What to do if oral mucosa is burned

There is a mask inside the human mouth. The oral mucosa is very important, but it is also relatively fragile. When people eat, if they eat hot food without paying attention, it may cause burns to the oral mucosa. Generally, as long as the burn is not serious, no special treatment is required, but serious burns should be taken seriously. What should I do if my oral mucosa is burned?

What to do if you have oral burns?

Compared with burns on the head and face, burns on the oral cavity are more difficult to treat, and it is not easy to apply medicine inside the oral cavity. Overheated food can not only burn the mouth, but in severe cases it can also burn the esophagus and even cause esophageal stenosis. Different degrees of burns require different emergency treatment methods.

1. After being burned, the oral mucosa is damaged. Do not eat spicy, hot, or sour foods, and do not eat acidic foods.

2. Emergency treatment for mild cases (skin a little redness and pain, not too serious): rinse mouth repeatedly with cold water and eat some ice cream (or hold ice cubes in mouth). "Cooling therapy" has the effects of cooling down, reducing residual heat damage, reducing swelling, relieving pain, and preventing blistering. The cooling time should be more than 15 minutes. In addition, you can choose some commonly used external medicines for treating burns, such as safflower oil, lithospermum oil, and Jinwanhong, and apply them to the affected area.

3. Emergency treatment for bubbles or broken bubbles: No treatment is required for small bubbles and do not squeeze them. For soybean-sized blisters, if the wound is shallow, you can cut the blisters with sterilized scissors (it is recommended to do it in the hospital), dip them dry with sterilized cotton balls or gauze, and apply some comfrey oil or comfrey flower ointment. If the bubble is broken and water is leaking, seek medical attention immediately.

4. Emergency treatment of moderate or severe burns: Usually damage has already occurred, or the burn area is large and the degree of burn is deep. This type of burn can easily involve systemic diseases. Improper treatment may be life-threatening, so you should seek medical attention immediately.

5. For burns on the roof of the mouth caused by food that is too hot: gargle with warm salt water (1 cup of warm water plus one teaspoon of salt, stirred evenly) to relieve the symptoms. This is because salt can neutralize the acidity in the mouth and prevent bacterial infection. At this time, you should try to avoid hot food and crude fiber food, and eat more things that are easy to swallow and digest.

Special reminder: After oral burns, do not apply toothpaste, soy sauce, etc. on the wound casually. Doing so will not only affect the doctor's judgment of the condition, but also cause infection of the wound. You should immediately go to a specialist hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

Oral burns can be treated according to the following prescriptions:

1. Analgesics: Commonly used surface anesthetics include 0.5% dyclonine solution, which can usually be applied before eating to stop bleeding. In addition, sprinkling anti-allergic drugs such as diphenhydramine can also produce analgesic effects.

2. Gargle: 0.1% potassium permanganate, 0.1% rivanol, compound boric acid solution, 0.02%~0.04% chlorhexidine, etc.

3. Powder: Bingpeng powder, Xilei powder, sprinkle or blow on the affected area, several times a day.

4. You can also use oral ulcer patches.

In addition, drink more warm water. After being burned, the oral mucosa is damaged. Do not eat spicy, hot, or sour foods, do not eat acidic foods, and do not eat snacks. It will be healed in a few days. To keep your mouth fresh, you can chew sugar-free gum.

Apply some toothpaste or rinse your mouth with salt water to reduce inflammation, then take a mouthful of vinegar; if the pain still doesn't get better, take some antibiotics, or go to the hospital to get some mouthwash for local disinfection.