nurse's notes

Vincent's Angina - is usually called "trench mouth" and a pseudomembranous ulceration affecting the edges of the gums, the mucosa of the mouth, the tonsils and pharynx caused by spirochets and a fusiform bacillus


Signs and symptoms

• painful bleeding gums
• painful upon talking and swallowing
• fever
• lymph nodes in the neck

• mouthwash hourly or irrigation
  
• soft diet or liquid diet to reduce trauma of the gums and avoid acidic odor
• sterilizing utensils