 after 20 years i’ve found a cure that really works 91 messages in this subject
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| i have suffered from almost non stop mouth ulcers for 20 long long years, i used to get crops of them all over my entire mouth,tongue and throat sometimes as many as 50-60 in one go. the treatmens from the doctors never worked and sometimes even irritated them, i saw a chinese herbalist who said that the mouth was a mirror image of your stomach and that i should change my diet, i tried eating only fresh produce and a whole range of vitamins but thatdidnt work either so i gave up all hope!! Then one day i spoke to a friend of a friend who was into alternative herbal therapy’s....BINGO she said i needed to drink 2 bottles of pre-biotic youhurt drinks per day, two extra pints of water and 1000 mlg ofl-lysine tablets every day (these are easily bought from holland and barrett half price at the moment for 3 quid for 100 tablets.....i tried it and within 3 days all my ulcers where gone, and i haven’t seen any since.....the joy...and what a simple inexpensive way to solve the problem.....i hope this helps someone else out there xxx |
| judy carter 5 January 08 |
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| I would try it except all those pre-biotic yoghurts give me real bad infections so I can’t drink the things. Glad you found something that works for you though. Wish I could get rid of mine |
| Anna 7 January 08 |
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| I have suffered from ulcers all my life, and am underweight due to them (as you only eat to survive, you really cant enjoy food with ulcers, as anyone who suffers badly with them knows). I might give this a try. Heres hoping. |
| Matt 11 January 08 |
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| go for it matt, its worth a try,at the end or the day its all natural stuff so it can;t do you any harm if it doesn't work..keep me posted,judy |
| judy carter 14 January 08 |
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| im 14 and iv been lookin for a cure for the damn things but iv been told swishing warm salted water around the also once every 2 to 3 hours and if you do this it should work. also by the way people a little tip for you... do not buy bonjella, it hurts like mad and it does nothing to reward you in your pain so plz also take tht in as well. i got 2 ulsars the week but 1 of them has given up and the other will simply NOT give up so im literally trying everything. |
| Ben 14 January 08 |
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| When I was in high school my mother took me to a doctor that said the only way to get rid of them is if I would use peroxide as a mouth wash. It was horrible but after a few days of using it They went away and never came back Iam now 40 years old |
| Lora 15 January 08 |
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| Peroxide?!?!?! As in hair dye? Is that not toxic? (like can killl you) |
| Ray 23 January 08 |
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| Hydrogen peroxide bought in the pharmacy. I mix half water, half hydrogen peroxide and rinse twice daily when I have a flare up. For some reason I have had them on a regular basis for the passed six months. I am nearing fifty years old and can always remember having these painful sores in my mouth. I have gone from doctor to doctor and none of them have a reason or a cure. Oh the pain of it all! It is my hell on earth! |
| Linda 30 January 08 |
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My first big outbreak happened when I quit smoking 10 years ago. I get big apthous ulcers in the back of my mouth. Nothing works, it sucks!
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| Mark 35 3 February 08 |
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| Hi, Judy. Thanks for your information but I just need to clarify....THe 2 bottles of pro-biotics, is that the 50ml yukult type stuff or the 1 litre youhurt drinks????? |
| Pg 06 March 08 6 March 08 |
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| Does anyone have swollen glands with their outbreaks?I have an extremely bad case right now.My doctor says it is a viral infection and your glands can swell. I haven't tried the yougurt yet gonna do that today. How long does these things usually last? I have been suffering all week. |
| lisa 35 6 March 08 |
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| lisa, I have a mouth ulcer right now, and my lymph node under it on the same side is swollen too!!! gah it sucks.. OH and I think my left ear is having an issue too... WTF is up with everything being on one side of my face? I never knew that a mouth ulcer was an infection :( |
| Tasha 7 March 08 |
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| hey mark, i just quit smoking and since then have had painful ulsers all over my toungue and the roof of my mouth! whats with that? i thought i'd be healthier without the smokes, but am feeling worse than ever, its been 2 weeks now.doc said b12 but its doing nothing, will try l-lysine too |
| mandy30 8 March 08 |
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| If you can handle it, soak your tongue in buttermilk. I really works and it's great for people that actually like to drink it! |
| debbie 9 March 08 |
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| hi my daughter is only 12 will she be able to take lysine as holland and barret products are for 18 and over ..... |
| wendy x 9 March 08 |
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| yes i get swollen glands under my chin. well i assume that is what they are. they hurt when i press them, and usually they are just on the same side as the ulcer. |
