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What Could Cause Mouth Ulcers?
Hi,
I suffer from mouth ulcers occassionally when I've been stressed or fatigued, and recently have been using Prednisolone (Solupred) directly on the ulcers to stop the inflammation (reccommended and prescribed by my dentist)
The last time this happened, it worked great, but this time my bottom lip has swollen up, and i've started getting nose bleeds (I never get nosebleeds..)
Can you please give me some advice as to what this might be caused by??
I suffer from mouth ulcers occassionally when I've been stressed or fatigued, and recently have been using Prednisolone (Solupred) directly on the ulcers to stop the inflammation (reccommended and prescribed by my dentist)
The last time this happened, it worked great, but this time my bottom lip has swollen up, and i've started getting nose bleeds (I never get nosebleeds..)
Can you please give me some advice as to what this might be caused by??
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
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Thanks for your query with healthcare magic, mouth ulcers are not a serious condition to bother about and these will heal by themselves in 7-10 days with no treatment.Reason for these are especially stress,tiredness,lack of nutrition especially vit C, no sleep and many other.medicine you are using is for just to give relief and it is steroid drug so kindly avoid it and have nutrition with lots of vit c.Stop usinfg the drug and se whether the sweling will come down or not consult your dentist further if symptoms persist.Hope this helps you
Thanks for your query with healthcare magic, mouth ulcers are not a serious condition to bother about and these will heal by themselves in 7-10 days with no treatment.Reason for these are especially stress,tiredness,lack of nutrition especially vit C, no sleep and many other.medicine you are using is for just to give relief and it is steroid drug so kindly avoid it and have nutrition with lots of vit c.Stop usinfg the drug and se whether the sweling will come down or not consult your dentist further if symptoms persist.Hope this helps you
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thanks for your query, i have gone through your query. the ulcer could be because of the stress it can be aphthous ulcer or herpetic ulcer or it can be allergic stomatitis since you are giving history of lip swelling. consult a oral physician to rule out these conditions. you can use topical anesthetic and anlagesics like anabel gel. do not use steroids systemically. you can use it topically. if it is a fungal infection then you cannot use topical steroids it worsens the infection. consult your oral physician for further treatment and prescription. i hope my answer will help you. take care.
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