Is there a pain that resonates with all of us?
I thought, if anything, that pain would have been just four words: mouth ulcers!
Globally, more than 1 in 2 people will have mouth ulcers at least once in their lifetime. In our country, on average, one in every 5 people is suffering from mouth ulcers. It looks like a pathological change in the mucous membrane of a small part of the mouth, but the slightest touch will produce severe pain, which has a certain impact on diet and life!
According to the current clinical data, the causes of mouth ulcers are quite complex, which even involves genetic genes, mental factors and other aspects.
However, in addition to the unchangeable genetic genes, acquired factors are the root cause of mouth ulcers, especially the following four aspects can not be ignored:
1. Nutritional deficiencies
Mouth ulcers occur mainly from damage to the oral epithelial barrier. Sometimes, these damages are mainly due to the "replacement" not keeping up in time, the old cells have fallen off, but the new cells have not been generated in time.
The cause of slower maturation of new cells and repeated mouth ulcers is often related to nutritional deficiencies. For example, long-term partial diet, excessive dieting, may cause nutritional deficiencies, in the body lack of folic acid, iron, vitamin B group, zinc, vitamin D and other beneficial substances, it will lead to the appearance of mouth ulcers;
2. Immune imbalance
Mouth ulcers are often accompanied by different degrees of immune dysfunction, which are mainly manifested as too many pro-inflammatory responses and too few anti-inflammatory reactions. This situation is related to genetic factors, but in more cases, the autoimmune system, digestive tract diseases, allergic diseases, excessive stress, long-term lack of sleep, etc., are the real potential triggers.
The key mention here is stress and sleep, long-term excessive mental pressure, pressure can not be released, often stay up late, etc., will damage the body's immune system, causing immune imbalance, affecting the body's self-repair, and eventually causing mouth ulcers;
3. Dysbacteriosis
As we all know, if the intestinal flora is out of balance, it will cause disordered intestinal immunity and induce intestinal diseases. Relevant studies have shown that oral dysbacteriosis may also cause mouth ulcers.
For example, Lactobacillus salivary and Acinetobacter yeobacter disorders may cause an increase in inflammatory factors, which in turn can induce ulcers. In addition, Candida albicans infections, blood streptococcus or Helicobacter pylori in the mouth, etc., may cause mouth ulcers;
4. Mechanical damage
In addition to the above several factors, if the oral cavity has been damaged recently, such as accidentally biting the oral mucosa, repeated damage to the mucous membrane by caries, mechanical stimulation, chemical burns or repeated eating of a large number of raw cold, spicy food, etc., it may cause the appearance of mouth ulcers, and its pathogenesis site and form are consistent with mechanical irritating factors.
All in all, there are many factors that cause mouth ulcers, and the causes of the disease are quite complex. After a clinical cure of a mouth ulcer, there are more precipitating factors, and it may recur again.
Therefore, everyone should do a good job of prevention in daily life, such as maintaining adequate sleep, maintaining an optimistic and cheerful attitude, paying attention to balanced nutritional intake and so on. In addition, if there is caries or periodontal disease, in order to avoid repeated attacks of mouth ulcers, it is also necessary to seek medical treatment in time.