Stomatitis herbal treatment in adults. How to treat stomatitis in adults at home. Treatment of children's stomatitis

When treating stomatitis with folk remedies and recipes, it is necessary to eliminate any foci of infection (caries, gingivitis, etc.), filling defects, deposits on the teeth. This is necessary so that stomatitis does not return.

So, what and how to treat stomatitis in adults and children?

Egg white mouthwash is a very common folk remedy.

There is a scientific explanation for it: with infectious stomatitis, the content of the natural bactericidal component, lysozyme, is reduced in saliva. There is a lot of this substance in chicken egg white, so even doctors recommend this folk method of treating stomatitis. You need to wash the egg and release the protein in 100 g of warm water, beat. Do mouth rinses with this solution every 2 hours.

With ulcerative non-healing stomatitis in adults that has arisen against the background of other diseases, such a remedy will quickly help: 1 egg white, 1 tsp. honey, novocaine 5 mg, one ampoule of vitamin B1 and B6. Mix all this until foamy. Take on an empty stomach 1 tsp. Keep in the mouth until completely absorbed.

Water

Do mouthwash 5-8 times a day with clean hot water, especially after meals.

For a faster effect in the treatment of stomatitis, it is advisable to add soda (1 tsp per glass of water), or hydrogen peroxide (1 tsp peroxide per 0.5 glass of water), or potassium permanganate (to light -pink) or propolis tincture.

An excellent folk remedy for the treatment of stomatitis is not just water, but decoctions of medicinal herbs: St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula, yarrow, oak, horsetail, sage, hyssop. Some of these plants are antiseptics, the other strengthens the damaged mucosa, the third regulates the acidity in the mouth, relieves inflammation.

Application of aloe

If there are several sores, then you can chew aloe leaves, lubricate the affected areas with a piece of aloe. If the sore is one and conveniently located, apply an aloe leaf to it.

How to treat stomatitis in adults with garlic

Garlic has a strong bactericidal effect, so it is often used in folk methods for the treatment of stomatitis. The recipe is: 1 tbsp. l. crushed garlic mixed with 1 tsp. kefir or yogurt. Spread this mass over the surface of the sores. It will burn, but you have to be patient. Do 3 times a day.

Folk treatment with potatoes

Apply gruel from raw potatoes to the inflamed areas. The positive effect of this folk remedy is explained by the wound healing properties of potatoes.

Rinsing the mouth with carrot juice in recipes for the treatment of stomatitis in adults and children

Rinse your mouth 3 times a day with carrot juice diluted with water in a ratio of 1:1. Mucosal cells damaged by fungus or viruses do not have enough beta-carotene to fight the disease, and this substance is found in excess in carrots

Flax seeds are the main folk remedy for the treatment of mucous membranes throughout the body.

1 st. l. flax seeds pour 200 ml of boiling water, boil and strain. Do mouthwash for quick healing of wounds. Mucus from a decoction of seeds tightens all sores and cracks in the esophagus, stomach, intestines, under its protection, the mucosa is quickly restored

Silver water in the treatment of stomatitis in adults and children

To cleanse the body of an infection that provokes the development of stomatitis, it is useful to take silver water (water infused with silver) for 3-5 days, 3 glasses a day

With ulcerative stomatitis, rinse your mouth 5-6 times a day with infusion of kombucha.

The effect will be observed after 2 days of treatment.

Lugol's solution for the treatment of stomatitis in infants

You can treat stomatitis in infants with Lugol's solution in glycerin (sold in a pharmacy). Cotton swab lubricates the wounds in the mouth at least three times a day. This folk recipe works flawlessly for everyone

How to treat stomatitis in an infant with calendula

In infants, stomatitis is caused by the fungus Candida, the sores merge, become covered with a white coating, this phenomenon is also called thrush. For treatment, you need to brew 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried calendula flowers with a glass of boiling water. Insist hour. Wipe with a cotton swab or cotton pad moistened with this infusion, the oral cavity 3 times a day. Add carrot juice to the child's drinking water, the amount of juice depends on age.