| imogen 11 March 08 |
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| I have swollen glands ... and the ulcers are on my gums , tongue , roof of my mouth and they hurt more than any mouth ulcers have ever hurt me before ,,,, i cnt eat , it hurts to brush my teeth , and to even talk ,,, help !!! |
| jess =( 13 March 08 |
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| theres this stuff called canker-rid from a website called durham's bee farm. it is amazing.it hurts like hell on the big ones but the pain stops after just a few seconds and they heal so much faster. you have it get it delivered from america though and need to pay with a credit card not a debit card but it is so worth it. the stuff changed my life. |
| james 13 March 08 |
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| Has anyone tried sea-buckthorn-oil? It is supposed to be a 100% money back guarantee fix-it. See www.siberiantigernaturals.com in america. I is supposed to fix mouth ulcers as well as gastric and intestinal ulcers. I alway thought that after a numberr of years with mouth ulcers I must also have them down the digestive tract lining but you cannot really feel them in these areas. I am asking because I am sick of buying stuff that doesn't work. |
| pg 20.03.08 20 March 08 |
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| I have had mouth ulcers for many years and the last three months have been constant with up to 10 big ulcers at a time. Doctors are unhelpful. I also get swollen glands and is very painful under the chin. Will try the pro-biotic drinks and lysine though - what dosage per day again? Bought the new oramedic which is a rip off, £6.00 for two buds which you can only use twice and it hurts like hell, much worse than Anbesol or Bonjela. |
| pauline 22 March 08 |
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| Wow, I don't feel like such a freak anymore knowing that there are so many others out there that suffer from this stupid condition. My mouth and throat are in such pain right now...well, it's not the worst I've been in. I am going to try every suggestion out there to try to rid myself of these things....just tries to change up my toothpaste to non-SLS stuff as well as the mouth rinse and the gum and the liquid splash "Biotene" it is called. I thought I was onto something, but...no. Now I'm blaming the fact that I ate hot suace three days in a row and each day they got worse. Wish everyone luck and hope that the lysine, h20 yogurt/youhurt drinks work! |
| michelle 25 March 08 |
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| I'm feeling really down right now! I've just got rid of a cluster of mouth ulcers inside my lower gum - now I've got this really sore one, on my lip of all places. I've suffered with them all my life. Does anybody worry that these things might one day turn in to cancer! |
| Susan 25 March 08 |
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| I've always gotten canker sores, but nothing too bad. Except now I've got one on the inside of my lip, and it rubs against my tooth every time I smile, talk, eat, drink, or try to kiss my girlfriend. Plus my lip hurts from me pulling it down to look at it. This is driving me nuts. |
| Eric 25 March 08 |
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| Im 15yo and i have had consistent apthous ulsars from when i was 7. does anyone get them as large as an average sized middle finger nail that lasts about 2-3 months. oh and is it common to have 2 small ulsars merge to create a massive one |
| James 18 January 09 |
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| Cant believe i found this site.. im in so much pain anbesol seems to be poping up alot, thats what i use, it hurts so bad when i apply it, i dance around the room in so much pain, but then have a minute or two relief so think its worth it. im going to try the lysine and pro biotic drinks. I cant sleep, talk, all of the above, i have a huge one on the side of my tounge at minute nearly 2 wks now, its going no where! the only good thing is, ...i eat hardly nothing! I have found they get me down ALOT, cant stand it anymore help! |
| jennie 21 January 09 |
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| After reading all these messages I'm beginning to feel normal!!! So many people don't believe that so called simple mouth ulcers make you so DOWN, stop you eating, talking et al!! I'm off to Holland & Barrett for some Lysine. Here's hoping... |
| Jane 21 January 09 |
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| glad i have found this site, i have been to the doctors so many times with my ulcers and they never seem interested, i have also been refered to the hospital but no joy there neither.they get so painfull i sympathise with you all i have one on my tounge and lip now and the one on the tounge is so deep it seems like it will never go,but il be straight off in the morning to try out the lysine tablets i will try any thing to get rid of these damn things!! |
| steph 21 January 09 |
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| Ok so I read Judy's advice and I started looking for the stuff she mentioned. I have had trouble finding what she calls "pre-biotic youhurt drinks" are these the same as "probiotic drinks" and what does "youhurt" mean? If anyone can help with this or tell me what site you found all these things for sale on I would GREATLY appreciate it. My girlfriend is tormented by these things and I really want to help her find a way to get rid of them. Thank you for any and all help! |
| Micah 24 January 09 |
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| Cathy 24 January 09 |
