This article describes all the possible causes of the appearance of bubbles in the mouth on the mucous membrane and effective methods of treating the resulting pathology.
The first sign that allows you to suspect the occurrence of a formation in the mouth is the sensation of a foreign object.
Depending on its location, the bubble will cause various symptoms:
- Pain when chewing food if the bubble is located on the gums or tongue.
- Pain when talking or smiling occurs when a bubble appears on the inner surface of the lips.
- Pain and the sensation of a fish bone stuck in the throat occurs if the bubble is located at the root of the tongue, in the oropharynx or in the upper part of the larynx.
If you look at the neoplasm, you can see and evaluate the nature of the changes in the tissue:
- An elevation above the level of the mucosa in the form of a tubercle.
- Redness around the raised area.
- Swelling of the tissue around the elevation.
The 3 above signs are often signs of an inflammatory process and require careful monitoring of the course of the disease in order to promptly and correctly prescribe treatment.
It is worth noting that the bubble can be not only inflammatory in nature. If the formation of a vesicle and its presence are not accompanied by pain, redness, or swelling of the mucosal tissue, then the cause of the vesicle is not an inflammatory process, which narrows the range of possible causes and radically changes the direction of treatment.
In this case, you need to contact a dermatologist who will assess your health. In this case, treating yourself is dangerous to your health.
Features of appearance and diagnosis of neoplasms
In order to determine the true cause of the elevation of the mucous membrane in the mouth, it is necessary to look at it from the outside in daylight, although often at first glance all the changes in the mucous membranes are very similar, but there are still differences.
The bubble occurs with scarlet fever, food allergies or when using low-quality toothpaste.
Types of skin changes that may occur on the surface of the oral cavity:
- A spot is a change in skin color that does not rise above the surface of the skin. The cause may be a banal allergic reaction.
- A papule is a small spherical formation on the mucous membrane that is completely filled with fluid. It often has a transparent color and is accompanied by a slight inflammatory process around it. The cause of this change may be an injection or scratch from mucous food.
- A tubercle - in appearance it is very similar to a papule or vesicle, but does not contain liquid inside. Unsuccessful biting of the cheek between the teeth can provoke prolonged healing of the wound, which will lead to the formation of a tubercle.
- A node is a dense formation that does not contain fluid and rises very much above the surface of the skin. On palpation, the node is clearly palpable and often has a spherical shape. This picture occurs with pathology of the salivary glands. It is worth contacting an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
- A blister is a superficial formation, upon examination of which one can see the accumulation of fluid under the top layer of the skin. In the case of the oral cavity under non-keratinizing epithelium. This pathology occurs after a burn from hot food or air.
- A vesicle is a papule that has a capsule of liquid on its surface. More often, this liquid is clear or white.
- An ulcer is a round wound that has a depression inside and rough edges. Can be of various sizes. The cause of an ulcer can be a lot of local and general diseases, so if an ulcer does not heal for a long time, you should consult a dentist or surgeon.
Each of the formations has its own reason for its appearance, which greatly influences further treatment.
The main causes of a blood blister
The general condition and integrity of the oral mucosa usually indicates the level of health of the body. Often, by examining the appearance of the oral mucosa and blisters, the doctor makes a final diagnosis. After all, the symptoms of most infectious, bacterial, chronic, and acute processes that occur in the body are associated with changes in the integrity and color of the oral mucosa. Therefore, it is important to understand the main reasons that cause blood blisters to appear in the mouth.
Blood blisters are distinguished by the place of their occurrence - on the tongue, under the tongue, on the cheek. They can occur as a result of injury or be a signal of the presence of a serious disease in the body. Multiple blood blisters on the oral mucosa occur with stomatitis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and disturbances in the functioning of the endocrine system. The cause of the sudden appearance of a blood bubble in the mouth is damage to the mucous membrane.
There are the following types of injuries to the oral cavity:
- mechanical injury.
The cause may be various objects, solid food, biting the cheek; - chemical injury.
It occurs due to the consumption of spicy, salty foods, and exposure to chemicals on the mucous membrane. This irritates the delicate oral mucosa and causes injury; - thermal injuries.
Their appearance is provoked by too cold or hot food or drinks.
How to tell by appearance and feel?
The causes of changes in the oral mucosa can be a lot of factors, which can be divided into 2 groups:
- A group of general causes: diabetes mellitus, scarlet fever, syphilis, HIV infection.
