Diagnosis of Mucositis

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Diagnosis is based on the symptoms you have and the appearance of the tissues of the mouth following chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants or radiotherapy. The appearance will be of red burn-like sores or ulcers throughout the mouth.

Mucositis from chemotherapy usually begins four to five days after treatment is started, reaches its peak at seven to ten days and slowly goes away over the next five to seven days unless there are complications such as infection.

Mucositis associated with radiotherapy usually appears at the end of the second week of treatment and may last for six to eight weeks.