 Menstrual Ulcers 75 messages in this subject
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| I noticed that the only time during each month that I would get these horribly HUGE ulcers was the week of my period. My doctor said it had something to do with because of the constant heavy bleeding, you lose your body’s iron faster than you can replenish it-making it into some form of like monthly anemia. The ulcer is your body’s way of trying to open up and find more iron. Vitamins and Lysine pills seem to work for me...does anyone else notice that their sores come monthly??? |
| Anna 20 April 06 |
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| Yes, I also get ulcers on my gums most months just before my period, it’s obviously caused by hormonal changes/imbalance. At the moment though I have the most horrific ulcers at the end of my tongue - they are worse and have lasted longer than ever before. The pain is really getting me down. Not being able to taste things or eat properly is agony! Good to know I’m not alone though ....! |
| Nina 25 April 06 |
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| I became aware that the excrutiatingly sore bouts of mouth ulcers cropping up on my gums seemed to only happen before or during my period. i asked my doctor and he didn’t really have much to say but prescribed orabase which i find is good at allieviating the pain but is too horrid to use every day for prevention. Then i became pregnant and for the whole nine months during and for the 6 months after that i breast fed my baby, i had none what so ever. The very week i stopped breast feeding however the ulcers came back with a vengeance and have reoccured monthly ever since. I did notice recently though that i had a few mouth ulcer free months whilst i stopped taking my pill, i wonder has anyone else noticed any link between the ulcers and the contaceptive pill. |
| Clare 29 April 06 |
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| Hi Clare, I started using the pills 3 months ago. I only noticed this a few days ago that there might indeed be a link between the pill and the ulcers (at least for me). Within the 3 months that I’m taking the pills, I’m beginning to get ulcer-attacks.. one after another... however it stopped during the 7 days of ”pill-break”. The moment I’m starting with a new strip, I’m getting ulcers all over again. This is why I’m convinced there’s a connection. |
| Fan 9 May 06 |
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| hi Fan, this is very interesting to me. I also get the bouts of ulcers just as i’m starting a new strip! i also noticed on another message topic that some other people had experienced no mouth ulcers whatsoever whilst pregnant which would suggest indeed some hormonal link. I am terrible at remembering to take my pill and so my doctor has recommended the contraceptive implant to me. An ideal solution maybe for the problem of remembering my pill but what about the mouth ulcers? Does this mean i could be inflicted constantly for 3 years untill the implants are removed? I would like to hear from anyone who is a mouth ulcer sufferer and is trying or has tried the contraceptive implants or injections as i dare not risk this without being sure i’ll be safe from ulcers. |
| Clare UK 9 May 06 |
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| An implant that causes ulcers for 3 years... not a good prospect at all. Opinions or experiences with implants or injections would certainly be most welcome. |
| Dom Walton 10 May 06 |
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I wouldn’t do an implant anyway - too many constant hormons raging through my body is just scary. Perhaps trying the patch? That’s hormones, but may not affect you in the same way. However, they are known to cause blood clots (but then again, the Pill and IUDs can cause sterile”ness” so it’s a lose/lose situation).
I definitely get them whilst PMSing...in fact, right on time. I had one under my tongue, and as that is going away, one developed on my gums right when my period is due.
I am quite the chatterbox tonight. |
| Lynn 21 May 06 |
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| Sorry to interrupt, ladies, but I think menstruation is a process whereby the lining of the uterus is shed. Maybe the shedding is prompted by hormones and because the lining is like the lining of the mouth (mucous membranes and all that), the hormones also thin or weaken the mouth’s membranes and leave them open to attack by all kinds of agents, or make them slower to repair themselves, leading to sores. I would think that constant addition of hormones via tablets or implants would be a very bad idea for anyone, especially someone who is liable to mouth ulcers/canker sores. We don’t have a terrific record in ”fooling Mother Nature”. |
| TomF 21 May 06 |
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| I used to get ulcers during and before the week of my period before i started uing the contraceptive pill...not that i’m advising that starting using the pill just to stop ulcers, however for me the effect on the ulcers definitely proves a link between particlaur hormones and ulcers. |
| charlotte x 21 May 06 |
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| I’m definitely more prone to ulcers right before/during my period, I’m also prone to anaemia as I have arthritis so I’m pretty sure it’s the iron levels dropping. Taking L-Lysine from a few days before my period (I’m on the pill) for a week or so seems to help - last month I stopped taking the lysine a couple of days before my period finished and I immediately got an ulcer, not doing that again. Unfortunately I’ve got a huge bastard on my lip from an accidental bite and I get my period in a couple of days, so I think I might be screwed this week! |
| Amy 24 May 06 |
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| Im quite interested in this...I seem to got for a while without ulcers, then i get an attack of around 5 or 6 in one go in my mouth! I wonder now if it is linked to my menstrual cycle...i just hadn’t noticed that it was. Hmm, i will have to check up on this! |
| Ali. 1 November 07 |
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| I um, used to be a smoker, never bothered with ulcers tho I did get them when I was young. When I stopped and got pregnant i had none at all until I stopped breastfeeding, now all the time particularly before a period. To my mind there is definitely a hormonal link to susceptible people, I say susceptible because the hormone thing doesnt explain it for men (or does it??)I am out of my mind with pain at the moment , it makes me so depresed, but there is comfort in company. But also it makes me so mad that the medical profession dont know anything, so many people suffer and its so debilitating. |
| mandy 3 November 07 |
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I got four this week and it is also my period week, two started the week before due to biting, but the two on my tongue came right this week! I also am glad to know I am not suffering alone, doesn’t make the pain any less horrible though. I had noticed the link before with my period, but not with the pill, will have to look at that the next time they crop up.
