Been On Tobacco, Smoke, Alcohol. Why Are There White Spots In Mouth? Is Cap Aquasol And Cap Vibraina Good?

Posted on Thu, 4 Oct 2012

Question: Respected Doctor,
Sir, I am from kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), I have used gutkha, Tobacco leaves, Cigarettes, Pan and alchohal etc. since more than 10 years.

Only my 2 fingers can be entered into my mouth there are some white and red spots are also appeared there. Sir, I am also unable to eat chilli and hot and spicy food.

Sir, I visits a Doctor here local in my city and he consult me to take following medicines.
Cap Aquasol A (1-OD X 1 month)
Cap vibraina (1-OD X 1 month)
Tube CAZIQ (3 to 4 times in a day)
Thermokind mouth wash (3 to 4 times in a day)

After one month he changed my medicines are as under:-

At present from 3 months i am using several medicines as doctor suggests
Tab Desperzyme ( morning and in evening)
cap veminate forte (1-OD X 1 month)
Cap aquasol (1-OD X 1 month)
Tube caziq (3-4 days)
Thermokind mouth (wash 4-6 times a day)

Sir during that time my mouth will opens for 2.25 fingers
but the problem of chilli and spicy are not solved.
Also i felt some pain in my mouth walls
please consult me for my proper mouth recovery.

Best Regards
XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Ravinder Sharma (2 hours later)

Dear XXXXXXX

Hello I am Dr Ravinder Sharma, Professor of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery.

On the basis of the information provided it seems that you are suffering from Oral submucosal fibrosis. There is a clear association between the usage of gutka, betel and other tobacco products and oral submucosal fibrosis. This is a sort of a allergic response where there is too much of fibrosis in submucosal layer (just beneath the mucous layer in oral cavity). It can also involve pharynx. Common symptoms include difficulty in opening mouth and burning sensation in tongue and oral cavity as in your case.

Now I would like to inform you that it is a precancerous condition. If exposure to tobacco products, pan, betel etc continues it will turn into oral cancer. Please stop usage of these products forever. Now for the treatment part some of the medicines you are already taking. Vitamin A, Vitamin C and antioxidants promotes epithlialisation and may lead to improvement in symptoms. Besides this oral mouth wash with betadine lotion is also helpful.

Oral corticosteroids and hyalase injections in oral cavity are used when there difficulty to open the mouth. This has to be continued for 6 to 8 weeks. Besides this there are some surgical release operations but then the results of surgery are not very promising.

In summary I would suggest you:

SAY NO TO TOBACCO,BETEL and PAN FOREVER
SAY NO TO HOT AN SPICY FOOD
GOOD ORAL HYGIENE IS A MUST
Consider oral corticosteroid and hyalase injection
Regular follow up with and ENT surgeon is a must. Say 3 months follow up visits for about 2 years. As any changes in oral mucosa (irregularity over white patch in oral cavity, or any bleeding or any mass lesion ) can be easily identified by an expert and will need a biopsy for histopathology to establish a diagnosis.
Besides this I can suggest you of self evaluation of oral cavity if you observe anything new -- mass, ulcer, bleeding point - consult an ENT surgeon - as this could be cancer.

I hope this answers your concern. Do let me know if you need any other specific info about it with

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar