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Suggest Treatment For Burn Injury On The Soft Palate
Question: Hi. I burnt the roof of my mouth accidently yesterday on some very hot soup. It is now painful to eat. Please can you advise best way to treat this?
Brief Answer:
Please apply mucaine gel to the site
Detailed Answer:
Hello
The best thing would be to apply mucaine gel to the site, this will reduce the pain and burning sensation. Please apply this 10-15 min before your food. You can apply 3-4 times a day.
There is not really much we can do to hasten the healing and it normally will take 5-7 days for the process to occur.
Please also use a mouth wash like chlorhexidine as this will keep good oral hygiene so that a bacterial infection of the area does not occur
You can also take Tab Paracetamol 500mg for the pain
Please avoid hot and spicy food for a few days as they will aggravate your pain.
Take care!
Please apply mucaine gel to the site
Detailed Answer:
Hello
The best thing would be to apply mucaine gel to the site, this will reduce the pain and burning sensation. Please apply this 10-15 min before your food. You can apply 3-4 times a day.
There is not really much we can do to hasten the healing and it normally will take 5-7 days for the process to occur.
Please also use a mouth wash like chlorhexidine as this will keep good oral hygiene so that a bacterial infection of the area does not occur
You can also take Tab Paracetamol 500mg for the pain
Please avoid hot and spicy food for a few days as they will aggravate your pain.
Take care!
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