My dad gets mouth ulcers really bad too, so I dunno wether the hormonal thing really explains it all. I have also gotten bad ones on a non period week. |
| Karen, Iceland 4 November 07 |
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| I started getting really bad mouth ulcers after I had the pill injection I now have the oral pill and still get them but not as bad. but I now get them on my throat alot. I do think there’s a link as I notice I get them a couple of days before I come on my period. |
| Kirsty 9 November 07 |
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| I have this problem after startnig a particular brand of contraception pill. i didnt ever have this problem before, and even when stopping the nasty pill, i still get them two days before my period. at the risk of sounding dramatic, its ruining my life. does anybody have any medical knowledge about why this may be happening? doctors generally seem to be incredibly clueless, especially because menstrual ulcers only effect women and they dont really care. |
| hurting 11 November 07 |
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Glad I’ve found this site, it is good to know I’m not alone. I’ve never heard of Lysine but will be straight down the health shop to get some! Thanks.
My ulcers are definately pre-menstral and SOOO agitated by the chocolate which I crave at the same time!! Wish me luck with the Lysine and here’s hoping for pain free chocolate-joy next month!
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| Penny UK 27 November 07 |
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Didn’t have any......due on and have three whoppers.
FFS.
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| Lucie Crohn’s Girl 28 November 07 |
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I feel like I belong now hahaha!!! to all the sufferers of this horible, annoying, depressing, agitating and unexplainable agony. . I feel for you!! and I hope that one day, in this lifetime maybe, just maybe some wonderful doctor finally and successfully finds the answers and most importantly cure to our agony.
I have been a sufferer as long as I can remember, I have been to many docs... tried vitamins tried brushing after anything entering my mouth, tried the pill....u name it , I’ve tried it. yet as most of you ladies, the week before, during and after, my ulcers are always starting to come out and in the long process of healing (I’m talking about 5 at once ). I fell pregnant, It was heaven to me, ulcer free for 9 months. I didnt breastfeed so they started, back into business straight away.
I dont take any pills so i would not think that is a cause (well, not in my case)
Why can’t doctors help us : ( ?????????????
Hang inthere guys!!
MB Syd Aust |
| MB 3 December 07 |
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| WOW - felt like I was the only person in the world suffering from mouth ulcers, hardly anybody else I know does....I have also noticed that they come on the week before my period is due - even if I don’t keep a track of my cycle, I can tell its near when the ulcers come out....currently have one huge one under tongue, one on inside bottom lip and two huge ones on side of tongue which is interfering with talking (and that’s killing me!), eating and sleeping. Am finding myself hot and sweaty for the past three days and its not related to the summer weather.....strangely enough, had no ulcers during pregnancy or breastfeeding either........????? |
| Sue Melb 13 December 07 |
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| hi i am 26 year old with a two year old daughter.. i was never a chronic sufferer of mouth ulcers... maybe one per year if so much... but then last two months i had to go to the hospital for a ruptured ovarian cyst. Some months before that and until now i have been suffering with mouth ulcers. I am bleeding irregularly still. Is there a link with the cyst, the bleeding and the mouth ulcers? |
| orchid 20 December 07 |
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| I think there’s a definite link btwn hormonal birth controls (all kinds) and cankers. I’m currently on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo and have never had so many cankers so frequently in my life. I’m going to talk to my doctor next month about switching to Yaz HBC b/c I’ve heard that it *might* lower my canker occurence. If that doesn’t do it (I’ll probably give it 6-12 months), then I’m going to try the Copper IUD since it has no hormones. I’ve been doing a lot of researching over the last few days, and I’m really hoping that switching the HBC will do the trick, or at least help the situation. :) |
| Abbi in USA 26 December 07 |
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| Have just found this website - so good to know I’m not alone. I started the festive period with an ulcerated tongue and gum, and then developed a horrendous 15 ulcers in the back of my throat - (my partner counted them, with the aid of a torch) - totally spoilt my enjoyment of Christmas dinner, etc., wincing in pain with every mouthful - left me really miserable. First Christmas I’ve not gained weight - couldn’t face really eating anything, even soup hurt. Wasted £15 at the chemists on the usual treatments and having suffered for a week, in desperation went to the doctors yesterday - total waste of time. I had blood tests earlier in the year for deficiencies (I’m vegan) which came back fine and so all the doctor could say was she felt sorry for me and suggested I ate ice lollies! I too get ulcers before my period and am on the pill. Earlier in the year a hospital consultant gave me an Beclazone 100 asthma inhaler to use as I felt the beginning of an ulcer, but I haven’t used it much as it doesn’t seem to help. Anyone else have one of these? |
| Cindy, Berkshire, UK 29 December 07 |
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| I was using HBC for a long time and constantly had ulcers. I always thought it was stress related since I was a full time student raising 2 children. I went off HCB for about a year and didn’t get a single ulcer. I recently decided to try Yaz hoping it would clear up the acne I recently developed and am starting to get uclers again. I am now thinking mine are not stress related and may be related to HBC. As a side note, I recently discovered a product called Canker Cover. It is a tablet that you place on your sore and it dissolves into a thick gel like substance. It stays on for about 6 to 8 hours. It completely takes care of the pain and allows you to eat while it is on. It tastes kind of funny but it is much better than the burning constant pain of an ulcer. |
| Stacie, USA 3 January 08 |
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| I too have also noticed that I seem to be getting ulcers before or during my period. Sometimes if i also brush my teeth too hard and miss the teeth and catch the gum it then turns into an ulcer and sometimes if i am overloaded with Uni work i stress and I get them. I have tried a lot of things, ie warm salty water, TCP, bonjela and the increasing intake of vitamins but nothing seems to work - does anyone have any other ideas or shall i just go to my Dr’s??? |
| Cassie 6 January 08 |
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| I started taking zinc and vit c after trying everything my doc could think of and my ulcers went for a few weeks. then I decided to not have a break from my pill and about 10 ulcers have appeared so i’m thinking hormones play a big part in this for some people. |
| Kirsty 6 January 08 |
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| I think there are many factors that contribute to mouth ulcers - hormones, general health, stress, etc. This is why doc's find it so hard to find the cause and also to treat them! I am in the week of my period am not taking the contreceptive pill and currently have 4 ulcers, I think it's a number of issues that make me get these ulcers, lets hope we can all treat them effectively, instead of trying to prevent them - which doesn't seem to work for me. |
| Clea 8 January 08 |
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| I began taking generic for ortho cyclen...within weeks i had sooo many ulcers in the back of my throat it was as if i literally could eat nothing but soup and salad...i went to an allergist thinking it was an allergy....to an ear nose and throat dr NO luck....and my family doctor treated me for oral thrush.... and an oral surgeon!....NOTHING HELPING!! I have stopped taking my BC and ulcers have cleared up almost completely. has to be the bc! i am about to start Lo Ovral so lets hope this doesnt cause the same ulcers :( i have been battling severe ulcers for 6 months. |
| kenzz 10 July 09 |
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| jus today morning i noticed i have three ulcers...i have always had ulcer problem but unfortunately never knew its bcoz of hormonal imbalances. I am planning for a baby and medicated with a lot of hormone tablets..infact i met the gastroenterologist last month and he prescribed probiotic tablets...now i see the ulcers have popped up again! Now I am certain its bcoz of hormone tablets i am prescribed with..anyways, i have made up my mind to be sincere towards my medication so that i can form my family...wish me luck:P |
