Mouth sores: causes and methods of treatment

Due to the strong discomfort that occurs during talking and chewing, mouth ulcers begin to be treated immediately and often, bypassing such a step as a consultation with a dentist. Sometimes self-medication helps, and sometimes leads to a chronicization of the inflammatory process. After all pathological formations can be a symptom of many serious diseases, which in the absence of diagnosis and therapy lead to dangerous negative consequences.

Local causes

In many people, oral ulcers occur due to diseases that develop directly in this part of the body and are not caused by pathologies of the internal organs. The most common cause is a disease like stomatitis. (see photo), manifested in different forms.

Stomatitis is a pathological condition that occurs when various factors act on the mucous membrane, which is why the immune system, for its part, forms a protective reaction. Inflammation develops, an abundant rush of blood to the affected area occurs, which provokes swelling of the tissues. There is a raid, pus.

Among the causes of stomatitis in children and adults are called:

• Reproduction of pathogens: bacteria, fungi.
• Injuries to the mucous membrane caused by rough or spicy food, teeth, or foreign objects.
• Damage to the mucous membrane caused by a toothbrush.
• Injuries resulting from careless actions of the dentist.
• Damage to the mucous membrane in the baby due to sucking the thumb (Bednar apha).
• Exposure to radiation, burns, allergic reactions.
• Malfunctioning of the immune system due to malnutrition or impaired immunity in HIV.
• Tissue dehydration with excessive fluid loss, for example, with the development of intestinal infections accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, or insufficient water intake.
• Decreased salivation while taking certain medications.
• Hormonal malfunctions, unsuitable toothpastes and rinses, especially with the addition of sodium lauryl sulfate.

Forms of stomatitis

Depending on the type of pathogen and the nature of the course of stomatitis, its varieties are distinguished:

• Aphthous stomatitis. The appearance in the oral cavity of sores with a pale gray color and clear contours. A relapsing form of the disease is characterized by a chronic, periodically worsening course.
• Herpetiform stomatitis. The appearance of many small sores in the oral cavity, often in its lower part, resembling a herpetic rash. At risk for this form of the disease are women under 30 years of age.
• Fungal stomatitis. It is provoked by a fungal infection.
• Vesicular. Infectious viral stomatitis, which is easily transmitted in everyday life through utensils.
• Allergic. The oral mucosa becomes inflamed under the influence of allergens.
• Catarrhal stomatitis. Often develops with poor hygiene.
• Traumatic. Large mouth ulcers form, the cause of their appearance is mucosal injury.
• Ulcerative. Complications of catarrhal or aphthous stomatitis with improper treatment.

Stomatitis can not be manifested by any other symptoms, except, the appearance of ulcers on the gums, throat, tongue, palate.But in young children and with advanced forms in adults, other disorders in the body are possible - fever, weakness. Toddlers may refuse to eat because the ulcer hurts a lot.

Internal diseases

Sores on the oral mucosa are not always associated with stomatitis. With a thorough diagnosis of patients who have sores in the mouth, the following diseases may be the cause of the pathology:

• An acute necrotic form of gingivostomatitis, in which abscesses spread not only on the inside of the cheek, gums, but also on the soft palate and glands. Since the cause of this disease of the oral cavity - infection with a virus - the treatment consists in the local treatment of ulcers (the photo shows how they look) and in taking antiviral drugs.
• Syphilis is a sexually transmitted systemic dangerous disease in which the ulcers in the oral cavity are red, covered with a dark gray coating and are characterized by the absence of pain.
• With oncology, painless ulcers also form, having a thickened outline and long non-healing.
• Oral tuberculosis is accompanied by the appearance of ulcerative bleeding formations at the top of the swelling.
• Ulcerative lesions inside the oral cavity occur with scarlet fever, diphtheria.

Such diseases are manifested by a whole complex of symptoms, and small ulcers on the mucous membranes of the mouth are not their only sign. With internal diseases, necrotic decay of organs, pain from the growth of tumors, fever, severe weakness, rapid or persistent, slow weight loss can be observed.

Diagnostics

If a white sore or wound appears in the mouth with plaque of various shades, with the release of a blood donation or blood, the first thing you should contact your doctors for diagnosis. The dentist or therapist will establish a diagnosis of “stomatitis” without any special examination methods, determine the cause of mouth ulcers, and explain how to treat this disease.

If there is a suspicion of any other pathology, for example, when the mucous membrane is damaged not only in the area of ​​ulcers, but also beyond them, there is a high temperature, malaise, damage to tissues in other organs, PCR diagnostics can be prescribed. It allows you to identify various pathogens in the biomaterial and determine the type of disease.

