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What Is The Little White Ball In Front Of The Skin Connecting To The Upper Lip?
I developed a little white ball right in front of the strip of skin connecting the upper lip to the gums (superior labial frenulum?). It is been here for 3 days now, and it causes pain when i drink water, sometimes all on its own. It looks like a white head.
Please help.
Megan
Please help.
Megan
Sat, 19 Apr 2014
Hi,
The little ball like cyst in your mouth near gum can be-
- A mucocele-that is trapped mucus in a cyst like thing.When secondarily infected it may cause pain on it's own.
- Fungal infection of oral mucus membrane / B complex defesiensy rarely can present this way.
* usually it resolves itself within a weeks time. Saline gargles several times a day help.
Oral application of Zytee solution /B complex supplements are sometimes needed.
Some times mucocele needs surgical/laser intervention for removal.
Thanks.
The little ball like cyst in your mouth near gum can be-
- A mucocele-that is trapped mucus in a cyst like thing.When secondarily infected it may cause pain on it's own.
- Fungal infection of oral mucus membrane / B complex defesiensy rarely can present this way.
* usually it resolves itself within a weeks time. Saline gargles several times a day help.
Oral application of Zytee solution /B complex supplements are sometimes needed.
Some times mucocele needs surgical/laser intervention for removal.
Thanks.
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