| Mahi 4 August 09 |
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| Hopefully your ulcers will go when you do get pregnant as that was the only time i havent had any! |
| Sarah 4 August 09 |
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| each month before my period is due i get at least 1 big ulcer usually inside my bottom lip it is very painfull why is this??? |
| lisa 6th sept 09 4 September 09 |
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| I am a sufferer of mouth ulcers hence why I am reading all your responses, I have suffered for years and am certain it is related to my cycle as every month without fail they arrive. I have never been on a contraceptive and have tried every thing known to man.. A natrupath friend has given me zinc liquid to take as this is supposed to help, I am starting this today will let you all know results .. |
| anne 7 September 09 |
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| For the past 3 months during the week before my period i get painful mouth ulcers, swollen tonsils & sore throat. I'm currently on birth control and I'm not sure if there's any link between them both. I would really like to know its cause so i can take precautions to prevent this next month.... |
| Amanda 12 September 09 |
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| Can't believe I am after reading all the above and still am none the wiser. Tried everything suggested already and not good. I get about 3 whoppers during each period and like everyone else not a single on during pregnancy. I have had 3 ulcer free pregnancies and my latest baby is just 9 wks old and low and behold the divils are back again. I wonder do they at least stop after menopause?? It would take the sting out of menopause for me if I thought it would!! I do presentations as part of my work and it is a dread each month having to speak in meetings or speak in front of people with a mouth full of ulcers so it really effects my life. Doctors are you reading?? Please help!! |
| Anne J 14 September 09 |
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| I've just gone back on the pill Microgygnon and ever since I've had a mouth ulcer every week! I'm wondering if there's a link between the two as I never got them so frequently before when I wasn't on the pill! |
| Sophie 18 September 09 |
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| i to suffer, im on the pill 10 years,( never had any problems with ulcers,) i have a 7year old now, and just 4 years ago the ulcers errupted.im attending a dental hospital, and my doctor, ive had every remedy and nothing worked.i do feel its hormonal as in the last 2 years i was again pregnant, and had not one through those best 9 months, how reality kicked in after, i just found a new website by typing : mouthulcers -hormones: its very interesting. i would reccomend you ladies to get a hormone test, oestrogen has its part, and we have to admit are hormones are everywhere. i can only go for the test myself, and if thats no help ,there is one way of a nine month break- loose the condoms... oh i also got a gel off my dr so i can eat- instillagel- its for the anus ,an annastetic but i use for ulcers. i strongly reccomend for pain. |
| miranda 20 september 20 September 09 |
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| I too get a mouth full of ulcers during my period and they are sooooooooo painful. Nobody else i know gets them so it is a relief to find this page! Funnily enough i have a one year old son and i never had an ulcer during the whole time i was pregnant with him. I may try taking a multi vitamin but failing that working i might go back to my doctor. Printing this page as evidence that this problem does exist! I'm thinking they must stop at the menopause because i never had them (apart from accidently biting myself) before i started my periods. |
| Laura 26 September 09 |
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| HI girls, like all of you i have suffered with mouth ulcers and have had all the tests done, only to find there was no reason for them. i have low iron levels like most girls and started taking iron tablets which helped but when i had my period (which is when you lose most iron) the ulcers would return. After my doctor finally gave up on me i asked him if he would change my pill and put me on a lower strength one, ive been on the new pill for a few weeks now and everything has been fine, im not counting my chickens before they hatch though..... |
| Hayley 22 October 09 |
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| Hi all...I was wondering at the beginning of the year whether it was down to giving up smoking. I gave up last December and started to get mouth ulcers in January/February of this year. I used to get them when I was really young, then none for years. But as this year has gone on I have had them worse and worse. I stopped taking the pill (Microgynon - which is evil and made me into a bloody awful person!) at the beginning of the year too. But now every month without fail I get them. Nasty ones too. My mouth always feels really warm and my jaw aches from holding my mouth funny to stop them rubbing on my teeth and stuff! It also seems to make my gums bleed loads when I brush my teeth. I have been using Anbesol, that new Iglu stuff and some steroid tablets that you are meant to put on the ulcer and hold it there with your tongue, but when you have a mouth full of ulcers that is a little difficult to do! Anyway, nothing it working, so god knows! I was thinking it was about time to see a doctor about is, but it sounds from reading above that there is not much point! It sucks being a girl sometimes don't it! :-( Hahahah!!!! |
| Ellie 3 November 09 |
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Hey!! I have three HUMUNGEOUS ones at present and i'm due on next week, I dont take any kind of contaceptive pill. So comforted that I am not alone, I was starting to think i had some kind of infection of something. I suffer with them quite badly on my tongue and inside my bottom lip they are SO painfull!!
