What kind of disease – “leukoplakia"? Treatment, symptoms, causes its worth to consider in this article. Leukoplakia – a disease of the mucous membranes of a person characterized by increased keratinization of the surface epithelium. Epithelial cells begin to form more active, the epithelium thickens and exfoliated. This disease can affect any mucous membrane but the most common complaint people come in with a lesion of either the genitals or the mouth.
Most Often this disease occurs in the mucosa of the lower lip, tongue, corners of mouth, cheeks in the area of occlusion, on the vaginal cervix, the vulva, the vaginal mucosa. In men affects the glans penis, the area prepucialna pouch and anus. Sometimes actinic spread and in the cervical canal. The incidence of disease increases several times after 30 years. Do not underestimate the disease - a disease such as leukoplakia, the treatment may simply be ignored or regarded as a signal to transition in cancer!
So, for reasons of developing the disease include:
local irritant effect: friction on mucosa damaged teeth, sharp edges of fillings, braces, irrational made prostheses, burns hot food or chemicals;
- bad habits: Smoking, frequent intake of alcohol, the usual susiana the mucosa of the lips and cheeks.
Leukoplakia: symptoms and forms.
There are 3 forms of the disease: flat, verrucous and erosive.
In the first form the person has no complaints, at least he drew attention to the appearance of a turbid whitish lesion on the mucous membrane, a feeling of tightness. On closer examination, is determined opalescent, mother-of-pearl station, which may rise on the background of unchanged mucosa or slightly raised and embossed. When you try to remove the “RAID” is defined by its dense cohesion to the underlying tissues.
With warty the form of people can notice the appearance of small growths that may interfere with wearing of the prosthesis or permanently injured while eating. Externally, the hearth looks like a sharply outlined area of keratinization, with a hummocky surface.
Erosive leukoplakia can be either a single form, or be a complication of the flat and verrucous (lumpy) shapes. It is the appearance of cracks and erosions on the background of the zone of increased keratinization.
In a separate clinical form is isolated leukoplakia smokers: a large plot of continuous keratinization in the region of the hard palate and part of soft. The disease is as soon as the person stops Smoking.
Mostly, the disease is virtually asymptomatic and are diagnosed accidentally during preventive examination or treatment of another disease. But despite a seemingly harmless, leukoplakia – precancerous disease which may at any time malignant and turn into cancer.
Leukoplakia: how to treat “sweet killer-2”?
In each case always require therapy, especially if we are talking about precancerous diseases, which include leukoplakia. Treatment – complex: elimination of local irritating factors, treatment of comorbidities, refusal of harmful habits, rational nutrition. In some cases you will have to consult with related professionals. Patients prescribed vitamins b and A. vitamin a is recommended to drink 3 times a day orally for 1-2 months. Vitamin b – 20-30mg per day orally or by intramuscular injection, 1-2 ml (6% solution). Prescribed sedatives: tincture of motherwort, Valerian, medicine Quater.
If leukoplakia treatment "notices" for a while, the doctor may recommend to remove the modified lesion surgically with the help of liquid nitrogen. To determine whether tumor cells piece of tissue is always sent for histological examination.
For better healing of fractures and erosions apply an oil solution of vitamin A, sea buckthorn oil, rosehip oil.
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