What is the white thing in the middle of the ulcer?

When it comes to ulcers, many people may only know that it is rotten flesh, and they don’t know anything else. Take the most common oral ulcer for example. Oral ulcer is one of the most common oral mucosal diseases. It is a localized ulcer lesion of the oral mucosa characterized by periodic recurrence. It can heal itself and can occur in any part of the oral mucosa, more commonly on the lips, cheeks, and tongue. In severe cases, it can affect the pharyngeal mucosa. We often see white stuff appearing in ulcers, so what exactly is this white stuff?

1. What is the white thing in the middle of the oral ulcer?

That is local inflammation with swelling, and the swelling is white. The white spots in the mouth are white.

1. What are the symptoms of tongue ulcers?

1. Traumatic ulcer: This is a type of ulcer that is directly related to local irritants. The residual crown left by a fractured tooth, calculus deposited on the surface of the tooth, uneven or misplaced teeth, the bad habit of biting the cheek, sharp edges formed by tooth wear, and roughly made dentures can all cause traumatic ulcers. For this type of ulcer, as long as the causative factors are discovered as early as possible, timely measures can be taken such as removing residual roots and crowns, grinding down sharp edges, cleaning tartar, and correcting cheek biting habits. If you take measures such as re-denture your teeth, they will heal quickly. However, if discovered too late and ineffective measures are taken, traumatic tongue ulcers may become cancerous.

2. "Malignant ulcer" caused by tumors: This type of ulcer is the result of local invasive development of malignant tumors. Systemic manifestations of malignant tumors may appear before the ulcer appears.

3. Caused by oral mucosal diseases: such as summer-onset oral ulcers, herpetic stomatitis, hand, foot and mouth disease, pemphigus and secondary pemphigoid ulcers, etc. These ulcers generally will not become malignant as long as antibacterial, antiviral, anti-allergic and other treatment measures are adopted in time, or the syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is adopted. But it should be noted that mucosal diseases that are precancerous lesions should not be taken lightly. If long-lasting ulcers appear on the basis of lesions such as leukoplakia, erythema, and lichen planus, you should be highly vigilant.

4. Tongue ulcer due to blood deficiency: This disease mostly occurs in the lips, root of tongue, and cheeks. The ulcer surface is often grayish white with slight redness and swelling around it. It heals one after another, continuously, and no trace is left after healing. It is accompanied by unbearable pain in the ulcer and headache, and the headache pulls the pain in the brow bone, increased menstrual flow, fatigue, palpitations, and restless sleep. It is due to blood deficiency in the body, and the blood deficiency is even worse during the menstrual cycle, because the blood cannot nourish the brain and causes headaches.

5. Tongue ulcers caused by excessive liver fire: This type of ulcer often occurs on the lips, gums, tip of the tongue and cheeks. The ulcers are yellow-white in color with redness and swelling around them. When there are many ulcers, they may even merge into pieces and cause severe pain. At the same time, symptoms such as pain on the top of the head, dizziness, irritability, and bitter taste in the mouth may also occur. This person has a constitution in which the liver yang is too hyperactive, and the yin blood flows downward during menstruation, causing yin blood deficiency and inability to suppress the liver yang, resulting in headaches and oral ulcers. You should pay attention to reducing liver fire in your daily life.

6. Blood stasis type tongue ulcer: The ulcer surface is light grayish white in color, and it develops quickly and heals slowly. Women often experience sudden development of several ulcers in the oral mucosa before and during menstruation, severe local pain, fixed-location headaches, dark purple menstrual blood, and ecchymosis. If not treated for a long time, the condition can easily worsen.

What are the treatments for tongue ulcers?

1. Gargle with salt water

Gargling with salt water every morning and before going to bed can effectively treat tongue ulcers.

Tips: The salt water should not be too salty

2. Go to bed early and get up early

Go to bed early and get up early every day, improve sleep quality to improve the body's immunity, and repair tongue ulcers through the body's repair function.

3. Eat a light diet

Quit smoking and drinking, do not eat spicy food, eat more broccoli, celery, green vegetables, cabbage, radish and other vegetables to supplement vitamins and chlorophyll. At the same time, eat more egg yolks to supplement vitamin B2. In addition, eat more watermelon and pears to clear away heat and reduce internal heat.

4. Apply honey

Dip a little honey with chopsticks and apply it to the ulcer on the tongue. Hold it in your mouth for 5 minutes and then swallow it. Do this once in the morning, noon and evening for best results.

Tips: The effect will be better if you apply New Zealand propolis

5. Watermelon frost spray

Go to the pharmacy to buy watermelon frost and spray it on the affected area of ​​the tongue three times a day, morning, noon and evening. If you want to get better faster, you can choose Chinese medicine for mouth ulcers. It will not hurt and will heal faster.

6. Oral tablets

Go to the pharmacy and get some vitamin C and vitamin B2 tablets. Take 1-2 tablets three times a day, morning, noon and evening.

7. Hospital visit

If the tongue ulcer is severe, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment to avoid delaying the condition.