Spots in mouth

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Spots in mouth

• Cheilitis

  Inflammation of the lips. Causes include infection (bacterial, viral or fungal) and irritants e.g. constant contact with saliva, excessive dryness.

• Candidiasis (oral, hands and feet)

  Normal human skin contains bacteria and fungi. Candidiasis happens when the fungus overgrows and invades the skin. Risk factors include warm moist environments, and a weakened immune system.

• Hand-foot-mouth disease

  HFMD (Hand-foot-mouth disease) is a highly contagious viral infection. To prevent transmission, patients should wash their hands regularly and avoid going to school until the ulcers have healed and the rashes have dried up. Patients often eat and drink less due to the painful mouth ulcers, hence it is important to monitor for dehydration and encourage food and water intake.

• Stomatitis
• Sweet syndrome
• Malabsorption syndrome / protein losing gastroenteropathy

• Enterovirus infection

  Enteroviruses are a group of viruses that can be transmitted by eating, swallowing, or breathing in contaminated food, water or airborne droplets. Usually infections are mild. Occasionally severe complications such as inflammation of organs like the heart, brain or liver can occur.

• Acute HIV infection
• Kawasaki disease