What Is Causing Pain and Soreness on the Roof of My Mouth?
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Common causes of pain and soreness on the roof of your mouth range from health conditions such as oral cancer to nutrition and electrolyte imbalances and oral trauma or injury.
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Pain and soreness may be accompanied by other symptoms, depending on the cause, which may require urgent or emergent medical care.
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Treatments may include prescription and over-the-counter medications and simple home remedies
It just isn’t pleasant when the roof of your mouth hurts or feels sore. It reduces your desire to eat or drink and makes you wince when you talk. Keep reading to find out what can cause this pain and what treatments and home aids may offer relief.
What can cause soreness in the roof of the mouth?
Various health issues can cause the pain you feel in the hard and soft palates that form the roof of your mouth. Some of the common causes are listed below.
Mouth sores
Mouth sores can form on the roof of your mouth. These include a small mouth ulcer that can cause pain and tingling called a canker sore. Common causes of these include:
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Stress
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Hormones
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Mouth trauma
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Lack of certain nutrients
Mouth sores that cause pain might also include small lesions or blisters that crop up in, on, or around your mouth. These are known as a cold or herpes sore, or fever blister. In most cases, cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) but can also be caused by HSV-2.
Mouth trauma
Your hard or soft palates may feel tender and painful due to mouth trauma. Common ways to injure your palate involve cuts or scratches such as those caused by eating hard or sharp foods. Eating or drinking items that are too hot can also cause painful burns and blisters.
Oral thrush
The Candida albicans fungus can cause a mouth yeast infection called oral thrush. People with a weakened immune system are at highest risk of getting it.
Cream or pale yellow lesions sprout on the roof and other areas of your mouth. These can bleed and cause mouth soreness or cracked lips.
Oral thrush can also mute your sense of taste.
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