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Stomatitis- an inflammatory condition of the mouth.
Primary causes are may due to herpes Simplex and measles, local trauma such as cheek biting, ill-fitting dentures; excessive intake of alcohol, tobacco , hot food or from mouth washes or toothpaste.
Systemic causes : avitaminosis, blood disorder like perniceous anemia, or leukemia. systemic infection such as syphilis
Signs and Symptoms:
painful ulcer of the mucus membrane
gangrene
Nursing Care:
sterility precausion
infectious precausion
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