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OROFACIAL MANIFESTATIONS AND COMPLICATION OF DIABETES(PART 3)
1)E) BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME(ORAL DYSESTHESIA)
This condition present with burning, tingling, itching or in some cases, it can present like electric shock or stabbing pain within the oral cavity. It has been
1)E) BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME(ORAL DYSESTHESIA)
This condition present with burning, tingling, itching or in some cases, it can present like electric shock or stabbing pain within the oral cavity. It has been
2) Associated with candida Infection, damage or alteration in the vessels supplying the oral mucosa, damage to the nerve supplying the oral tissue, dehydration, poor blood sugar control in diabetics. There is an association between incidence of burning mouth syndrome and obesity,
3) Hence,found mostly in people with type 2 diabetes than those with type 1. The pain found in this patients have both physical and psychological disturbances leading to sleep, anxiety and depression disorders. Worthy of note is the fact that, the major cause of burning mouth
OROFACIAL MANIFESTATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES PART 2
1) A)XEROSTOMIA(DRY MOUTH)
Dry mouth or Xerostomia is the commonest orofacial manifestation of diabetes, dry mouth form the basis for most of the other orofacial presentation in diabetes. Some factors which have been
1) A)XEROSTOMIA(DRY MOUTH)
Dry mouth or Xerostomia is the commonest orofacial manifestation of diabetes, dry mouth form the basis for most of the other orofacial presentation in diabetes. Some factors which have been
2)Attributed to dry mouth observed in diabetic individuals include the following: excessive urination(polyuria) leading to dehydration, damage to the autonomic nerve supplying the salivary glands,direct damage to the salivary gland secretary cells and drugs
3) Used in the treatment of the condition.There is a direct relationship between level of glucose control in diabetics and the level of dehydration. Dry mouth in diabetic can lead to inability to swallow, eat and speak well, altered taste and burning sensation in the mouth.
OROFACIAL MANIFESTATION OF DIABETES PART 1
1) Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by increase blood glucose due to deficiency or resistance to action of insulin or both. Glucose control is very important in diabetics because, it has effect in virtually all
1) Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized by increase blood glucose due to deficiency or resistance to action of insulin or both. Glucose control is very important in diabetics because, it has effect in virtually all
2) The organs in the body including the oral cavity. Before we proceed, there are 2 Major types, type 1 which is found mostly in young people and type 2 in older people. While type 1 is due to destruction of islet cell of the pancreas leading to shotage of insulin production.
3)Type 2 is due to resistance of the body tissues to effect of insulin, hence, glucose in the blood is not able to find its way into the tissues, thereby making the level of glucose to increase astromically within the blood, leading to damage to many organs in the body.
