Do not be subjective with mouth ulcers

Mouth and tongue ulcers not only cause difficulty in eating and drinking, pain and discomfort, but are also signs of other autoimmune and malignant diseases.

Symptoms of many diseases

Mouth ulcers have the common characteristics of red ulcers around, with a yellow plaque in the center, causing a lot of pain for about 2-3 days and gradually decreasing when starting to heal. Local manifestations are often symptoms of inflammation, swelling, heat, redness, pain, ulcers that are very uncomfortable, especially when chewing, swallowing, eating and drinking; there may be abscesses under the tongue, under the mucosa; milder are ulcers on the tongue and oral mucosa, when acute inflammation is often red and very painful, even high fever, swollen lymph nodes at the jaw angle. In particular, acute ulcers on the oral mucosa - tongue often recur, causing pain and reducing the quality of life of the patient.

Mouth ulcers are a manifestation of fungal and bacterial infections; they can also be a sign of herpes virus infection; they are aphthous ulcers; bacterial nests in decayed teeth, periodontitis, and pulpitis can also cause infections in the oral mucosal tissue, creating ulcers; lack of vitamins C, PP, and B.₆, B₁₂Iron deficiency is also one of the significant causes of mouth ulcers. More dangerously, mouth ulcers are also an early symptom of some autoimmune diseases such as bullous disease, or in a few cases, an early sign of nasopharyngeal cancer or tongue cancer.

Mouth ulcers can be a sign of many diseases.

Prevention and early treatment

When suffering from mouth ulcers, if the cause is fungus, bacteria, lack of micronutrients or tooth decay, these are preventable causes. It is necessary to have good oral hygiene, eat lots of green vegetables and fruits to avoid vitamin deficiency.

Once contracted, ulcers can heal on their own without treatment, but they can easily recur. To help ulcers heal quickly, you should limit smoking, drinking alcohol, or eating foods that are too spicy, salty, or hot.

Do not self-medicate based on experience or advice from others, but should go to a specialist medical facility early. If you have a fungal or bacterial infection, the doctor will prescribe antibiotic or antifungal treatment for about 1-2 weeks, the disease may be completely cured and will not recur.

If the cause is herpes virus, early treatment with antiviral drugs within the first 1-2 days of the sores will be effective. If treatment is delayed, the sores will recur and be difficult to control.

If the cause of the ulcer is due to bacteria from tooth decay, the tooth decay must be completely treated to prevent the disease from recurring.

In cases of ulcers caused by autoimmune bullous diseases, it is important to note a sign to identify the disease when it first forms, which is that it is a blister and bursts very quickly. The blisters will then spread throughout the body, causing ulcers and pain. This disease needs to be treated specifically with immunosuppressive drugs.

With malignant diseases such as nasopharyngeal cancer, tongue cancer, ulcers are the initial symptoms showing that the disease is in the early stages. Therefore, if you go to the doctor early to detect from this stage, the treatment will be much more favorable, at the same time the rate of conservative treatment is almost 100%.

According to SKDS