I have been using Diphlam, Its a painkiller in mouthwash form. Don't do it before dinner tho (even tho its tempting) - it numbs your whole mouth and you can't taste anything :-/
With Love
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| Sarah 4 November 09 |
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| It is a relief to stumble across this page. I have suffered from mouth ulcers since I was 15 ( 18 years ago ). I had 3 children over 6 years, and breast fed all off them, and didn't have one bout the whole time. My youngest is now 20 months, and whammo, they are back again. When I first started getting the ulcers I went to every doctor imaginable. They checked me for auto immune diseases, contagious diseases, took swabs, blood tests, and could find nothing. I was the one that noticed that it was occurring about 10 days before my period was due. Not that it meant the doctors could do anything still. There must be an answer to this, it is so painful, and so unnecessary that we should still have to live with it. One thing that the doctors did find was that I had had herpes simplex at one stage in my life, but that could have been a cold sore, or even the chicken box.. Let's pray we get an answer soon |
| Emily 6 November 09 |
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| ive allways sufferd with them and ive never been on the pill but bit 2 old 2 try it now im 47 and had my kids along time ago and when i told my dr he said ive never heard of it im glad i found u lot thought i was the only one cos no one has ever mentioned it 2 me i thought i was strange thanks u lot |
| laura 11 November 09 |
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| Anyone get them all the way through your digestive system? I started getting them in clusters a few years ago in the mouth. They would always start forming in the left side of my mouth, then new ones would develop in the middle, then in the right side. By the time they'd hit the right side, the left ones would be better. I would get them more with my cycle, but now it's all the time. One time I had them so badly that the left underside of my tongue looked like a honeycomb. I could hardly speak. Now I get them in the mouth, down the back of the throat, and I'm pretty sure throughout every twist of bowel, because I can feel anything acidic (coffee, tomatoes) and know exactly where it is inside due to the pain. I have been checked for stomach ulcers, gallbladder problems, etc. but nothing. And it always starts in the mouth! |
| Lisa 25 November 09 |
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| Lisa, have you been checked for Crohn's? If not, then from what you describe, I think you should be. |
| Dom Walton 25 November 09 |
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| I feel very glad to have found this page every month i get horrific ulcers in my throat always co-inciding with the week before i come on. Sometimes I think I am going crazzzy they hurt like hell and it's the same shit every month. |
| kris nov 09 29 November 09 |
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| i just want to know if ulcer affects our menstrual cycle.would you have long delays for how many days is it possible? |
| anne 1 December 09 |
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Like so many of you I'm glad I'm not alone!! I never used to get ulcers with my periods but over the last 7 months I've been getting them on my Tongue and inside my lower lip. My periods have also changed, they start, then stop for 4 days, then start full on again!
I've been hormone tested for menopause (I'm only 34!) and it's all normal plus my ovaries and womb are fine (had a scan) and normal smear last month.
It's all very strange indeed.
I've been using bonjela cool for the lip ones but if I use it on my Tongue is stings like mad, anyone know of anything that works for Tongue ulcers? |
| Tara 7 December 09 |
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| Yes, my ulcers always come around my period!!!!! Glad to know I'm not alone. |
| Carla 14 December 09 |
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| hi i have about ten on the end of my tounge i get after my period they are heavy have just gargled with a small glass of alcohol it hurt like hell but it feels alittle better now |
| margaret 19 December 09 |
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| This website is such a relief for me, as I felt I was the only one who gets them this badly! I'm 20 and I have always been a sufferer since I was about 13 years old. My younger brother suffers with them now, and he's 12 and my Mum AND Dad used to suffer, so I do think it's genetic too. I have been to my doctors so many times and even the dentist but I never get an answer as to what causes them. I just get prescribed the same stuff (Oral base) Which is a total waste of time as it just sits in my mouth like concrete, making it very uncomfortable when I try to talk, and besides it doesn't even heal them anyway. I have gargled with salt water, TCP and ice cold water just to try and keep the pain away. It get's me down so much and I become such a miserable person just because of these small, persistent ulcers. I had the implant put into my arm about 2-3 weeks ago, and I have to say I have never had so many ulcers at one time. Last week I had 12 appear. Thankfully they began to calm down within a few days but then I went back to work (which isn't stressful at all) and more appeared!!! I am seriously beginning to wonder if getting this implant was such a good idea, it can't just be coincidence that all of us women are suffering and we all think it's hormonal. That's got to be it. I can't even sleep at night for peet sake, why won't they go away :'( |
| Katie 4 February 10 |
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I have noticed that I get mine just before my period. It used to be only one but for the last 2 or 3 months I have 4 or 5 at a time. Also seem to occur in the same place. Been going to my doctors with it but can't seem to find anything, even had a full blood test. Currently been prescribed a strong antibiotics and a steroid pellet but my chemist still trying to get the pellets. Maybe by the time this comes, it will be gone but at least I will have it for next month. Not sure though why my doctors prescribed the antibiotics. Unless in desperation or pity on me or just to get rid of me!
