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Symptoms of disease - pain in the mouth

Mouth - body-hole through which the meals are taken and implemented by the breath. In the mouth are located teeth and tongue. Outwardly mouth can have a different form.

The mouth cavity, cavitas oris (Greek stoma - mouth, hence dentistry), is divided into two departments: the eve of the mouth, vestibulum oris, and actually the mouth cavity, cavitas oris propria.

The mouth is called the space, located between lips and cheeks and outside of the teeth and gums from the inside. Through the mouth-hole, rima oris, the eve of the mouth opens to the outside.

Cavitas oris propria stretches from the teeth at the front and laterally to the entrance of the throat from behind. On top of the mouth cavity is limited to solid air and the plot soft; the bottom of the formed aperture mouth, diaphragma oris (paired m. mylohyoideus) and employs the language. When the mouth is closed language of their top surface is in contact with the air, so that cavitas oris is reduced to a narrow slit space between them.

The membrane, passing on the lower surface of the tip of the tongue, forms on the middle line of reins of language, frenulum linguae. On the sides of frenulum noticeable in small teat, caruncula sublingualis, with a hole in it of the output flow submandibular and the sublingual salivary glands. Laterally and posterior from caruncula sublingulais runs on each side of the sublingual fold, plica sublingualis, the resulting from situated here sublingual salivary gland cancer.

Pain in the mouth could be something worse than mere inconvenience. If it is expressed not only in the poor appetite, it can be a serious disease that threatens your life. Pain in the mouth is in need of serious attention from the doctor, particularly in elderly or severely ill patients.

Which diseases there is pain in the mouth

Causes of pain in the mouth:

- Pain in the mouth can occur for a variety of reasons, including the patients teeth, inflammation or injury. It can also occur in the case when the dentin is exposed to the effects of hot and cold food (drinks), causing a sharp sharp pain that stops just as easily as is.

- Pain in the mouth can be caused by high sensitivity, crack, caries of the teeth or its complication; inflammation or infection of the gums; ulcers of the mucous membrane of the mouth; a burn or a scratch language; cracks, bruises and blisters on the lips. The reason they can be anything from a petty things to viral infections, from chemotherapy for cancer treatment to sexually transmitted diseases, from excessive dryness of the mouth in the application of certain drugs to stress. Like other parts of the body, mouth reflects the overall health of your body. Sometimes this is the first place where there develop such a disease of the whole body, as leukemia, AIDS, side effects of different drugs, or lack of those or other nutrients.
Ways to relieve pain and the treatment of pain in the mouth is very much depend on what exactly is causing this pain.

- Pain in the mouth when aphthae, ulcers (stomatitis, gingivitis).
Aphthae and sores can be caused by damage to the mucous membrane of the mouth (mechanical, thermal, chemical, physical), avitaminosises, diabetes, the diseases of cardiovascular, nervous and hematopoietic systems, digestive organs, acute (for example, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria) and chronic (for example, TB) infection, intoxication, parasitic fungi (for example, thrush). The factors that cause traumatic disease - this buildup of Tartar, destroyed, carious teeth, incorrectly made dentures, fillings, foreign objects, burns hot food, the effects of alkalis, acids, etc.
During the short-term impact of the damaging factor develops catarrhal process: the mucous membrane of the painful, reddened, swollen, bleeding. With long-term exposure - formation of ulcers, around which develop inflammatory phenomena.

- When aphthous stomatitis in the mouth (on the tongue, gums, medial surface of the cheek) appear small painful blisters or round sores with a white middle, surrounded by redness. Bubbles will soon burst, leaving shallow ulcers with red edges. Besides the pain bleeding or swelling of the gums, increased sensitivity in the mouth, excessive salivation, increased body temperature. Submandibular lymph nodes are enlarged and painful. Appears unpleasant smell from the mouth.
Sometimes the ulcers are formed in case of accidental damage of the lips or tongue (for example, teeth), and sometimes for no apparent reason, but more often as a manifestation of viral diseases. They normally heal themselves. The pain, as a rule, disappears after 2-4 days prior to the complete healing of ulcers.

- Pain in the mouth can disturb and as a result of gingivitis - gum disease, with inflammatory, dystrophic, and the other character. The disease occurs when subjected to the gum tissue adverse external factors (poisoning by lead, arsenic, bismuth, etc.), and it may also be a consequence of the reduction in local or General reactivity of the organism.
Under the influence of harmful factors on the mucous membrane of the gums inflamed first gingival papilla, then the adjacent areas of the mucous membrane. Appear pain and bleeding gums. With long-term impact of these factors may form on the mucous membrane of the gums ulcers, erosion, etc. At the necrotic areas due to intoxication is deteriorating General condition of the organism, increases body temperature, occurs headache, observed weakness, abundant perspiration, insomnia, putrid smell from the mouth.

- The treatment of cancer may cause pain in the mouth, the appearance of sores in the mouth, gum soreness or pain in the throat. In this case, You will find it difficult to chew or swallow. Ask your doctor drug that will help You cope with the pain in the mouth or throat.

Seek medical attention immediately if:
- You experience a loss of sensation or numbness in the mouth or lips.
- You hurt to chew.
- Your gums become red, swollen and bleeding.
- Edge of your gums are swollen or fester.
- You lose teeth in adulthood.
- Do you constantly have ulcers or pain in the mouth.
- You always have a hard lump or tumor, not causing pain, mouth or around him.
- You hurt your teeth, and there is a high temperature.
- You have sores in the mouth after the beginning of reception of a new drug.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the mouth

• Dentist

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Do you feel mouth hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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