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Mucositis

Mucositis is a painful condition in which the lining of your mouth is sore and inflamed.   This occurs as a result of chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants or radiation of the head and neck area.

Whether you get mucositis will depend on the type of chemotherapy you are receiving and the radiation dose. If you are having head and neck radiotherapy it is likely you will have some degree of mucositis. Around 40% of chemotherapy patients and 75% of bone marrow transplant patients develop the condition.

Mucositis is more common in younger people than older people.

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