Just changed my toothpaste to Squiggle and currently gargling Cordosyl. Also booked myself to some acupuncture sessions as they say it is the best way of getting rid of stress. The only thing that stressed me are these pesky things. Had anyone tried acupunture and whether this helped?
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| Irene 6 February 10 |
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i just started reading this site and was looking around on the net and found a site called cankercure.info
now i havn't tried it but i really am thinking about it so thought i would share it with all of you and i dont get canker sores as bad as most of you but i do notice i get them around that time of month when im sapose to have one but i have the marina(IUD) so i dont always have one so not just people on the pill get them i really do think its hormonal too!! well i wish all of you luck and take care.... |
| Crystal 20 February 10 |
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| I used to get nasty fever blisters when I was much younger,just before menstruation.After the birth of my first child,ulcers on my tongue started,right on time before menstruation and soooooo ... painful.Until after 3 children at the age of 47 the ulcers stopped, or rather so I thought,same time when I stopped menstruating,what a relief!Well, 2 days ago a tongue ulcer appeared with a vengeance!And I thought it was something of the past,well the suffering is back ! Susan 23 February 2010 |
| Susan 23 February 10 |
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| I have suffered from mouth ulcers ever since i was a teenager and im in my mid 40s now and still going thru the pain every month about a week before my menstruation. All this year i have been living with Kenologue Oral Base which is the only medication that helps to heal the ulcers until recently this medication was discontinued. No doctors have given solution so far. |
| Kay 3 March 10 |
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| I have 4 huge mouth ulcers at the moment, I get them every month during my period along with the dreaded thrush, I cant take it anymore i get so upset and it pains me to have to speak to family and friends for the 7 day duration!! there is definetly a link between the two! |
| KatieLA 22 March 10 |
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| I started getting regular mouth ulcers about 5 years ago, I get one maybe two when I ovulate and then after ovulation leading up to my period I may get several ulcers. I can pinpoint them to the day nearly. Tried vitamins, doesn't seem to make any difference. Visited the doctor who was hopeless, just gave me Corlan pellets, which are useless. It must be due to hormone change, and there must be a doctor somewhere who knows the answer! Anyone have similar? |
| Cokey 5 April 10 |
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| I am approaching my mid forties . . as with everyone else . . . what a relief to know that I am not alone with these damn ulcers!!! I totally understand the misery they bring! I get as many as 10 in one go, on the sides of my tongue and inside of lip. I get a sore throat and burning sensation in my tongue also. Talking and eating is agony!! :( I don't seem to have many days without them now! They start about a week before a period and last for a couple of weeks! GREAT!! I have never taken the Pill. I didn't suffer with ulcers at all (except the odd one!) until after I had my two kids! None during pregnancy and breastfeeding. I have tried all cures. I am trying Vitamin B12 and Vit C to see if this helps . . . any suggestions much appreciated! |
| Linz - 5 April 2010 5 April 10 |
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| Can any body help us? My wife is getting mouth ulcer at the time of periods and she is suffering a lot which i cant bear. We are newly married lovers and i love her a lot from long years. At periods she is suffering a lot. How can we prevent mouth ulcer? |
| Sam 12 April 10 |
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Like many of you I am glad I am not alone!! I am 34 and on the concetrpitve pill Celeste...I have just finished my cycle and suffered with 2 very large and painful ulcers for two weeks..on Sat just gone I work in agnoy to find that yes 20 ulcers have appeared all in clusters., Im climbing the walls in pain!! Been docs today and been prescribed some pellets (steriod base) but are not working mind you only used 3 and also using Difflam spray to ease the pain, plus using Iglu!!! I have spent a fortune over last month on ulcer treatments. I am now booked into the wellwoman clinic as I am now certain it is my pill. I was on a mini pill for while and stopped getting them, gone back on Celsete combined and they are back with a vegance.
I get very down just before my cycle and I am certain its hormal imbalance. I am taking iron and vit b vitamins to see if this helps. Docs dont have a clue and not much they can give!!