- A group of local causes: injury to the mucous membrane by a foreign object (caramel, toothpick), tooth growth in the wrong position, stomatitis, biting one of the areas of the mucous membrane between the jaws, local manifestation of herpes infection.
Depending on what causes the bubble and which group the neoplasm belongs to, treatment is prescribed.
The first group is characterized by the use of general medications and treatment in inpatient or outpatient departments.
To treat group 2 blisters, topical drugs are used that act directly on the formation on the mucous surface. These medications eliminate the cause of the disease, which prevents the appearance of new blisters and eliminates existing elevations.
What to do if a bubble is detected?
- Determine the appearance of the formation.
- Guess the time of its occurrence.
- Suggest the reason for its occurrence.
- Treat the oral cavity with local antiseptic preparations 4-5 times a day.
- After 12-16 hours, evaluate the effect of antiseptics, and if the result is positive, continue treatment. If the result is negative, seek medical help.
You should not neglect treatment in such a delicate problem, since a person is a social creature and his appearance can greatly influence his fate.
Treatment Options
A small blister on the lip inside the mouth may disappear on its own , usually 20–60 days after the development of the tumor. But with weak immunity and the presence of concomitant diseases, the pathology can become chronic. In this case, even the surgical operation performed does not guarantee the complete disappearance of the blister. It will be deleted, but after some time it will appear again. Therefore, before radical intervention, it is better to try more gentle methods of therapy; for many patients they will be much more effective.
Medications must be prescribed by a doctor, since there is no universal cure for blisters on the oral mucosa. Each pathology has its own treatment protocol. Self-medication can lead to the pathology becoming chronic: blisters will pop up almost every day.
Drug names
When patients develop watery herpetic blisters, they are prescribed antiviral drugs:
- Virolex.
- Acyclovir.
- Zovirax.
- Medovir.
If water bubbles appear on the lips of a pregnant woman, the doctor will prescribe gentle therapy: treating the painful area with Oxolinic, Alpizarin or Tromontadine ointment. In consultation with your doctor, it is possible to use Acyclovir. Herpetic infection is not particularly dangerous for the fetus if treated correctly.
In parallel with antiviral drugs, it is necessary to use drugs to improve the condition of the immune system: Imudon, Aflubin. Sometimes patients are prescribed vitamin injections. To activate local immunity, you can smear the inside and outside of your lips with aqueous vitamin solutions.
If a person has caries, it must be cured, and the oral cavity itself must be sanitized. After this, you need to periodically treat the mucous membranes inside and outside the mouth with antiseptic drugs:
- Furacilin.
- Chlorhexidine.
- Miramistin.
To prevent the development of complications and anaphylactic shock, the doctor may prescribe the patient weak antihistamines, for example, Diazolin. If blisters in the mouth appear due to allergies, the patient will be prescribed stronger antihistamines: Suprastin, Zodak, Erius.
The transparent bubble (ball) on the inside of the lip does not hurt so much that painkillers are required. But sometimes medications based on lidocaine may be prescribed. They are usually indicated for patients with a low pain threshold and high sensitivity.
Antibacterial therapy for the occurrence of vesicular neoplasms on the lower or upper lip is needed only when a secondary infection occurs. Most often, blisters and pimples on the oral mucosa can be cured without antibiotics. There is only one exception - if a pimple appears on a patient with AIDS or tuberculosis, antibacterial agents will definitely be needed.
Surgical removal of the resulting blister
If a blister that pops up on the lip inside the mouth does not go away within a month, you will have to remove it with a scalpel or laser. You cannot open the bladder yourself; illiterate actions can lead to infection of the wound and a general deterioration of the condition.
In the clinic, tumors in the mouth are removed under local anesthesia; the operation is quick. Sometimes doctors decide not to remove the bubble, but to form a new channel for the removal of saliva.
Surgical intervention is indicated for mucocele and if the cause of the appearance of blisters on the lips is trauma, but opening herpes blisters is useless: the balls will only thicken and become more painful. Other types of dropsy are also best treated with medications.
What to do at home
Most often, the following folk remedies are used to combat white blisters on the inside of the lip:
- lotions from calendula tincture;
- applications based on sea buckthorn oil;
- oral baths based on bee products;
- ointments based on butter and propolis.
In addition, you can rinse your mouth with chamomile decoction or soda solution 4-5 times a day to prevent infection of healthy areas of the mucous membrane inside and outside the oral cavity. But using exclusively traditional medicine to treat tumors in the mouth is dangerous and simply unacceptable; they must be combined with medications.
