Hiss! It hurts! Recurring oral ulcers have nothing to do with "getting angry"

It hurts to eat, drink, and even talk!

Is there anything more annoying than a mouth ulcer? Nothing!

Oral ulcers are even painful. Just thinking about it makes me grimace in pain. With it, I basically say goodbye to all delicious food, even drinking porridge has to be done with caution.

What's even more tragic is that some people suffer from recurring oral ulcers, which occur at least 20 days in a month. Even when one wave has just healed, a new one comes.

This can't help but make people with oral ulcers go crazy: What can I use to save you, my ulcer?

Common, recurrent oral ulcers, also known as recurrent aphthous ulcers, have an unknown cause. It is generally believed that it is related to multiple factors such as genetics, local trauma, psychological factors, microbial infection, nutritional deficiencies, and abnormal immune responses.

Because the cause of the disease is unclear, the ulcer cannot be cured.

Fortunately, oral ulcers are self-limiting and will usually heal on their own within 1 to 2 weeks even without any treatment.

So if you have oral ulcers, bear with it if you can, but if the pain affects your normal life, you can also try these methods:

01

Ask a doctor to prescribe medicine

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs: Doctors often use glucocorticoids topically to relieve pain;

Local anesthetics: When the pain is extremely unbearable, the doctor may use local anesthetics to numb the surface of the ulcer to reduce the pain;

Immune-regulating drugs: Oral ulcers are related to abnormal immune response, so for patients with severe ulcers, doctors may prescribe some immune-regulating drugs.

02

Do it yourself

If the pain is not that severe and you are too lazy to go to the hospital, you can also try these medicines:

Gargle with 10 mL of compound chlorhexidine gargle solution each time, spit it out after 3 minutes, 3 to 5 times a day. Do not eat or drink within 30 minutes after gargling.

Apply an appropriate amount of triamcinolone acetonide oral ointment to the oral ulcer lesions twice a day, rinse your mouth with water after dinner and then apply the ointment;

Take vitamin B2 orally, 2 tablets 3 times a day.

However, if your mouth ulcers do not get better or are still painful, you should see a doctor.

03

Daily attention

During the ulcer period, rinse your mouth more often, using mouthwash, warm water, light salt water, etc., to reduce the time that food debris stays in the mouth, reduce bacterial growth, and thus reduce the possibility of the disease becoming more serious.

In addition, gargling frequently is highly recommended even if you don’t have an ulcer.

Avoid spicy, irritating and over-scalding food, and avoid tobacco and alcohol. Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and dietary fiber.

Keep a happy mood, avoid excessive fatigue and tension, and ensure adequate sleep.

01

Oral ulcers are caused by internal heat, do I need to take heat-clearing medicine?

This saying is widely circulated and sounds very reliable. The treatment method is also very easy. Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Huanglian Shangqing Pills and other fire-clearing medicines are arranged. Not long after, the oral ulcer really healed.

In fact, this is the oral ulcer healing on its own, and has nothing to do with taking medicine.

I was naive.

If the purpose of treatment is only to reduce the frequency of attacks, promote healing, and relieve local pain, it is unlikely that you can cure it by taking medicine.

02

Does oral ulcer mean the body lacks vitamin C?

No! For normal people, excluding problems with gastrointestinal absorption, it is rare for them to be seriously deficient in certain nutrients.

Some people may say: I went to the hospital for oral ulcers, and the doctor gave me vitamin C and zinc oral solution.

Drink a bottle of oral fluid to calm the nerves

In fact, the drugs prescribed by doctors are only to improve the body's metabolic level and promote the healing of ulcers. These drugs are auxiliary treatments to help alleviate symptoms, and are not drugs for the cause of the disease.

03

Can mouth ulcers develop into oral cancer?

Please rest assured that oral ulcers will not directly turn into oral cancer. On the contrary, the symptoms of early oral cancer are not obvious and are often mistaken/misdiagnosed as oral ulcers.

04

How to differentiate between oral ulcers and oral cancer?

Everyone is familiar with the symptoms of common ulcers, so it is easy to distinguish them from cancerous ulcers.

Cancerous ulcers are usually single, fixed in location, and do not heal for a long time. The ulcers are of varying depths, with uneven edges, and are shaped like cauliflower. They feel hard to the touch, and more importantly, the pain is not obvious, so they are easily ignored.

Repeated oral ulcers may also be the reaction of systemic diseases in the mouth. Therefore, if accompanied by the following symptoms, you should go to the relevant department for treatment immediately:

If you have recurrent diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have Crohn's disease or celiac disease and need to go to the gastroenterology department for examination.

If you have recurrent genital ulcers, eye congestion, photophobia and tearing, blurred vision, skin erythema, or arthritis, you may have Behcet's disease and need to go to the rheumatology department for examination;

Middle-aged and elderly people develop oral mucosal ulcers on one side, the ulcer range does not exceed the midline, severe pain, and fever, which may be caused by herpes zoster virus infection;

Six months after the bad sexual contact, a sudden high fever and subsequent large-scale oral ulcers may indicate HIV infection.

The oral mucosa is pale and ulcerated, accompanied by pale mucosa at the fundus and sunken nails. This may be anemia caused by vitamin B12, folic acid, and iron deficiency.

Finally, it is unlikely to prevent oral ulcers from occurring again, but you can reduce recurrence through prevention. The method is - good mood.

Oral ulcer star:

No matter how old you are, long live happiness!