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I started getting mouth ulcers in 2001. The firs outbreak i seriously thought that maybe it was the dentist fault because they were to rough in my mouth with the exrays and stuff. Anyways i call it mystery illness. I have taken so many different kinds of medicines trying to make them go away and nothing seems to work. I dont get any breaks without them. I hurt all the time. I even get ear aches and tooth aches because of them. Dont give up hope. To get through the day i take pain meds. |
| Linda 32 January 20 21 February 09 |
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| Hi there, I'm really glad I found this site. I suffered from mouth ulcers for years and then was tested and found to have coeliac disease-so it might be worth a try for you guys. My daughter's going through the same thing-loads of ulcers that never seem to go away completely. She's doing her GCSE's atm and I think they're stress-related, but I'm going to try getting some seablackthorn oil for her cos she's really miserable with them. Good luck everyone! Jackie |
| Jackie 22/04/09 22 April 09 |
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@ Mandy.... U SAID U QUIT SMOKING... RIGHT?
2 out of 5 quitters have the mouth ulcers... keep persisting and u shud be fine eventually. |
| Sunny85 29 April 09 |
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I dont really have a cure but the best pain relief i have used is the really strong throat sprays. Just blast it on the ulcer and let it sit there a bit and after a bit of a sting your mouth, and the ulcer, is numb for a good 1-2 hours.
Be careful not to swallow the throat spray though just spit it back out. |
| mike 5 May 09 |
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| i am like most off the rest here and i used to take an occaisanal fag while out having a drink but stopped at the start off this year smoking that is still have the pints though dont get them nasty mouth ulsers as much now but had 1 last week and persested into 3 killers i know the usual cant smile hard to eat bongela just numbs them for a minute not really any good but i think they are like most other things they come from back from family tree my late granny used to suffer from the feckers she told me to use tcp garrgle it releives pain anyway mouth ulsers going i only garrgle once each time pure with no water hope it helps somebody ps dont swallow tcp love ya gran.xx. |
| clive 5 May 09 |
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| I have always suffered with ulcers, couple of weeks off then a couple more weeks with 5 or 6 at a time - always in different places in my mouth so you can't even just eat on one side! Makes it hard to talk when they are on your tongue too - I am lisping all the time at the moment! Will definitely try the Vit B, lycine and probiotics. The new cotton bud things are vile, I have never known pain like it then your bathroom smells of burnt flesh for days!! Can't be good for you!! Mine also got worse every time I tried to quit smoking. At 4 months this time but still being plagued! I do worry about mouth cancer, especially as I work with those patients, but smoking seems to be mentioned as a contributor all the time and I have never heard the doctors mention chronic ulcers! Good luck everyone - my sympathies |
| Kate 5 May 09 |
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| Such a relief to know that i am not the only one!! boyfriend thinks i am making a fuss about nothing. the pain is driving me mad........ going to try the Lysine. Had too much alcohol at the weekend and i am sure that makes them worse, does any one else find drinking brings them on?? |
| Michelle 5 May 09 |
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| If alcohol makes them worse, get your Vitamin B12 levels checked - it's been scientifically proven that there's a link between recurrent ulcers and low B12. |
| Sal 5 May 09 |
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| I'm so glad to have found other people with the same problem as myself!! I'm 22 years old and have suffered from mouth ulcers since as long as I can remember, I get them when I'm run down, tired or had a heavy weekend on the drink with my mates. I've stopped going out on the drink now, and that cut them down a little. but I start work at 6 in the morning so I am always tired and run down, so I'm always fighting an ulcer!! The massive problem I have is when I get one, it gets me really down and then I get attacked by a load more!!! I've been to the doctors no end of times about them, I've been for blood tests and stuff as well, but they say thee is nothing wrong with me, for the past 5 years when I get ulcers I can't handle, I ring the doctor and he prescribes me with a miled steroid called "prednisolone" these work really really well, they are a 3 day course and within 3 days, they are gone or going, the problem is, they can lead to brittle bones if taken to often, and I'm worried about that. I've tried different vitamins and other different things that other people have recomended, I even tried taking berocca for a month, but that didn't help at all. They prevent me from doing anything, I can't eat, talk, smile, kiss my girlfriend, swallow, I feel terrible!! the one in my throat at the moment is an absolute killer!!!!!! ear ache, head ache, the lot!! I will try everything suggested above! And please if anybody has any more suggestions please put them up!! I hope we all find a cure!! |
| Ali 6 May 09 |
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| Hi Everyone. I have just bought Boots Mouth Ulcer Treatment (around £7 and you get 3 applications). It is absolutely brilliant. I havent been able to eat for the last 3 days and within 10 minutes of using this product have eaten a full meal!! Try it - its fab! |