I wish I could give everyone some advice but I am suffering like hell at the moment, its draining me....I only got difflam spay today - not cheap approx £6.00 but its helped the ones at the back of my throat. Take a look at Chemists 4 you as they have lots of ulcers treatments, if the ones Im trying dont work within next few days I am trying a wash called Aloclair which is for ulcers, again not cheap! This bout of 20 have bought me to tears and drained me!! had enough now :( lets see if the pellets docs gave me today help!! |
| Clare 19 April 10 |
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| i can't believe I am reading this site - i've been trying to find a link to my ulcers for about 20 years - i'm now 36 and have been suffering with mouth ulcers since I got my braces in highschool - i was about 13. it is only now that i have had a baby and finished breast feeding (about a month ago) that I've made the connection. All thru my pregnancy, not a single ulcer. When I got my first period a couple of weeks ago - bingo - five painful ulcers on my tongue that WILL not budge. Why can't someone come up with a solution to this problem? I'm really down about it. I've tried everything. All the stuff that has been mentioned above - kenalog in orabase is the only thing that relieves them..but that is not preventing them. I'm at my wits end and now am trying to deal with the debilitating effects of ulcers and raise a gorgeous 6 month old. i can't believe so many women have the same problem. at least i know i'm not alone...... |
| kylie 21 April 10 |
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| i have had ulcers in my mouth(under tongue and inside top and bottom lips) for about a year and a half to two years now,but not just ulcers they start as red, raw, tender line things. i have an iud(marina) also. i got it when my son was born-hes now 3. never linked it to my period, tho i have thought it may have been linked to food allergy, blood deficiency, or toothpaste....you name it i have cut it out or tested it. even went to homeopathic doctor for detoxing drops. mine doesnt go away tho, they get somewhat better, but never go away! having a few other side effect symptoms from iud(hair loss)-thinking about removing but really hate the idea of being on pill again. ?????uuuggghhhhh??? waiting to wake up and see that they have left my life just as easy as they came! |
| laura 29 22 April 10 |
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| well,its good to know that am not alone,they are so painfull,comes two days before my period,double pain. |
| amanda 2 May 10 |
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Hi everyone,
It is great to know we are not alone! I have had ulcers most of my life, as did my dad so I think part of it could be genetic!
I have also been on the pill (microgynon) for 6 years and got at least 3 or 4 big ulcers every pill free week during my withdrawal bleed, they seemed to go when I started the pills again.
I have now come off the pill (not taken any for 2 weeks now) for various reasons and i now have the biggest ulcers all over my mouth and down my throat!!!!! I think it must be hormonal as my body must be confused by the decrease in artificial hormones! Not seen much about this anywhere else though but from what I have read there must be some truth in it! |
| Em 6 May 10 |
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| Hello! I too suffer from throat and tongue ulcers towards the end of my period week, and they continue to cause me great pain and discomfort for days afterwards preventing me eating. I have been on the pill for 14 years, only noticeably suffering with ulcers for the past year and have only just realised there is a definate pattern regarding my period. I went to the doctor last month regarding my ulcers, and he just told me that because i have moved to a new area, it was quite normal while my body adjusts to its new surroundings (i've only moved an hour away!!!) NEVER HEARD that before!!!! So pleased to see that i am not the only one suffering with this, as i don't know anyone in my circle of friends who does. Currently have 4 in my throat (2 on the stumps that used to be my tonsils-had them out 3 years ago!) and 2 on my tongue-and having just had my period week of excessively heavy bleeding and cramps i could do without a second week every month of feeling under the weather. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, any pain relieving tips or cures pleeeease... as my gp couldn't care less and these ulcers are so painful. |
| Alex 10 May 10 |
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| I get mouth ulcers with every single menstral cycle since I first gave birth 10 years ago. I have had them pretty much my whole life, and I never made the connection before then, but I am sure they are somehow related to hormone levels. Glad to hear someone else agrees because the doctors look at me like I am stupid when I tell them this. And, like many others, I did not have them during pregnancy and nursing. But after that, they would come back with a vengence. The sores also come in the back of my throat and it causes decrease in appetite because of the pain association. Some may think this is a minor issue. But, for me they last sometimes one to two weeks. Imagine not wanting to eat for one out of four weeks your entire life. The lack of substance then causes fatigue. I have an ulcer right now with my cycle. I am hungry, but can't eat and I'm tired. I just want to go to bed. I don't like feeling this way because I am a very active person, and I am going to try the iron pills for a few months to see if that helps. I am also going to get my free hormone levels tested. In order to do this, they have to do a saliva test. If the free hormones are not balanced in the saliva, that could be the problem. You haev to find a wholistic type doctor who works with natural hormones. |
| Dee 1 June 10 |