Blue iodine - how to treat stomatitis in a child

In pharmacies, you can buy a solution of methylene blue, popularly called blue iodine. Dip a cotton swab in this solution and lubricate the wounds - they disappear in just 1-2 days. Blue iodine does not sting, this is the best and most reliable way to treat stomatitis in infants. But it will also help adults cure stomatitis!

Alternative treatment of stomatitis - healthy lifestyle recipes

Stomatitis in adults - treatment with a mixture of protein and honey

Take 1 tbsp. l. honey, unrefined sunflower oil, an ampoule of novocaine and egg white, mix all this thoroughly, keep the mixture in your mouth for 10-15 minutes 6-8 times a day. Usually on the third day, sores in the mouth are completely gone. (Healthy lifestyle 2002 No. 8, p. 18,)
In the treatment of stomatitis in children, the child’s mouth is lubricated with this mixture (HLS 2004 No. 2, p. 25)

Stomatitis in children - treatment with calendula

At the age of two, the whole mouth was covered with sores. His mother brewed calendula flowers and let her son hold it in her mouth and then spit it out. They rinsed twice, and the child's mouth became clean. (HLS 2002 No. 16, p. 18,) Healer Clara Doronina also advises treating stomatitis at home with the help of infusion of calendula flowers. Rinse your mouth every 2 hours. (Healthy lifestyle 2003 No. 7, pp. 22-23)

Treatment with chlorophyllipt

With stomatitis, chlorophyllipt helps well - it is an extract from eucalyptus cones. It is sold in pharmacies in two forms - alcohol and oil. Children can be treated with this remedy, because the solution has a neutral taste and a very slight smell. 10 drops of chlorophyllipt are taken for half a glass of water. This folk remedy also helps with sore throat, cough, diarrhea. (HLS 2004 No. 1, p. 25)

Home treatment of stomatitis in a child with aloe

At the age of three, a girl fell ill with stomatitis, so much so that she also infected adults in the family. She couldn't eat anything, she was crying in pain. Medicines prescribed by doctors did not help. It was possible to cure stomatitis with the help of a folk remedy: they cut off a piece of aloe and lubricated the gums for themselves and their daughter three times a day. The next day, everything seemed to disappear - both in the child and in adults. (HLS 2004 No. 9, p. 26)

Boric Vaseline

When stomatitis in children, it is necessary to treat the oral cavity with boron vaseline. The temperature drops quickly and the sores heal. (Healthy lifestyle 2005 No. 22, p. 30)

Home treatment with alum

A woman has sores in her mouth - stomatitis. She could neither eat nor drink. The dentist treated unsuccessfully. A neighbor advised me to buy alum at the pharmacy and rinse several times a day. A week later, all the sores healed. To prepare a medicine, you need to take a piece of alum and dilute it in boiled water. to taste something viscous and sour. If a child has stomatitis, it is necessary to wrap a finger with a bandage, moisten it in a solution and treat the baby's mouth. (Healthy lifestyle 2005 No. 22, p. 31)

Treatment of stomatitis in children and adults with onion broth

Finely chop a medium-sized onion and pour 30-50 ml of water. Bring to a boil and cool. Adults should keep this decoction in their mouths. To cure stomatitis in a child, you need to wash your hands with soap, wrap your finger with a bandage, dip it in a decoction and lubricate the oral cavity (HLS 2006 No. 2, p. 33)

Stomatitis in a child - how to treat viburnum with honey

When the child developed sores in his mouth, the doctor prescribed him bitter nystatin. But the child did not take this bitterness into his mouth and resisted the treatment in every possible way. Then the grandmother prepared him a viburnum puree with honey, which the child ate with pleasure. So it was possible to quickly cure stomatitis - just 2 days. (2007 #22, p. 33)

Tea rose liquor for treating adults

Rose petals are good for treating oral diseases (stomatitis, sores, cracks). The woman had stomatitis, which could not be cured for 3 years, her whole mouth was covered with ulcers, she could hardly eat anything, and she lost a lot of weight. Friends gave her a remedy based on tea rose petals, after 10 days the disease disappeared.

