causes of mouth ulcers?

Contents

 1 What are mouth ulcers?

 2 Oral ulcers

 3 What are the causes of mouth ulcers?

 What are mouth ulcers?

Mouth ulcers are painful wounds that affect the mucous membranes in the mouth, or in other words:

They are wounds that appear on the lining of the cheek and inner lips, and may sometimes appear on the tongue, gums, and some other places of the mouth. These wounds are slow to heal compared to other types of wounds; Therefore, it was called (ulcerations).

These ulcers usually come in the form of white dots or circles surrounded by a red halo, and the diameter of these points or circles does not usually exceed 1 cm.

Among the most common types of ulcers are:

 (oral aphthous ulcers). The medical name for oral ulcers is: (Aphthous Stomatitis), and its other medical names are: (Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis) and (Recurrent Aphthous Ulceration).

Oral ulcers

 Oral ulcers are a health problem that many people suffer from, and we rarely find those who have never been exposed to them and suffered from them, and these ulcers can be repeated in many people for many times.

Oral ulcers are very painful and annoying for those who suffer from them, and the resulting pain increases when eating, and this pain may prevent the sufferer from eating, so that he can only take fluids, or soft food that does not need to be chewed.

At first, the person feels a few stings before the sores appear.

These sores last for several days, and may take two or three weeks, before they heal completely.

These ulcers may sometimes be accompanied by a slight rise in body temperature, and may also be accompanied by enlarged lymph nodes.

 What are the causes of mouth ulcers?

The main and direct causes that lead to the emergence of mouth ulcers are still vague and unclear, but some doctors expect that the weakness of the immune system in the body is one of these reasons, and that this weakness is related to the appearance of mouth ulcers. Also, some doctors expect that a lack of some nutrients from the body can lead to the emergence of these ulcers, especially a deficiency in some vitamins, acids and minerals, such as: vitamin B12, zinc, iron, folic acid, and so on.

 Among the other reasons are:

Exposing the tongue or cheek to a specific injury, such as: biting while eating. These ulcers can accompany some diseases such as: some diseases of the digestive system, and some treatments for some diseases can cause the appearance of these ulcers, such as: some treatments that are used in the treatment of cancer diseases.