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What is stomatitis and mucositis?
Mucositis (sometimes called stomatitis) is inflammation and damage of the mucous membranes lining the mouth and other parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
What is the specific definition of mucositis?
Listen to pronunciation. (myoo-koh-SY-tis) A complication of some cancer therapies in which the lining of the digestive system becomes inflamed.
What is mucositis in mouth?
Mucositis is when your mouth or gut is sore and inflamed. It’s a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer. Although mucositis is usually painful, it can be treated. It should get better within a few weeks of finishing cancer treatment.
What is cause of stomatitis?
Often it will be due to injury, infection, allergy, or skin disease. Share on Pinterest Biting the inside of the cheek or lip can cause stomatitis to occur. The most common causes are: trauma from ill-fitting dentures or braces, biting the inside of the cheek, tongue, or lip, and surgery.
What is the treatment for mucositis?
Normal saline or sodium bicarbonate solutions can provide relief of mild to moderate mucositis pain. Such salt-and-soda mouthwashes are also safe, inexpensive, and effective in treating mucositis.
What are types of stomatitis?
The two main forms of stomatitis are herpes stomatitis, also known as a cold sore, and aphthous stomatitis, also known as a canker sore….Herpetic stomatitis is usually indicated by multiple blisters that occur in the:
- gums.
- palate.
- cheeks.
- tongue.
- lip border.
What is the function of oral mucosa?
The oral mucosa has a large number of functions of clinical significance. It acts as a protective physical and immune barrier from external stimulus and harbors minor salivary glands that secret saliva maintaining the wetness of the tissue, and perceives and responds to the stimulus of temperature, touch, and pain.
What diseases can cause stomatitis?
What causes stomatitis?
- Dry mouth / xerostomia.
- Viral infection.
- Candida albicans infection.
- Trauma including surgery.
- Smoking tobacco.
- Toxicity of chemotherapy drugs – including methotrexate used for psoriasis and other skin disorders.
- Therapeutic radiation eg, for oral cancer.
What medications cause stomatitis?
Medications associated with stomatitis
- Chemotherapy.
- Antihypertensives.
- Opioids.
- Antibiotics (indirect)
- Diuretics (increase risk of dehydration in compromised state)
- Anticholinergics.
- Antihistamines and decongestants.
- Steroids.