How to cure stomatitis

If the doctor determines that a white sore in the mouth has developed due to stomatitis, he will advise you to treat the disease with such medicines:

• Preparations aimed at eliminating the pathogen with infectious stomatitis. The bacterial form is treated with antibiotics of macrolides or penicillins, the viral form - with the use of antiviral agents.
• Antiseptic agents for rinsing and disinfecting the oral cavity that wash off pus: hydrogen peroxide or furacilin solution. Do not use alcohol-containing solutions, they dry the mucous membrane - and the ulcer hurts more. For children, wounds are wiped with a solution using a fleece, unscrewing the lower or upper lip.
• Astringents - rinse solutions containing tannins that help tighten ulcers, anesthetize, speedy healing: Romazulon, Tannin or chamomile decoction, which can be done at home.
• Remedies for mouth ulcers that heal soft tissues: Solcoseryl, Pyromecainic ointment. With their help, regeneration inside the affected tissue is faster.
• Immunomodulating agents that help the immune system cope with pathology.
• With sores in the mouth, treatment can be supplemented with antiallergic drugs that relieve violent inflammation.

Drug therapy should be accompanied by a gentle regimen for the mucous membrane. A diet with a complete diet, but without spicy, salty dishes, hot, cold food, is needed.

White sore in the mouth: what can you do at home

If you can’t go to the doctor at the moment, you can treat mouth sores at home. In such cases, the relief of symptoms will help the implementation of some procedures from traditional medicine methods, but as soon as possible you should go to the doctor for an accurate diagnosis of the disease.

Folk remedies can be used as an addition to medication prescribed by a doctor. But only after consulting with him, because even medicinal plants are not suitable for all people and have their own side effects.

Known methods of treating stomatitis:

• Sores in the mouth, on the cheek, or on the lip can be treated with blue. To do this, pointly lubricate the affected spots with the solution, it is convenient to use cotton buds. It is better to carry out the procedure while staying at home, as bluing paints the surface of the lips in blue.
• You can get rid of wounds and ulcers with soda: rinse with a soda solution or treat white mouth ulcers with a soda paste mixed in a teaspoon with a little water.
• You can treat pustules with aloe juice or sea buckthorn oil.
• Ulcers quickly heal, if you often rinse your mouth with decoctions of medicinal herbs, for example, horse sorrel, calendula, or carrot juice, horseradish, diluted in half with water.
• A mixture of honey with grated almonds helps fight ulcers in the oral cavity. Even in the old days, pustules were lubricated with such a mixture, which is why they quickly healed.
• For mouth ulcers, home treatment can be carried out with a mixture of grated potatoes and olive oil or grated garlic (a couple of cloves) with sour milk.

Treatment of concomitant diseases

It is important to understand why mouth ulcers formed: the causes of their appearance are different and treatment can be much more complicated than with ordinary stomatitis. In the presence of systemic, venereal, oncological diseases and complex infectious processes, it is not enough just to smear therapeutic agents on the wounds.

Without removing the cause of ulcers in the mouth, it is impossible to completely get rid of the disease. After the abscess heals, he will soon appear again. That's why you need to see a doctor, even if it seems that home treatment helps with ulcers.

After the diagnosis of diseases more complex and dangerous than stomatitis, you need to be prepared for long-term treatment. It can not be interrupted at its discretion, change drugs. In severe infections of bacterial origin, a systematic intake of antibiotics is required, folk remedies will not be able to recover.

What to do to prevent the disease

Prevention of this problem consists in preventing the action of negative factors - all that, because of what ulcers in the mouth appear:

• You need to eat food that is not harmful to the mucous membrane of the digestive tract: you should avoid sharp, hot or too cold dishes, very rough solid foods that can be injured.
• It is necessary to eat fully in order to prevent vitamin deficiencies and a decrease in local or general immunity.
• Plaque should be constantly removed through regular brushing of the teeth so that dangerous bacteria and fungi do not accumulate in the oral cavity.

• Do not contact sick people, use their dishes.
• Contact with hazardous chemicals and especially radioactive substances should be avoided.
• It is necessary to take seriously the choice of a dentist and clinic, give preference to doctors who perform their work carefully: with minimal damage to the mucous membrane.

The answer to the question of how to get rid of mouth ulcers can not be unequivocal. It depends on what caused the disease, whether it is associated with systemic diseases, on the type of illness: traumatic, aphthous, herpetiform, or another. Many people get rid of such a problem at home, but self-medication can have extremely dangerous consequences, especially in children.

To prevent this pathology often, you should take care of general immunity and maintain a clean oral cavity every day. After the ulcer is healed, it is necessary to support the body, if necessary, adhere to a special diet and drink vitamins prescribed by the doctor.