Oral ulcer of betel nut
1 Why can't eat areca open his mouth?
When areca nut is eaten, it needs to be chewed for a long time to make all the juice in it permeate and squeeze out, and the muscles in the mouth also have long-term activities, and areca nut residue has serious irritation to the oral mucosa, which can easily lead to submucosal muscle fibrosis for a long time. Once the muscles are fibrosed, it will affect the mouth opening.
Why can't eat areca open his mouth?
2 What should I do if eat areca can't open his mouth?
Abstain from betel nut
Chewing betel nut for a long time will have a slight impact on the mouth opening. It is necessary to quit betel nut as soon as possible, reduce the mechanized exercise of chewing betel nut in the mouth, and reduce the continued harm of betel nut residue to the mouth. First, adjust the trauma in the mouth.
Abstain from betel nut
bland diet
There are too many eat areca. When the mouth can't be opened, besides giving up betel nut, we also need a light diet. We can't eat spicy food, smoke or drink alcohol, so as to speed up the healing of oral trauma.
bland diet
Open mouth exercise
After a period of conditioning, the trauma in the oral cavity is basically healed, and when you feel no pain, you can properly open your mouth. At first, you may have some pain because you will strain fibrotic muscles. You need to endure and insist, and gradually increase the degree of opening your mouth, and it will return to normal in almost 3~5 months.
Open mouth exercise
Cancer treatment
Some people who chew betel nut can't open their mouths, which is not entirely due to the fibrosis of muscles in the mouth, but also the possibility of oral cancer. Chewing betel nut is one of the high-risk factors of oral cancer. This kind of patient needs to treat the cancer focus first, and the operation must be performed as soon as possible to avoid the spread of cancer cells.
Cancer treatment
Vitamin b supplementation
Vitamin B can promote the recovery of oral mucosa. Therefore, when chewing betel nut, you need to take some vitamin B tablets regularly, which can speed up the healing of oral trauma. In addition, if there is oral inflammation, you need to use some anti-inflammatory drugs for external use.
Vitamin b supplementation
3 How to quit betel nut
Substitution method
Areca nut is a soft drug, which is addictive. Therefore, if you want to quit, you need not only strong willpower, but also some chewing foods to replace the chewing needs of your mouth. It is suggested to use chewing gum instead, and gradually reduce the amount of eat areca, and you will naturally quit after a while.
Substitution method
Understand the harm and help quit.
Many people are chewing betel nut, but they don't know how harmful it is to human body. It is suggested that some side effects of chewing betel nut can be collected online first, and some photos of oral cancer can be seen. After understanding these hazards, the willpower to quit betel nut will be enhanced many times.