What Causes Mouth Ulcers in Children?

Pediatric oral ulcers Pediatric oral ulcers (aphthous ulcers) are one of the most common oral mucosal diseases, and their prevalence in pediatric populations is generally considered to exceed 10%. Oral ulcers in children are a type of localized ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa that are characterized by repeated recurrences. They can heal on their own and can occur in any part of the oral mucosa. They are common in the lips, cheeks, and tongue. Mucous membrane. With the extension of the course of disease, many children have increased ulcer area, increased number, increased pain, prolonged healing period, shortened interval, etc., affecting food and speech.

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First, the time of ulcer healing was used to distinguish. Benign oral ulcers usually heal within days to weeks, while malignant oral ulcers develop progressively and do not heal for months or even years. Secondly, it can be distinguished by morphology. Benign oral ulcers are generally regular in shape, round, oval, or line-shaped, with neat edges, clear, and clear boundary with surrounding tissues. The base of the depression is smooth, soft to the touch, and painful. Malignant oral ulcers are irregular in shape, with unclear borders, bumps and bumps at the edges, ulcers at the bottom of the ulcers, which are granular and hard to touch. They are clearly different from normal mucous membranes, and ulcer pain is not obvious. The third can be distinguished by the course of the disease. Benign oral ulcers often occur repeatedly and are self-limiting. Malignant oral ulcers have no history of recurrence. Once they develop symptoms, they will not heal. Fourth, the whole body can be distinguished. Benign oral ulcers are rare in systemic symptoms, and the lymph nodes in the neck are not swollen or swollen but not hard and non-adherent. Malignant oral ulcers are the opposite, and some even have cachexia. Finally, judgement can be made based on the sensitivity to the drug. Benign oral ulcers generally use anti-inflammatory and antiseptic drugs with obvious effects and accelerated healing, while malignant oral ulcers often ignore the drug and have no obvious effect.

Because oral ulcers are too common in daily life, many people can recover on their own without using any means to treat it. In fact, this is not right. If oral ulcers are not treated in time, some complications will occur. So let's understand it together.

It was found in the survey that many people are very unconcerned about oral ulcers. It is because of this attitude of people that some complications of oral ulcers occur. First of all, one of the complications of oral diseases is that periodontal disease can infect cardiovascular tissues and cause cardiovascular diseases. When suffering from periodontal disease, the bacteria it produces enter the bloodstream and attach fatty acids in the coronary arteries, which can easily cause blood clots, impede blood circulation, affect the normal supply of oxygen and nutrients, and lead to heart disease. Second, untreated, causing sepsis. Oral diseases produce many viruses that can be transmitted to other parts of the body, including the brain, through blood circulation. Specifically, rotten teeth are left in the mouth for a long time, or inflammation is not treated in time, which can cause sepsis. Through brain CT, brain abscesses can be found in the skull.

Finally, after suffering from oral ulcers, it is easy to produce some harmful bacteria. If there is no timely treatment, it can cause diabetes. The cytokines caused by oral diseases are destructive and are not good for human health. For example, too many cytokines will damage the islet glands, reduce the amount of necessary insulin secreted by the body, and easily cause the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. It can be said that hypertension and diabetes are complications of oral diseases, so if you want to prevent hypertension and diabetes, you should pay attention to oral care.

It can be seen that if the oral ulcer is not treated in time, it can cause the above complications, which is relatively difficult to treat. Therefore, the treatment of oral ulcers cannot be delayed, and once the complications occur, it is worth more.