To prepare this folk remedy for stomatitis, you need to collect the petals of a tea rose 9c 60-80 roses), put in an enamel bowl, pour 2 liters of boiling water, put to infuse for a day. Then strain, add 2 kg of sugar, 500 ml of good vodka, 1 tbsp. l. citric acid. The color should be like tea. Collect the petals when the rose has just begun to crumble. How to treat: in the evening before going to bed, take a sip of liquor into your mouth, rinse in your mouth for about a minute and swallow. Most of the time it goes away in the morning. This remedy helps someone the first time, someone 3-4 times, but it always helps. (2008 No. 8, p. 33)

A disease such as stomatitis is not uncommon - almost every adult faces it. Sometimes the lesion of the oral mucosa takes a chronic form. For any ailment, including stomatitis, it is best to seek help from a specialist. However, this is not always possible. Fortunately, stomatitis in adults can be treated at home. Today we will talk about how this can be done with folk remedies.

The most common causes of the disease we are considering are:

• violation of hygiene in the mouth;
• mechanical damage due to the use of certain foods, such as nuts.

It also occurs for the following reasons:

• allergic reaction;
• taking medications: mainly antibiotics and antiepileptic drugs;
• smoking;
• leukemia;
• other diseases in which the human body lacks iron;
• chemotherapy and radiation therapy (carried out for oncological diseases).

Before moving on to talking about how to get rid of stomatitis at home, a few words should be said about the symptoms of the disease. By what signs can a person determine that he is dealing with this disease?

1. At the very beginning, people with the disease we are considering experience a slight dryness in the oral cavity, as well as discomfort.
2. After that, after a couple of days, a grayish-white coating forms on the inner surface of the cheeks and tongue. In the future, it also passes to other parts of the oral cavity, especially to the inner surface of the lips. Sometimes this plaque is found even in the corners of the lips.
3. And, as a result, small sores appear in the oral cavity. They are covered with the coating, which was discussed above. When they are damaged, a person feels severe pain.

This is what dental rashes look like.

Also, with stomatitis, almost always a person faces the following unpleasant moments:

• increased salivation;
• severe redness of the oral mucosa;
• bad breath;
• elevated body temperature.

Alternative methods of treatment of stomatitis

First of all, it should be noted that the treatment of stomatitis with folk remedies in adults and children is somewhat different.

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It is not worth using the methods that will be discussed below on children. The fact is that a fragile children's body may not tolerate any substances, even if they are completely natural.

So, folk remedies for stomatitis that have proven their effectiveness:

1. Rinsing the mouth with a solution of water and hydrogen peroxide. To prepare it, you need to take about half a glass of water and add one teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide to it. To obtain the desired result - relieving pain - rinsing must be carried out at least three times a day.
   
   
2. Propolis is a well-known folk remedy. Ready propolis tincture (you can buy it at any pharmacy) should be diluted with half a glass of water. This solution has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect and, when used in combination with the recipe mentioned above, will significantly reduce the recovery time.
   
3. Aloe and Kalanchoe. The juices of these plants also have an excellent ability to kill microorganisms dangerous to humans. Juice for ease of use can be diluted in a small amount of water and rinse the mouth with the resulting solution. Not bad and just chew the leaves of these plants. In this case, they should be thoroughly washed with boiled water before use.
   
   
4. Garlic. This vegetable is known to everyone for its bactericidal qualities. To treat stomatitis at home with folk remedies, garlic, very finely chopped or pressed through a grater, is mixed with a small amount of sour cream. This mixture is kept in the mouth for just a couple of minutes several times a day.
   
   
5. Raw potatoes. This must be grated or cut into small thin slices and applied to the wound in the oral cavity.
   
   
6. Carrot juice. You should take only freshly squeezed juice, otherwise the effectiveness of this procedure will seriously decrease. It is required to dilute it with boiled water in a ratio of 1: 1 and rinse the mouth cavity obtained with the solution at least 3 times a day.
   
   
7. Cabbage juice. Everything is the same as in the previous paragraph.
8. Crap juice. Several vegetable tubers are passed through a juicer and diluted with a glass of boiled water. Rinsing should be done at least 3 times a day.
9. Tea mushroom. An infusion of it is an excellent treatment for any form of stomatitis. Just do mouth rinses about every hour, and already on the first day you will notice a significant relief in your condition.
   