| Sarah 6 May 09 |
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| hi sarah, glad to read you got on with the boots product, unlike myself i tried that mouth ulcer treatment, and i am sorry to say it is only ok if the ulcers are easy to get at and if you only have one ulcer at a time, otherwise its very expensive. If you have ulcers right at the back of your mouth, top and bottom corners(like i have, awkward to reach)you tend to get the acid on the healthy part of the mouth which burns. |
| Ann 6 May 09 |
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| I have had a mouth ulcer on my lower gum that is actually pulling my gum down so that the root of my tooth is exposed for two months now! I am going crazy. I know how I got this ulcer though- chocolate. After years and years of suffering, I figured out two years ago that chocolate that is processed with alkali (all chocolate except swiss chocolate) gives me mouth ulcers. I never get them unless I eat something with cocoa or chocolate in it. Why did I eat that stupid chocolate cookie two months ago? Aaaargh! |
| Caroline. 6 May 09 |
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| I am 24 and have suffered with ulcers for as long as I can remember. The treatments over the counter dont do much for me as they are generally on the back of my tongue and cant be reached with bonjela etc. I have tried mouthwash, electric toothbrushes, vitamins, salt and sucking sweets that are useless. Im going to try pro biotic drinks. It makes me so miserable and they generally come on when im run down and stressed so doubt there is a cure for me. Its a horrible pain. At the min i have clusters on my tongue and my whole mouth feels like its infected as i have a nasty taste in my mouth./ |
| Amy 6 May 09 |
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| I have had them continually since I was in my late teens (I'm 45 now) I used to get depressed because they'd be so painful for weeks until a kind new doctor finally mentioned the magic word: Kenalog paste (after my mid 20's). My current ulcers are from a stupid toothbrush (going to change it to a softer one) and the latest on my bottom lip - who knows where that came from..If I drink something too hot, sure enough I get them on my tongue and they are painful if not treated asap! I have been applying Kenalog paste (at bedtime) as soon as they appear and they disappear by the morning! With the one on my bottom lip I may have to apply for 2 nights because my stupid teeth rub against the paste. I will try drinking the Yakult because I'm so sick of the ulcers reappearing although I notice they appear more during hormonal times. I just read elsewhere about rubbing garlic onto an ulcer works so I'll try anything! |
| Gina 7 May 09 |
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| If Bonjela stings try Medigel which works for me. Also try ADCORTYL in Orabase which is a paste that protects the ulcer and speeds up the healing to a day or 2. Apply it at night, the Orabase gets sticky when saliva is added so binds to the Ulcer. |
| Ray 7 May 09 |
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| Hi Gina, I wish I could say that KENALOG worked for me :( My grandma recommended it a few years ago, but unfortunately no result! I have tried bonjella, Kenalog, vegemite (Australian thing), warm salt water, vitamins and still nothing really helps. I will try the Yakult drinks though, and hope for the best. Doctors have told me after repeated visits that it's most likely due to stress, but I always wonder if it's a hereditary thing as my Grandmother (on my mum's side) gets them and my Dad has been known too aswell. I'm like most other people and can go months without any and then they'll suddenly pop up (like now), thinking back I did have spicy food recently, perhaps this is an cause I can look into? |
| Kirsty 8 May 09 |
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| I started getting ulcers when I was about 16 and I'm 22 now, the only time in that 6 years that i havent had a mouth full of ulcers was the 9 months i was pregnant and then as soon as i had my baby they came back! So I'm guessing its a hormone problem? The doctors are useless. I've tried endless different products etc to make them go away and i think the thing i tried that helped quite a bit was swishing a capful of vinegar around my mouth, it hurt like mad and i was hopping round the room in tears but it did kind of work, it basically burnt them away. The other one is too dissolve some paracetomol in a glass of water and swish it around the mouth. |
| Sarah 31 May 09 |
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| It could be hormonal - some women are allergic to their own hormones - search for autoimmune progesterone dermatitis on the internet - it's rare, but it could give you some information (ulcers are a symptom). Also, when you are pregnant, your body produces high amounts of progesterone as your immune system goes into overdrive, so you could have some kind of autoimmune disease. Try taking a lysine tablet everyday and see if that helps. Also, I know most doctors are useless but if you can get to a dermatologist you is sympathetic, they'll prescribe you tetracycline and steroid creams which do speed up the healing time and numb the pain. Don't give up on finding a cure. |
| Sall 1 June 09 |
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when I first started getting mouth ulcers about 24 years ago, I went to see our old family doctor, he cauterized them with carbolic acid, instant relief, but he retired shortly after, and modern doctors don't seem to use it and I can't get hold of it, so have suffered ever since, somebody help please.