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| Hey all, I'm not sure if it's related to period really, but i notice that when i'm stressing or when i start getting other menstruation symptoms which is usualy a week/week and a half before i get my period i also get ulcers. They are usually really bad and multiple.. is it really related to the period? and does anyone know a way to avoid them or get rid of them? my Dr. had me do tests to see if its related to any other illness in my stomach or soemthing like that but the tests came -ve. he had nothing else to say and he said its just stress and nothin to do about it ... :( ( ps: i remeber having ulcers all throughout my childhood and teens as well, they are most frequent recently though) |
| Mahi 2 June 10 |
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| Hello again, i thought i would post again and tell you all that after reading several recommendations on this board to try L-Lyseine tablets i went out and bought them. I spoke to the health advisor in a well known chain and they told me that this is what i needed to help prevent the monthly ulcers.. she recommended i start taking them a week before my period (it needs time to absorb into your system) and continue throughout your period. I have trialled this this month, and can tell you that by this stage in my cycle i would usually have had many throat ulcers but i haven't one. (and also.. might not be an issue for you, but I have also noticed my period was much lighter and far less crampy!). This may just be a "fluke" month (unlikely i feel!) so i am going to continue using it for the next few months, and update again. It is well worth a try though, and i hope this might be of some help to you. Good Luck! |
| Alex 4 June 10 |
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| ooops... typo... meant to say L-Lysine!!! |
| Alex 4 June 10 |
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| Hi there, I would just like to say that I have suffered from mouth ulcers all my adult life around the time of my period. I suffered both when I was on the pill and off the pill. Like others, the ulcers stopped through my pregnancies and breast feeding. I had three babies in a row and did not have any for about 5 years between being pregnant and breast feeding. |
| Cassandra 22 June 10 22 June 10 |
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| has anyone tryed suppressing ovulation with the new birthcontrol that keeps you from ovulating for a yr? I am going to try this starting in a couple of weeks and see how it works for me!! |
| tara june24 24 June 10 |
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| I'm so relief when i found this website. Welcome me to the Club! I think we have enough mamber to form a MU Club - Menstrual Ulcers Club. So everyone can yell ouch! ouch! ouch! |
| Monique 30 June 10 |
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| Hello again, yes my period is due and I have had a constant stream of ulcers for the last 7-10 days! I have just read an article about sublingual vitamin B12, has anyone tried it? The report seems to say that in a trial it virtually stopped monthly recurrent mouth ulcers. |
| Cokey 1 July 10 |
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| I started getting these mouth ulcers after having my first baby. I mean I've gotten them before in my life, but never so regularly as this! I usually get them during the week before, week during and heal up the week after my period. I get them on my tongue, my lips....ugh! So painful, and theyre there for 2-3 weeks! Makes it painful to eat and talk :( I get heavy periods, so maybe the iron thing? I've just started getting B-12 injections last month for low B-12, maybe it'll help? I was thinking immune issues, but iron makes sense too... |
| Cindy 7 July 10 |
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| Sometimes I get mouth ulcers a week before my period and sometimes just after my period. It is obviously caused by hormonal changes/imbalance. My younger brother is also prone to having mouth ulcers. Is he also affected by hormonal changes? |
| christine chan 11 July 10 |
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| Hey everybody! I'm in the middle of basically having to diagnose myself! I've had bouts of constipation and diarrhea, weight loss, sever skin rashes, extreme GERD, frequent fevers, headaches, extreme exhaustion, etc ... and now ... mouth ulcers. All of these things get worse within 10 days or so of the onset of my menstrual cycle. Been to doctor after doctor and NONE of them can find a thing wrong with me. Had skin biopsy done, been tested over and over for Lupus, etc. Experimenting on myself, and using common sense that I do have terrible digestion problems, I am now going to go Gluten Free for at least 3 weeks and see if that helps. You know Celiac Disease is turning out to be the cause of lots of unexplained problems and diagnosiing it is like finding a needle in a haystack. The only true way to know, is to quit eating Gluten. So, going to try that for a few weeks and see if it helps, as my doctor did recommend to do that as well. I did manage to make it for 5 days once and I did feel much better. So, hoping to make it for a few weeks this time. I tell you, if I make it and get over all this mess, then I will NEVER eat gluten again! Suffered for years with all this, but the last 3 years have been really bad ... meaning whatever it is is progressing. So, thought some of you might like to try Gluten Free ... because if your digestion is not working correctly, NOTHING else in your body will work and be right as well. Digestion is where it all happens folks :) Good luck! |
| Becky 30 July 10 |
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Well, I have found everybodies comments extremely helpful, so thank you!
I have been keeping a track of my ulcers for over a year. They appear the week before i'm due a period and it must definitely be hormone induced as i've tried taking my pill right through two months without a break and didn't get any; however, I realise this is NOT a solution!!
Going to try vitamins and this L-Lysine stuff so i'll keep you posted :0) |
| Bobby 24 Aug 10 24 August 10 |