10. Linden. One tablespoon of the crushed plant is poured with one glass of water and infused for several hours. Rinse your mouth after every meal.

No less effective are such folk remedies for the treatment of stomatitis - infusion and decoctions of various medicinal herbs. It is best to give preference to St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula, sage, blackberry leaves, currant fruits, raspberries and sea buckthorn.

Ideally, if you have the opportunity to use all of the above. But if not, then don't worry. In any case, two teaspoons of the plant are taken and poured with two glasses of boiling water. The mixture must be allowed to brew for a couple of hours. Chilled infusion rinses the mouth for ten days.

Unusual folk recipes

Treatment with folk remedies also provides for more complex recipes that allow you to effectively treat stomatitis at home. For example:

1. A mixture of one ampoule of novocaine (or any other similar painkiller), a teaspoon of vegetable oil, a teaspoon of honey and one yolk. The resulting slurry must be applied to wounds in the oral cavity several times a day.
2. A mixture of onion skins. This traditional method is suitable for the treatment of more serious stages of the development of stomatitis. To prepare it, you need to take approximately three teaspoons of chopped onion peel and put in a saucepan with half a liter of water. After boiling for 20 minutes, the infusion should stand for at least five hours under the lid. Next, filter the mixture and dilute it with water - as a result, about half a liter of broth should learn. Rinse the mouth three times a day by slightly warming the decoction.

With self-treatment of stomatitis at home, pharmacy vitamin complexes should also be taken as a supplement. Preference should be given to those that are saturated with vitamins C, A, E and B vitamins.

We should also say a few words about prevention. Everyone knows that preventing the occurrence of any disease is easier than treating at home. To prevent stomatitis, regular brushing twice a day is sufficient. Experts advise rinsing the mouth with ordinary boiled water at room temperature.

Classification of stomatitis

Depending on the form of the disease we are considering, the treatment of stomatitis at home will differ. Currently, experts distinguish the following forms of stomatitis:

1. catarrhal. In this case, the upper layers of the epithelium are fused in a person. Patients note severe dryness in the mouth and greater sensitivity of the oral cavity to food. The treatment is simple: it is enough to regularly rinse, aimed at combating pathogenic microorganisms. A pharmaceutical preparation such as furatsilin or ordinary chamomile is perfect.
2. Aphthous. This form of stomatitis is chronic. With it, a person is faced with a rash in the mouth, pain and even an increase in body temperature. Mouth ulcers, which significantly weaken the body's defenses, cause particular problems. With self-treatment of stomatitis in this form, in addition to folk recipes, it is imperative to use pharmacy preparations - antibiotics and antiseptics.
3. Herpetic. With stomatitis in herpetic form, a person is faced with a rash on the inner surface of the cheeks and lips. Over time, it transforms into abscesses. With strong immunity, the disease passes without any outside help.

The place of manifestation of the catarrhal form is covered with a yellow or white coating. There is pain in the affected area. Herpetic stomatitis

In conclusion, I would like to note that in the process of treating stomatitis, it is best to refrain from eating aggressive foods: dishes with a very large amount of salt and sugar, vinegar, various seasonings and spices, as well as alcoholic beverages and cigarettes. In this case, the treatment will be much more efficient and will take significantly less time.

It would be useful to note cases when it is worth abandoning the idea of ​​​​treating stomatitis at home, and seek help from a specialist. So, if you have the following symptoms, be sure to visit the clinic, and do not think about how to treat stomatitis at home:

• a significant increase in body temperature (more than 39 degrees);
• the appearance on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity and on its outer side of bubbles that contain liquid;
• severe inflammation of the eyes;
• rash on the genitals;
• serious deterioration in general condition.

Be attentive to your body, and then you will be able to detect the disease at the very beginning of its development. And this, in turn, will allow how to cure stomatitis at home in the shortest possible time.

Stomatitis is a very common ailment that many people suffer from at least once in their lives. Sometimes stomatitis acquires a recurrent form, that is, it repeats with a certain frequency. In this case, most likely, the causes of the onset of the disease are deeper than just a violation of oral hygiene or mechanical injury from some irritating food. In this case, the right decision would be to consult a doctor in order to correctly diagnose the type or type of stomatitis and, accordingly, prescribe an effective treatment. can be read in this article.

