Child Has Ulcer In Mouth And Prescribed Gel. Suggestion?

Posted on Tue, 1 Oct 2013

Medically reviewed by Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team

Tue, 1 Oct 2013 Answered on

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 Last reviewed on

Question : Dear sir, attached are photos of Ulcer in mouth of my kid (4year) and Gel prescribed by doctor. please look and advice. thanks

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Aphthous Ulcer.Avoid Antifungal cream-painful

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to the XXXXXXX

Diagnosis is Aphthous Ulcer.
No effective treatment.Quite painful. Non contagious.
Aim of the treatment is to give relief from pain.

These ulcers are usually self limiting but may take long time one week to two.

Anesthetic gel are available in the market like (mucopain gel. dologel etc) These gel can be applied many times a day especially before meals, so that child can accepts orally.

Clotrimazole gel to be avoided as it may be painful to child. It is used for the fungal infection of oral cavity (oral thrush).

Hope the query is answered.
Please feel free for further clarification.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T