Accompanying symptoms of vesicles in the mouth
With aphthae, no further symptoms usually occur. Although there is pain when eating and occasionally also when speaking, general complaints are completely absent. If symptoms such as severe fatigue, fever, headaches and aching limbs or swelling of the lymph nodes occur, a doctor should be consulted.
There are clear indications that this is a disease that triggers a systemic reaction, i.e. one that affects the entire organism. This is often accompanied by a strong salivary flow. Although the triggering diseases are not diseases that often take a threatening course, medical treatment can help to alleviate the symptoms quickly.
Particularly in the case of viral infections, the extensive infestation of the oral mucosa can make the absorption of food and fluids considerably more difficult. While this leads to reduced performance and a strong feeling of illness in adults, the lack of fluid in children can have serious consequences. Signs of a severe fluid deficiency in children (desiccosis) are abnormal drowsiness, dry mucous membranes, highly concentrated urine and standing skin folds.
Fever can quickly increase the symptoms. A doctor should be consulted urgently. The yeast fungus disease thrush can also lead to desiccosis and weight loss due to insufficient food and fluid intake.
Stubborn, non-strippable coatings of the oral mucosa occur. In thrush disease, the infection can spread and lead to oesophagitis or an infestation of the gastrointestinal tract. Infection of the vaginal mucosa in women is also possible.
Further infestation can lead to additional symptoms. Blisters in the corner of the mouth can have various causes. The typical painful vesicles on the mucous membrane are in most cases the so-called aphtae.
These usually heal on their own after 2 – 3 days without therapy. However, the aphthae only occur on the mucous membrane. If the vesicle is on the inside of the corner of the mouth, this can be an aphtae.
However, if it is on the outside of the corner of the mouth or even on the lip, an aphthae is rather unlikely. In more common cases, the blister is a herpes infection. In this so-called stomatitis aphthosa, an initial infection with the herpes simplex virus, the vesicles can occur both on the mucous membrane of the mouth and on the lips.
Frequently, the blisters also occur more frequently in the oral cavity or on the lips. This is often accompanied by fever, fatigue and bad breath. In general, the herpes virus can very well go undetected in the human organism.
An outbreak or reactivation of the virus can be caused by stress, alcohol consumption or immunosuppressive drugs. The herpes blisters usually disappear again after about 1 week if an ointment or tincture is applied. In contrast to the aphthae, herpes blisters are usually weeping and burning, while the aphthae are very painful, especially when touched.
In stomatitis aphthosa the blisters can also appear on the lips. The vesicles grow over the course of a few days, eventually burst open and a secretion, initially light in colour and later yellowish incrusting, is produced. In adults, the herpes disease usually progresses with occasional formation of herpes blisters on the lips.
The herpes virus survives in the human organism and very efficiently eludes elimination by the immune system. Reactivation of the pathogens usually occurs under stress, excessive alcohol consumption or other infectious diseases. A common cold is usually an infection with viruses.
Most often the so-called rhinoviruses are responsible for this, which lead to an increase in the number of cases of illness, especially in the cold winter months. People who frequently suffer from aphthae sometimes notice an additional occurrence of the annoying mucous membrane ulcers in addition to the symptoms of the cold. An accumulation of aphthae in flu-like infections and gastrointestinal diseases has been observed. It is not clear why the occurrence of mucous membrane damage is increased in colds of all things. The herpes virus can also be reactivated by a cold and lead to lip herpes.