But often, many try to treat stomatitis on their own. Treatment of stomatitis at home often leads to positive results - pain is reduced, the duration of the disease is reduced. The only thing to understand is that the treatment of adults is usually somewhat different from the treatment of children, especially infants and children under three years of age. After all, not all pharmaceutical preparations or even folk remedies can be tolerated by young children. It is difficult for very young children to rinse the mouth without swallowing infusions or solutions, they can only wipe the mucous membrane in the mouth, and then not by any means.

As you know, stomatitis is most often expressed in small sores (aphthae) that appear in the oral cavity, in the form of irritation, redness, plaque or vesicles with a clear liquid. Bursting, the bubbles leave behind a painful erosion. can be carried out both with available pharmaceutical preparations and traditional medicine.

Home remedies for stomatitis for adults

• Regular rinsing of the mouth with a solution of water with hydrogen peroxide: 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide will be sufficient for half a glass of water. Rinsing three times a day will relieve pain.
• Alcohol tincture of propolis, diluted in the same proportion in half a glass of water, has an anti-inflammatory effect and, alternating with rinsing with hydrogen peroxide, significantly accelerates the course of the disease.
• Aloe or Kalanchoe also helps relieve inflammation. It is good to rinse your mouth with freshly squeezed aloe or Kalanchoe juice during the day, or you can simply chew the washed leaves for several minutes.
• Garlic has proven itself well in folk remedies for combating stomatitis, since it has bactericidal properties. Garlic is crushed and mixed with sour cream. The mixture is kept in the mouth several times a day for half an hour.
• Raw potatoes are rubbed on a grater or cut into thin slices and applied to a sore spot.
• Freshly squeezed carrot juice diluted in half with water will help if you rinse your mouth with this solution three times a day.
• Similar to carrot juice, cabbage juice, diluted in the same proportions with water, helps. They need to rinse their mouth with the same frequency.

Treat stomatitis at home possibly infusions or decoctions of medicinal herbs. Suitable St. John's wort, flat-leaved eryngium, chamomile, erect cinquefoil, calendula, sage, blackberry leaves, currant, raspberry, sea buckthorn fruits. All together (or whatever is available from the above) is taken in two teaspoons and mixed dry in one bowl, then poured with boiling water in the volume of three glasses and infused for several hours. Rinse your mouth with a warm solution for 10 days.

In the treatment of stomatitis, traditional healers offer more complex prescription formulas. For example:

• Composition: 1 ampoule of novocaine, one teaspoon of vegetable oil and honey, one egg white. Sore spots are lubricated with this mixture.
• A more advanced form of stomatitis is treated with a decoction of onion peel: about 100 g (3-4 teaspoons) of onion peel per half liter of water, boil for about 15 minutes, leave for 6-8 hours, filter, add boiled water, bringing the total volume of the decoction to half -liter, and in a warm form, rinse the oral cavity three times a day.

Treatment of stomatitis at home should be accompanied by the intake of vitamin-containing products, primarily rich in vitamins A, C, E, group B.

It is also important to prevent this disease. First of all, preventive measures include regular brushing of teeth twice a day. Most toothpastes contain substances that disinfect and even somewhat anesthetize the oral cavity. As a prophylactic, doctors recommend rinsing the mouth after any meal with warm water.

You should also be advised to listen to your health - perhaps stomatitis occurs as an allergic reaction to some food, or as a result of a weakened immune system and may be accompanied by more serious internal diseases. Therefore, if stomatitis bothers you quite often, you still need to see a doctor for a detailed examination.

Home remedies for stomatitis in children

Infants often have fungal stomatitis. Recognizing the presence of stomatitis in an infant is very easy: if you see whitish spots on the tongue or inside the mouth on the cheeks, often similar to curdled milk, this means that there is an infection in the mouth. Home treatment of stomatitis in a small child, it should be started immediately. After all, the painful condition of the baby may be accompanied by the fact that he will begin to refuse to take the breast, which should also alert the mother. Therefore, periodically pay attention to the condition of the mucous membrane in the mouth of an infant.

