Avoid sun or wind exposure, and use a lip balm with sunscreen.
Try these tips to help treat chapped lips. Avoid very hot, cold, or sweet foods and drinks if they make your pain worse.Avoid coffee, chocolate, spicy and salty foods, citrus fruits, nuts, seeds, and tomatoes.Or you can grind, mash, blend, or puree foods. These include ice cream, custard, applesauce, cottage cheese, macaroni and cheese, soft-cooked eggs, yogurt, and cream soups.
Eat soft, bland foods that are easy to swallow.Use a straw to keep the liquid from touching your mouth sore. Drink cold drinks, such as water or iced tea, or eat flavored ice pops or frozen juices.Make changes in your diet to relieve pain when you eat or drink.Try these tips to help care for a sore or ulcer inside your mouth. Self-care Caring for a sore or ulcer inside your mouth Many medicines also can cause mouth problems. Mouth problems may occur more often with other conditions and diseases, such as diabetes, Down syndrome, and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Your chances of having oral cancer are higher if you smoke, use smokeless (chew) tobacco, or use too much alcohol. The use of alcohol and tobacco can cause many mouth problems. Make sure that you brush your teeth twice each day and floss once a day to decrease the bacteria that can cause bad breath. Rapid swelling of the tongue can be caused by an allergic reaction, which can interfere with breathing.īad breath (halitosis) or changed breath can make you feel embarrassed. If your tongue problem is from some local irritation, such as tobacco use, the tongue problem may clear up when you remove the source of the irritation. Often the problems will go away if the surface of the tongue is regularly brushed with a soft-bristled toothbrush. A buildup of food and bacteria on the tongue may make the tongue look thick or furry ("hairy tongue"). Your tongue may become sore or swollen, or it may change color or texture. Your sense of taste may be decreased, lost, or changed, such as a metallic taste in your mouth. In babies, thrush may cause a rash in the diaper area. When the patches are wiped away, the area underneath looks red and raw and may bleed. Thrush appears on the mouth and tongue as white patches that look like cottage cheese or milk curds. It's caused by the yeast Candida albicans. This is a common infection of the mouth and tongue. This is commonly caused by irritation of the mouth, such as from a rough tooth or poorly fitting dentures rubbing against tissue or from smoking or using smokeless (spit) tobacco. Thick, hard, white patches inside the mouth that can't be wiped off (leukoplakia).Over time, having a dry mouth increases your risk of mouth infections, gum disease, and dental cavities. A common cause of dry mouth is dehydration. They can be caused by dry, windy, cold, or very hot weather. These can be caused by infection, a diet too low in vitamins, and over-closure of the mouth in someone who has been without teeth or dentures for some time. Tender, red splits or cracks at the corner of your mouth ( angular cheilitis).An infection is more serious when it causes rapid swelling of the tongue or throat and blockage of the airway. These can be caused by a virus (such as herpes simplex) or by bacteria (such as epiglottitis, or impetigo, or a sexually transmitted infection). Canker sores form inside the mouth, while cold sores and impetigo usually affect the area around the outside of the mouth. Sores, such as cold sores (also called fever blisters) and canker sores.Many of these problems can get better with home treatment. You may have bad breath or a sore on your lip, gums, or tongue that makes it hard to eat or talk. Your mouth may be dry, or food may not taste right.
A mouth problem can involve your gums, lips, tongue, or inner cheeks, the roof of your mouth (soft and hard palates), under your tongue, your neck, or your teeth. It is not unusual to have a problem with your mouth from time to time.
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