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What Causes Severe Mouth Ulcers?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...My husband had a stent put in on July 9th 2010, 2 weeks to the day later, he started having ulcers in his mouth, I mean serious ulcers, at one point he could not even swallow his own syliva. He has been in the hospital twice with this, they have tested him for about everything. Every time he get s off steroids, these sores come back, he s lost about 42 lbs. Could he be allergic to the stent??? All the doctors tell me it has nothing to do with the stent??? Something has to be causing it.
Fri, 5 Sep 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The severe ulcerations over the mucosal surfaces of the mouth can be a recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Usually it occurs following, stress, trauma or surgery.
The other cause can be a allergic origin resulting in allergic stomatitis or lichenoid reaction. Based on your description of the lesion, it is difficult to come to a clear diagnosis. So consult a oral physician and get it evaluated.
If i am your treating doctor, I would have suggested you to take topical anesthetic and analgesic like 2% lignocaine, apply 3-4 times daily before food and topical steroid like triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% 4-5times daily after food.
Do saline gargling. If the lesion does not heal in 5-7 days then consult a oral physician and get it examined.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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What Causes Severe Mouth Ulcers?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The severe ulcerations over the mucosal surfaces of the mouth can be a recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Usually it occurs following, stress, trauma or surgery. The other cause can be a allergic origin resulting in allergic stomatitis or lichenoid reaction. Based on your description of the lesion, it is difficult to come to a clear diagnosis. So consult a oral physician and get it evaluated. If i am your treating doctor, I would have suggested you to take topical anesthetic and analgesic like 2% lignocaine, apply 3-4 times daily before food and topical steroid like triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% 4-5times daily after food. Do saline gargling. If the lesion does not heal in 5-7 days then consult a oral physician and get it examined. I hope my answer will help you, take care.