THE SEVERITY SCALE OF RECURRENT APHTHOUS STOMATITIS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION AND AGES OF THE PATIENTS

Abstract

A condition known as recurrent aphthous stomatitis is characterized by oral mucosal ulcers. This study aims to evaluate the severity scale of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis because the differences in the clinical features of recurrent aphthous stomatitis from patients to another, in addition to that we shall correlate the severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis with age and Helicobacter pylori infection. It has been proposed that bacteria may have a role in the development of aphthae. One of the most prevalent and well-known pathogenic agents in the emergence of peptic ulcers is Helicobacter pylori. Recurrent aphthous stomatitis and Helicobacter pylori have been linked by certain researchers due to the histopathological similarity with peptic ulcers. The study's goals and objectives include

• Evaluation of the severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients.

1. Detection of the correlation between the severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis and the ages of
2. Determination of the correlation between the severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients and infection with H.pylori using urea breath test.
3. Detection of the correlation between the ages of the recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients and infection with H.pylori.

Fifty patients with recurrent apthous stomatitis were participated in this study which at least occur four, or more times per year. It has been found that thirty one patients (62%) with recurrent aphthous stomatitis had mild symptoms, fifteen patients (30%) with moderate symptoms; whereas only four patients (8%) were with severe symptoms. The statistical analysis has shown that the number of patients who had mild symptoms of RAS was significantly higher than the number of patients who had moderate and severe symptoms, and the number of patients who had moderate symptoms of recurrent aphthous stomatitis was significantly higher than the number of patients who had severe symptoms. The ages of the patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis showed statistically significant correlation with severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Also, a strong positive linear correlation was found between the ages of recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients and urea breath test value, but Urea breath test values showed no correlation with severity scale of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. By these results we concluded that there was a correlation between the severity scale of recurrent aphthous somatitis and the ages of the patients but there was no correlation between the severity scale of recurrent aphthous somatitis and helicobacter pylori infection.