A clear water bead can form on the inside of the lower lip for a variety of reasons. Whatever blisters pop up in your mouth, you need to go to a dermatologist or dentist, and then follow their recommendations. Any pimple that pops up in the mouth requires attention, diagnosis and timely treatment.
Treatment options
To treat blisters of the first group, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is used. The purpose of this treatment is to combat the cause of the disease, which is often microorganisms inside the human body.
For local treatment, it is better to use solutions of furatsilin, a weak solution of manganese.
They cause a disease, one of the symptoms of which is damage to the oral cavity. In such cases, in addition to local damage, there will be symptoms of general intoxication, enlarged lymph nodes, and sometimes a rash in other places on the skin.
A good addition to general treatment is the use of local anesthetic, disinfectant and antiseptic solutions for the oral cavity. They will quickly eliminate the symptoms of inflammation and pain, which will improve your well-being.
To treat group 2 blisters, it is better to use only topical medications. This will reduce possible side effects of general medications and ensure a quick recovery.
If it is not possible to purchase a solution of manganese and furatsilin, you can simply use soda-salt solutions, which do an excellent job against staphylococci and streptococci. It is these bacteria that often cause most inflammatory processes in the oral cavity.
For herpes infection, it is better to use combined antiviral treatment, which consists of ointments, tablets and vitamins.
Complications and prevention
Formations in the oral cavity are a sign of a serious health problem.
Therefore, if the condition does not improve within 24-48 hours, you must urgently contact your local physician, who will determine the cause of this symptom and refer you to the right specialist. Delay in providing medical care can lead to the spread of the inflammatory process into the subcutaneous fatty tissue of the neck, lymph nodes of the oropharynx and lower jaw.
Prevention is the best treatment for any disease, so using only washed vegetables and fruits, cleaning the mouth from food debris after eating, brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth 2 times a day will significantly reduce the risk of inflammatory processes.
Causes of blisters on the inside of the lip
Only a doctor can determine the exact cause of a pimple in the mouth; self-diagnosis will not give true results. If a small bubble appears on the lip inside the mouth, you can contact your local physician, but it is better to go straight to a dermatologist or dentist.
Mucocele is the main cause of oral blisters
A water bubble inside the mouth may be a mucocele or a retention cyst , a cavity that contains fluid. Most often, the tumor is localized in the lower jaw, but sometimes it forms on the tongue, palate or cheeks.
Mucocele occurs due to careless biting of food, burn or other injury to the oral mucosa. With this pathology, a small bubble with liquid first forms, and over time it increases in size.
The neoplasm may appear due to injury to the salivary glands. Saliva enters the oral cavity through microscopic channels called ducts. If any duct is damaged or blocked, there is nowhere for salivary secretions to be released, so fluid accumulates, gradually forming a blister. The same principle of bubble formation is observed in sialolithiasis, a chronic inflammation of the salivary glands. But in this case, several white bubbles appear on the lips at once.
Mucocele easily goes away on its own, but only if it is not injured by teeth. If the teeth are constantly in contact with the bubble, the tumor will have to be removed surgically.
The surface of the mucocele is pearly or even bluish in color with multi-colored tints from the inside. The diameter of the neoplasm usually varies between 0.2–1 cm, but the blister can be larger if it appeared a long time ago.
Small pimples in the mouth as symptoms of serious diseases
Sometimes watery blisters on the lips signal more serious diseases:
- about diabetes;
- about AIDS;
- about oral tuberculosis;
- about syphilis.
If the neoplasm is a symptom of one of these pathologies, then it is not the tumor that needs to be treated, but the underlying disease. Before prescribing drugs to treat dropsy, the doctor will ask the patient to donate blood for biochemistry. It is through these tests that the presence of a serious systemic illness will be revealed. Further diagnosis depends on the general clinical picture and symptoms of the disease.
Other causes of pimples on the oral mucosa
A blister can form on the inside of the lip for the following reasons:
- Stomatitis that occurs due to poor oral hygiene, injuries, allergies to toothpaste, dental diseases, poor diet, decreased immunity, bad habits and hormonal changes associated with puberty, pregnancy or menopause.
- Herpes, which appears due to infection of the body with the corresponding virus. It can appear both outside and inside the mouth.
- Candidiasis, which is activated due to long-term treatment with antibiotics or the installation of unsuitable dentures.
- More serious infections: herpes zoster, pemphigus.
