Stomatitis, commonly known as “rotten mouth”, is characterized by flushing, blistering, cracking, erosion, crusting, and flaking of the corners of the mouth. The patient’s mouth bleeds easily and eating and speaking are affected. The trigger factor for stomatitis is the cold and dry climate, which can make the skin mucosa around the lips and corners of the mouth dry and cracked, and the surrounding germs take advantage of the infection; when the lips are dry and cracked, people will habitually lick with their tongues, prompting the corners of the mouth to dry and crack; if the vitamin intake from the diet is reduced, resulting in a lack of B vitamins in the body, it can also lead to the occurrence of vitamin B deficiency stomatitis.
The cause of corns of the mouth 1, mechanical factors: the location of the teeth is not appropriate, resulting in the upper lip over the lower lip, the corner of the mouth wrinkled, the mucosa is often in the impregnation.
2, lack of nutrition: too much labor, excessive physical exertion or physical weakness, malnutrition, iron, protein supply and a variety of vitamin deficiencies: such as niacin, vitamin B6, etc. can cause the disease.
3, infection: the pathogenic bacteria are mostly low virulence septicococcus or Candida albicans, mostly seen in children. Certain skin diseases, such as: atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis abnormal combined with orofacial dermatitis. Salivary disease infiltrating the corners of the mouth can cause the disease; biting fingers, biting pen sticks, etc. can also cause the disease.
The six care methods of stomatitis 1, winter travel wear a mask especially cyclists, wear a mask to block the cold wind outside. The purpose of wearing a mask is simple, to maintain the temperature and humidity of the lips to avoid dehydration and dryness. Massage your lips often.
2, massage the lips The method of massaging the lips is not difficult, as long as every night before going to bed, take a cotton pad with some honey, apply it to the lips, and then gently massage with your fingertips to help promote blood circulation, so that the lips get oxygen and increase nutrition, the lips can become moist.
3, apply honey If, say, you have started to feel dry lips, you can use a clean cotton swab to apply some vegetable oil or honey that are available in the home to the lips. However, diabetic patients should not apply honey. Apply olive oil and paste milk powder before going to bed. Before going to bed, apply olive oil on your lips to absorb it for more than 20 minutes, then wipe it off. You can also mix a small amount of milk powder into a paste with water and apply it thickly on the lips to act as a lip film.
4, lip skin to use shears To deal with the lip skin that has been raised, small shears can be carefully cut off in front of the mirror. Oral treatment experts pointed out that do not use hands or pliers to tear, so as not to tear the lips, resulting in pain, bleeding, and even infection, where it is known as the dangerous triangle of medicine.
5, ointment and toothpaste on the field If there are signs of pus, use penicillin or erythromycin ointment on the place of pus. In addition, there is something that everyone has at home that is a good medicine to treat cracked mouth and lips. That is toothpaste. Toothpaste is more effective and more useful in dealing with those more severe cracked lips. General toothpaste contains mint, or other antiseptic ingredients, can play a good role.
6, don’t let your mouth touch water again Stomatitis care also includes don’t let your mouth touch water again. If your lips are already dry and cracked, try not to let them touch the water again. If the skin starts to peel, it is best to even stop brushing for a while. It is recommended to use chewing gum or dental floss instead of brushing during this time to let the lips recover.
How to Prevent Stomatitis 1. Stomatitis is easily transmitted to each other, so in collective places such as nurseries and kindergartens, children’s utensils such as towels, teacups and eating utensils should be used after strict disinfection and should not be ignored. It is best that you should use your own fixed teacups and towels, etc.
2.Improve the diet structure of children, or regularly add vitamin B1 and riboflavin, etc., in order to prevent the infection of Candida albicans due to the lack of vitamins and the development of the disease.
3.The distance between the pairs is too short, missing teeth, no teeth in the whole mouth, heavy wear, denture relationship is too low, etc. can make the mouth angle too tight and cause the disease. It should be given to repair and correct, at the same time to have finger sucking and biting pencil habit, should also be corrected in time.