The infection can get to the baby through a dummy, nipple, as a result of breastfeeding.

The arsenal of fighting this disease in young children is not so great.

• Mix a dessert spoon of baking soda in a glass of water. The oral cavity, nipples, toys, pacifiers, as well as the mother's breasts, must be wiped with this solution moistened with a gauze or cotton swab before feeding.
• You can use a decoction of chamomile or calendula flowers, which in the same way need to wipe the child's mouth. 1 dessert spoon of grass with a slide is steamed with one glass of boiling water and infused for an hour or two.
• An older child is suitable for rosehip oil, peach oil, Kalanchoe juice, linseed oil, which are used as a rubbing of wounds.
• If a child has learned to rinse his mouth, such a remedy is suitable for him: in 0.5 glass of warm water, shake 1 protein and beat well. Rinse with the solution three times a day.
• Carrot and cabbage juice, potatoes, onion peel - all these products may well be suitable for an adult child of 6-7 years old.

At home, the treatment of stomatitis in children is not accompanied by nervous tension, crying, as if it were at a doctor's appointment - due to the fact that all children are afraid of "people in white coats."

If the listed remedies do not help, try this recipe:

• Make such a herbal collection: mix 1 dessert spoon of birch leaves with a slide, 2 the same spoons of sage herb, 3 the same spoons of rose hips, 1 spoon of oregano herb. Pour the entire collection with one liter of boiling water, then let it brew for several hours. Mix the resulting infusion with kombucha and let this mixture stand for three days. Gargling the resulting mixture in the mouth three times a day should help your child.

Treatment of stomatitis with folk remedies

Stomatitis manifests itself in the form of inflammation of the mucous membrane in the inner surface of the oral region. There are various forms of stomatitis, due to different reasons for its appearance, but the signs of stomatitis are generally similar. This is redness, swelling, irritation inside the mouth, painful sores, whitish or transparent blisters.

There are a lot of medicines aimed at curing this disease, but adherents of a natural lifestyle prefer to use folk remedies for stomatitis. After all, stomatitis is a rather “ancient” disease and the accumulated experience of traditional medicine allows you to successfully deal with such a disease.

Treatment of stomatitis folk remedies includes the treatment of the oral region with natural herbal preparations prepared in the form of decoctions, infusions or fresh, unprocessed.

Among the folk remedies for stomatitis is present:

• Anise ordinary
• Badan thick-leaved
• verbena officinalis
• Oak bark
• pomegranate flowers
• White cabbage
• Kalanchoe
• Potentilla erectus
• Carrot
• pharmaceutical camomile
• Salvia officinalis

Recipes for the treatment of stomatitis folk remedies

• Pour a tablespoon of anise fruits with a glass of boiling water and strain for half an hour. Helps with catarrhal and ulcerative stomatitis, if rinsed with infusion three times a day.
• Badan, verbena, chamomile, calendula, oak bark - all these herbs separately (which are available) take one spoon each and pour a glass of boiling water, boil in a water bath for about 15 minutes. You can insist in a thermos or just under a closed lid for an hour or two . All these infusions perfectly remove inflammation and disinfect the oral cavity, and also act as an anesthetic.

In the treatment of stomatitis with folk remedies, Kalanchoe juice, cabbage juice, carrot juice, horseradish juice are actively used. All these juices, half diluted with water, are used to rinse and wipe the affected skin.

Stomatitis is an inflammatory disease of the mucous membrane of any of the structures of the oral cavity, including the cheeks, gums, tongue, and palate. In the broadest sense, a disease can have many different causes and manifestations.

Numerous pathological factors lead to the development of the disease, and the disease itself gives a person a lot of inconvenience.

Causes and symptoms

The resulting inflammation of the oral mucosa usually appears for the following reasons:

• violation of the rules of oral hygiene;
• protein nutritional deficiency;
• ill-fitting dentures;
• injuries to the mucous membranes of the mouth, such as burning with hot food or drink;
• allergic reactions to medicines;
• radiation therapy;
• infections of various etiologies (bacterial, fungal, viral);
• severe anemia.

