White bumps

[Anonymouslyyours]

Yesterday, I noticed the side of my lip was feeling very sore. It hurt even to open up my mouth. I notice I have a cut on the left side where my top and bottom lip meet. Also, I looked inside of my mouth because I had been feeling bumpy things but I just thought it was from my braces. There are these little white bumps in the inside of my bottom lip. Also, at the top of my top lip there is something that looks like skin is coming off of the inside of my lip. It's completely white and when I went to pull on my lip, it came off. My top and bottom left side of my lips are also very puffy. Usually, if it was from braces it'd be gone by now.  Oh, and where the bumps are in the inside, that part of my lip is red on the outside. What is this?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
It looks like oral thrush. Thrush appears as white patches in the mouth. Usually they can be seen on the tongue, inside the cheeks, on the inside of lips, under the tongue, and in the back of the throat. I suggest you to get an examination done from your doctor and get a KOH examination of the scrapings done of these white coatings.

Nystatin (Mycostatin) liquid is used by swishing a bit in your mouth several times a day and then swallowing the medicine. Throat lozenges called Mycelex trouches can also be used. If the symptoms are severe then oral antifungals may be needed.


I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

[maatson]

Absulutely typical.

[Anonymouslyyours]

These white things on the inside of my lip rubbed off when I rubbed them with toilet paper.

[maatson]

Moniliasis is caused by yeast and typically a white membrane when removed leads to a raw surface.Braces some time serve as nidus for this, and milk products consumed serve as nutrients for this yeast. Treated with ease by your doctor with external applications.