5 things to remember about blisters

Mouth blisters are a dental disease that is mostly suffered by children but can also be seen in adults and here are 5 answered questions about them that you could find useful.



1. What are mouth blisters?



Mouth blisters are a kind of inflammatory mouth infection that is usually caused by a virus like the Coxsackie viruses A and B. This infection is contagious and usually occurs in babies and small children but can also be seen in adults. The main symptoms of the disease are sore throat, pain in the mouth and fever. The blisters look like tiny red bumps in the mouth.



2. How do I know if I have mouth blisters?



Mouth blisters appear in the inside of the mouth (very often on the roof of the mouth, the walls of the cheeks and on the tonsil) and on the inside part of the lips. When the blisters first appear they look like tiny red bumps and with time they begin to look like ulcers. If you have them you can also have a fever. The number of blisters that appear at the same time is not big, usually not more than five or six and after a week they tend to disappear.



3. What are the symptoms of mouth blisters?



This disease has several symptoms that may not all occur. One of the normal symptoms when you are having mouth blisters is pain in the mouth when eating, drinking, swallowing or even talking. Some children experience high fever for about a week, others have problems like loss of appetite. Other people have complained from headache, back pain, pain in the ear when chewing and others.



4. What causes mouth blisters?



Viral infections like the Coxsackie viruses A and B usually enter your body through air infected with the virus or infected food, and cause the infection herpangina also known as mouth blisters. Because it’s a virus it is easily spread amongst the children when they go to school or when they play together. An interesting thing about this virus is that it also affects people that are asymptomatic. Another thing that can cause mouth blisters is having the wrong diet. Children that eat too many sweets and drink too many beverages with sugar have higher risk of getting mouth blisters. Dentists say that eating too much sugar is one of the biggest problems for most dental diseases. The mouth and the body need vitamins and minerals that you have to obtain by eating food like vegetables and fruit.



5. How do I treat mouth blisters?



When it comes to treating mouth blisters, the options for treating them aren’t many. Once the bumps appear in the mouth all that can be done is to try and decrease the inflammation. One way to do this is by using an anti-inflammatory gel, another thing you can try is putting aspirin over the infection. There are many home-made treatments for mouth blisters but the only one you can rely on without doubt is drinking plenty of water. All you have to do is be patient, usually for a little over a week and the painful blisters will disappear.



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