself can take place in such severe form that one can not do without a visit to the doctor.

If you have ulcers in your mouth, treatment should be carried out, based on the answers to the following questions: when they first appeared in you; How many of them; What size is it; How quickly heal; Whether new ones appear; Whether their occurrence is connected with any substance which you accepted for the first time (a tooth-paste, tablets, meal). If the sores are single (1-2), small (up to 1 cm in diameter), pass for a couple of days - the doctor can not bother. If the matter is more serious, then one must resort to the treatment of stomatitis. If, in addition to the sores, you notice blisters on the skin of the legs, hands, torso, if your temperature rises, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the genital organs is observed, the eyes, if the ulcers in the mouth do not heal for more than a week, have reached a size of more than 1 cm in diameter, if There are 7-10 of them - you need to immediately consult a doctor.

As mentioned above, stomatitis can also be very difficult. Its various forms - aphthous, herpetic, candidal, allergic and contact - lead to the appearance of painful sores in the mouth. Treatment of severe form should be carried out in stages. The first stage is a frequent (every 2 hours) rinsing of the mouth with a solution of 1 teaspoon baking soda in 150 ml of warm water. Change the toothbrush. You can try to lubricate the sores with a green (this procedure will be effective, but painful).

If this does not help, we proceed to the next stage: to relieve pain and quickly heal ulcers, we use gels that contain benzocaine or lidocaine, antiseptics, Amleksanox gel or dexamethasone gel. They are released without a doctor's prescription. How to treat sores in the mouth, if that did not help? Acquire ampoules of 0.05% vitamin B 12, dexamethasone, Nystatin tablets and a sterile bandage. Mix 2 ampules of vitamin, 1 ampoule of Dexamethasone and 2 carefully dilated Nystatin tablets. From a sterile bandage make tampons, soak them with a mixture and apply to ulcers for 15 minutes 3-4 times a day. If this does not help, ulcers continue to increase - see a doctor.