Lack of iron, vitamins B2, B3, B6, B12, and folic acid in the body can cause genetic downregulation of these elements, resulting in impaired epithelial cell regeneration.

Stomatitis can be mild and localized or severe and widespread, but either way it is very painful.

The disease is characterized swelling and redness of the mucous membranes, the appearance of painful ulcers on their surface. They interfere with swallowing, chewing food and often cause dehydration and malnutrition.

The disease is accompanied by fever, sometimes up to 40 degrees, salivation, difficulty swallowing and chewing, bad breath. Depending on the type of stomatitis, ulcers can be white to bright red in color.

Treatment of stomatitis, as a rule, is successfully carried out at home. Therapy for this disease is medication, i.e. with the use of pharmaceutical preparations (tablets, ointments, gels, powders, etc.), and folk, i.e. means of traditional medicine.

Before starting treatment, general recommendations should be followed.

1. Family safety. If erosions and sores are found on the mucous membranes, it is important to take care of the protection of other family members. A sick child needs to provide a set of linen and utensils for food.

   After each meal, it is necessary to thoroughly wash and treat it with boiling water, and also make sure that none of the family members uses the towel of a sick child.

1. Following a special diet. The nutrition of the child during the period of illness should be sparing, rough or spicy food should be avoided so as not to injure painful sores in the mouth. You should also refuse sweets, hot or cold food, which, in addition, should have a uniform consistency, similar to mashed potatoes.

   The diet should include vegetables and fruits of a soft structure (for example: bananas, peaches, melons), soups, juices, low-fat dairy products. After drinking milk, rinse your mouth thoroughly.

2. Take vitamins to boost your immune system. It is important not to allow the infection to spread to the entire oral cavity.

How to help children

In children, stomatitis is quite common. The reason for this is the weak immune system of the child, the habit of dragging hands into his mouth and tasting everything.

Sometimes stomatitis can become a concomitant disease. In this case, the treatment is carried out in parallel.

Children have stomatitis successfully treated on an outpatient basis, but for this it is important that the disease is detected at an early stage and therapy is started in a timely manner.

Treatment of the disease with drugs at home should be aimed at:

• reduction of pain in the oral cavity;
• reduction of symptoms of the disease.

For effective treatment of the disease outside the hospital, the following drugs are used:

1. Pain relievers. They allow you to reduce pain sensations and restore appetite (after all, with stomatitis, children often refuse to eat). These funds include:

• lidocaine, benzocaine, trimecaine;
• asept, instillagel;
• lidochlor, camistad.

1. Means for cleansing mucous membranes from ulcers. Bacterial plaque interferes with the healing of wounds and sores. To prevent the disease from turning into a permanent, sluggish form, the oral cavity should be regularly treated with special preparations. These funds include:

• hydrogen peroxide;
• carbamide peroxide;
• chlorhexidine digluconate.

1. Antimicrobials. The use of such drugs is advisable for re-infection of the mucosa. This method is invasive and is not used for young children.

Using folk recipes for the treatment of children's stomatitis, it should be remembered that not all medicinal plants are equally useful for the child's body. Many of these can be poisonous or toxic to a child. Before you start using medicines from traditional therapy recipes, you should agree them with your doctor.

Folk methods include rinsing with decoctions and solutions.

In the next video, you will find a “sweet” recipe for stomatitis from nettle and honey, which children will definitely like:

How to help adults

It is possible to treat stomatitis in an adult, both with the help of medicines and traditional medicine recipes. Drug therapy for stomatitis in adults is similar to pediatric treatment. To combat the disease, creams, gels, ointments, as well as tablets and capsules are used.

Before an adult begins to treat stomatitis, he needs to give up smoking and alcohol. Otherwise, therapy will be ineffective.

Also important diet, do not eat sour, salty or sweet: such food provokes the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria, causes pain.

Traditional medicine for adults is slightly different from recipes for children. The most popular recipes are listed below.

Use of soda

Soda is an amazing tool that is used in cooking, everyday life and for the treatment of certain diseases, which include stomatitis. The use of this substance helps to reduce pain and accelerates the healing process of mouth ulcers.

