Oral mucositis is when the lining of your mouth is sore and inflamed. It is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It develops when cancer treatment, which is killing cancer cells also kills the healthy cells, leading to sores and infection.
Oral Mucositis is probably one of the most common complications of cancer treatment1 and means that the lining of your mouth has become sore and inflamed as a result. It can stop you wanting to eat and drink, can make swallowing difficult, cause you to experience dry mouth, and affect your ability to talk.
What are the symptoms of oral mucositis?
The main symptoms of oral mucositis are pain caused by ulcers in the mouth, other symptoms to look out for can include:
Is there anything I can do to prevent it occurring?¹
Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done to entirely avoid the effects that cancer treatment has on the mouth. However, while OM is not entirely preventable, there are certain steps that can be taken to ensure that the mouth is as healthy as possible while undergoing treatment.
Your cancer care team will talk to you about the risks of mucositis, and you should make them aware if you think you have it. Your cancer care team will then be able to diagnose mucositis on the appearance, location, and timing of the inflammation.
The Mucosamin® range helps to treat and relieve the symptoms of mucositis, whilst helping to protect the healthy oral tissue lining (mucosa) from damage caused by the cancer treatments, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. The products also help to treat and accelerate the healing of ulcerations (lesions) and can provide effective relief of dry mouth.
There are two Mucosamin products in the range, which contain sodium hyaluronate and amino acids.
For oral mucositis, Mucosamin Mouthwash soothes and protects the oral mucosa, and Mucosamin Oral Spray provides fast, targeted relief where, and when it is needed. To help relieve the symptoms of dry mouth, whilst providing pain relief and wound healing of oral lesions.5,7
Mucosamin has been proven to:
Reference 1.
NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mucositis/ (Accessed June 2024)
Reference 2.
Mariggio, M.A. et al. (2009) Enhancement of fibroblast proliferation, collagen biosynthesis and production of growth factors as a result of combining sodium hyaluronate and amino acids. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol, 22: 485-492.
Reference 3.
Mucosamin Mouthwash and Oral Spray IFUs
Reference 4.
Romeo, U. et al. (2014) Oral soft tissue wound healing after laser surgery with or without a pool of amino acids and sodium hyaluronate: a randomized clinical study. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 32: 10-16.
Reference 5.
Favia, G. et al. (2008) Accelerated wound healing of oral soft tissues and angiogenic effect induced by a pool of amino acids combined to sodium hyaluronate (Aminogam). J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2008: 22(2): 109-116.
Reference 6.
Campos, M. et al. Oral mucositis in cancer treatment: Natural history, prevention and treatment (review). Mol Clin Oncol. 2014: 2; 337- 340
Reference 7.
Colella, G. et al. Amino acid-enriched sodium hyaluronate enhances keratinocyte scattering, chemotaxis and wound healing through ß1-dependent mechanisms. J of Stomatol Invest. 2009: 3: 21-29
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