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Jun 14, 2020 • 21 tweets • 13 min read
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
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,
Jun 12, 2020 • 19 tweets • 12 min read
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
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
Jun 11, 2020 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
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
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.