In addition, it has the following useful properties:

1. Destroys pathogenic bacteria, acts as an effective antiseptic.
2. Helps to neutralize the increased acidity of the mouth.

Treatment of stomatitis with soda is safe for the health of both adults and children, including newborns..

As a medicine, soda is used for rinsing the mouth, wiping wounds and ulcers with a gauze swab dipped in soda, single ulcers can simply be sprinkled with “healing powder”. Procedures should be performed regularly, 3-5 times a day until complete recovery.

Disease prevention

Everyone knows that any disease is easier to prevent than to treat it later. In order to prevent stomatitis, the following requirements should be met:

• follow the rules of oral hygiene;
• eat right, take vitamins;
• harden the body;
• avoid hypothermia and infections;
• avoid burns of the mucous membranes of the mouth (do not drink hot drinks and do not eat hot food).

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• Benjamin

  April 1, 2015 at 12:38 pm

  In its pure form, I would not recommend hydrogen peroxide for rinsing the mouth, because it acts too actively on the inflamed mucous membrane and severe pain may appear. It is better to use a solution with clean water.
  Also, hydrogen peroxide can be replaced with ordinary salt, one teaspoon of which must be dissolved in a glass of water.
  There is a way to treat stomatitis at home by rinsing with water with the addition of a few drops of iodine to it.
  For children, the most suitable ways to treat stomatitis will be rinsing with infusions of chamomile or oak bark, they taste better than medications. And, of course, be sure to see a dentist! I personally encountered the fact that the local pediatrician diagnosed the child with suspicion of stomatitis, but the fact of the disease was not confirmed in the dental clinic, revealing inflammation of the gums as a reaction of the mucosa to the eruption of the first teeth.

• Victoria

  September 21, 2015 at 5:53 am

  At me here at the stomatitis has begun, so I am afraid of the child not to infect.

• Alyona

  September 9, 2016 at 9:24 am

  I noticed that the child has rounded sores on the tongue with a white rim, I think this is stomatitis. The question arose, how and with what to treat them and why do they appear? Can they be caused by sweets? We also have a slightly lower hemoglobin. Or is it because he sucks his fingers? Or maybe we brush our teeth badly?
  with treatment it is even more difficult for us, he does not allow to wipe his tongue, and he still does not know how to rinse his mouth. Advise what we should do? And how to prevent the appearance of stomatitis. Thank you.

• Victoria

  October 12, 2016 at 8:41 am

  Stomatitis is my problem. On average, once every 2-3 months, ulcers appear on the mucosa in my mouth. In the first day or two still nothing, tolerable. But then, when they get big and burst, the nightmare begins. It is hard for me to speak and chew, and it seems that the whole mouth is one big wound. At the first sign of stomatitis, I start rinsing my mouth with chlorhexidine, soda and Odol, which my grandmother brings us from Germany. To reduce pain, I lubricate the sores with children's gum gel. It usually goes away within a week.

• Irina

  November 2, 2016 at 7:25 am

  Victoria, don't you know that chlorhexidine is dangerous? Even Sun Ping has issued a ruling to ban its use in oral hygiene products. So my advice to you is not to risk your health. There are safe means, for example, periodontocide. This remedy will help get rid of stomatitis and is completely safe. It contains essential oils, and other medicinal components that are excellent in the treatment of stomatitis.

• Elena

  November 29, 2016 at 01:51 pm

  I cured stomatitis with Aftofix - this is such a balm, it is produced in Switzerland, so the quality is at its best. I applied it to the sores, a film formed on them, under which healing took place. It helped me quickly, so I highly recommend it from my own experience.

• Elena

  March 21, 2017 at 04:54 pm

  I mixed the peroxide with water and rinsed, and then immediately dissolved the Trachisan tablets to kill the bacteria in the oral cavity. Wounds heal in a couple of days.

• Agnia

  April 21, 2018 at 03:14 pm

  I also encountered stomatitis, it turns out that it hurts quite a lot. I even went to the doctor, because I did not know how to treat. The doctor recommended using Holisal according to the instructions, it has antimicrobial properties and it helps to reduce pain. I actually feel better since I started using it.