Changes in the Lips and Oral Cavity

Content:
Lip herpes
Cold Sores
Aphthous stomatitis

 

Conventional medicine already excels at haphazardly associating various symptoms in often wildly ambivalent ways. In the current pandemic situation, where everything and everyone is extremely suspicious—since “asymptomatic virus carriers are the most dangerous, and we don’t even realize how many there are”... :D—this tendency has reached industrial proportions.

I don’t want to dwell on this further; I only mention it as an introduction because we’ll now examine the functional and emotional background of symptoms affecting the lips, oral cavity, and tongue, which have recently been linked to COVID-19.

 

The mouth, starting with the oral cavity, is the part of the digestive tract responsible for taking in food or “morsels.” The surface of the lips is covered with epithelium, which, due to its function, reacts to contact/separation and sensation. This is where the ingestion of a vital “morsel” occurs, the first contact with the “object of our desires.”

Changes affecting the lips are driven by emotional/sensory content where we either desire contact with something through the mouth or, conversely, want to keep something at a distance, fearing contact.

The lip herpes/mouth sore symptoms and the herpes virus appear when these desires or aversions subside.

During the presence of these emotions/sensations, the epithelium thins and ulcerates. When expressed (or the conflict is resolved), the affected area regenerates with edema, inflammation, viruses, and tissue proliferation.

For example, we’ve likely heard the phrase, “I ate so well it broke out my mouth.” In this case, a (relatively strong) desire for food triggers the epithelial reaction in the lips. To ensure the desired morsel is ingested as quickly and smoothly as possible, the epithelium thins (increasing diameter) to remove perceived obstacles. Once the desired food successfully enters the oral cavity, the herpes appears, marking the inflammatory regeneration phase.

 

The same reaction applies to sexual desires, where the desired contact isn’t with food but with someone’s kiss. When the kiss is fulfilled (or the desire fades), the inflammatory regeneration begins with the herpes virus.

Alternatively, if we feel aversion to contact with something/someone—for example, not wanting to drink from someone else’s glass or receive a kiss due to fear of infection—but end up in a situation where it happens anyway, we experience epithelial thinning during the aversion and inflammatory regeneration with herpes once the aversion ceases.

Cracked, Dry Lips

The lips play a significant role in sound production and communication—in “playing our tune.” If, for some reason, we’re unable to communicate something important to loved ones—when we have “a lock on our mouth”—this creates internal tension, triggering general ulceration of the lips’ epithelium, which we perceive as dry, cracked lips. This facilitates the release of suppressed words. Once this happens, the lips swell, become inflamed, and regenerate.

(This symptom can also occur if our aversion is related to cold air.)

 

And how does this relate to COVID?

Likely through measures against those deemed “super-spreaders,” such as lockdowns, quarantine, and fear of infection, which prevent us from experiencing intimate connections with loved ones or fulfilling our desire for kisses. Additionally, isolation or mandatory mask-wearing hinders proper communication. These create secondary conflicts, leading to secondary symptoms, but no other connection exists.

The term “aphthous stomatitis” refers to “blistering inflammation of the oral mucosa,” clearly indicating an epithelial tissue change. However, it’s inconsistently used to also describe inflammation of the glandular tissues in the oral cavity. (This is about as precise as calling both a screw and a nut a “screw.”)

This doesn't necessarily have to be confusing, but it’s important because different tissues’ changes are driven by different emotional/sensory content, with distinct right- and left-side patterns, microorganisms, and other correlations.

The epithelial tissue of the oral cavity—and epithelium found throughout the digestive tract (e.g., esophagus, stomach, or rectum)—typically reacts to “dislodge a stuck morsel.” To achieve this quickly, the tissue degenerates, widening the diameter to facilitate the movement or removal (spitting out) of the stuck content.

Thanks to modern utensils, we no longer try to swallow a rib whole, risking a bone getting stuck in the oral cavity. So, what causes us to feel disturbed about this issue for prolonged periods in today’s circumstances?

 

It doesn’t have to be complicated. For example, if a tooth breaks or a filling falls out, and the tongue keeps getting caught on the remnant, or if a dentist installs a bridge or implant that feels “foreign,” the mucosa immediately reacts to resolve the disturbance. The sensation can also arise from accidentally biting the mucosa, causing irritation due to the injured tissue.

Figuratively—and because the oral cavity is involved in sound production—this conflict includes “words stuck within us” that we couldn’t express properly for a while.
Whether the obstruction is physical or only perceived figuratively, the mucosa changes in the same way.

 

During the presence of the emotion/sensation, the epithelium reacts with degeneration and hypersensitivity. Once the obstacle is removed, inflammatory regeneration begins, with tissue proliferation, viruses, and insensitivity. If the inflammatory symptom (aphthous stomatitis) is painful, this may occur temporarily during the so-called epileptoid crisis, or we may have relapsed into the conflict due to worry about the wound or pain, making the surface hypersensitive again.

The aphthous ulcer regenerates by the end of the post-resolution phase, leaving virtually no trace. There’s no need to attach fear-mongering information to it.
This text does not aim to be comprehensive; it touches on only part of the topic and serves to understand the biological processes occurring within us and the nature of conflicts. Every person’s life and life path are unique, so the specific triggers should be examined individually, based on the events experienced. How someone copes with their conflicts varies from person to person, and different areas are handled differently depending on the amount of negative experiences or failures accumulated there. Exploring a conflict does not replace medical care.

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