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| Dave 2 June 09 |
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| As I stated on another page, I've had mouth ulcers (cankers) my whole life... my dentist says I'm the worst he's seen. Usually 2 to 5 at a time. I have recently changed to a macrobiotic diet, to deal with stress. All the ulcers have disappeared. Sometimes one will try to pop up, but it immediately goes away. Doctors and dentists aren't interested because noone knows for sure what really does cause them, so they're frustrated. Me, I think it's diet. |
| Pat 2 June 09 |
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I have always had one ulcer every month without fail when I have my period, and that wasn't a problem or a worry, but about a month ago I got about 8 come up all at once and they just won't go! I thought one day they were going, but the next day they all appeared on the other side of my mouth. Today they are on the roof of my mouth, behind my back teeth. It really does get me down. I can't help thinking that there is a more serious underlying problem, but my GP seemed to just dismiss them saying he suffers too! Did anyone else suddenly start getting them later in their early 40s? I've changed to SLS free tooth paste and will be trying probiotic drinks, water and 1000mg Lysine!
Lets hope someone does some research and they find the cause and a cure soon! |
| Loops 4 June 09 |
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I have always had one ulcer every month without fail when I have my period, and that wasn't a problem or a worry, but about a month ago I got about 8 come up all at once and they just won't go! I thought one day they were going, but the next day they all appeared on the other side of my mouth. Today they are on the roof of my mouth, behind my back teeth. It really does get me down. I can't help thinking that there is a more serious underlying problem, but my GP seemed to just dismiss them saying he suffers too! Did anyone else suddenly start getting them later in their early 40s? I've changed to SLS free tooth paste and will be trying probiotic drinks, water and 1000mg Lysine!
Lets hope someone does some research and they find the cause and a cure soon! |
| Loops 4 June 09 |
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| What's happening with your hormones? Are you going through menopause at all? Since you have one every month during menstruation, there is likely a hormonal link. |
| Ms 4 June 09 |
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Hi all, although it is horrible to hear of others suffering like me, it is also nice not to feel so alone. I have suffered from ulcers since I was about 13, I have several at a time and whn I have 2/3 small ones they merge as one big one. It stops me eating and talking and gets me down!
However i also realised that the start of mine was when the doctors stated that they wanted to retest me for coeliacs disease which I had had since birth. they declared that I no longer had it and that I would now have gluten, which meant that my prescriptions for ridiculously expensive bread was stopped). I began to feel sluggish and my skin flared up within hours. My face looked puffy and I had stomach cramps. A week later I had my first ulcer and it was excrutiatingly painful. Witin a month I had more. Bonjela hurt it, salt water hurt it but that at least got rid of a couple. TCP gargled (disgusting) but that eased pain too.
My mother took me back to the doctor and he said that I should perservere with it and my body justhad to adjust. Over the next three months I put on 2 stone (at 13 very embarrassing) and I looked like it was more as I was puffy, my skin had raised lumps all over it and generally had ulcers, one would go another two came. My mother luckily was a cook and stated the doctors knew sod all and that she would put me back onto a coeliac diet (the doctors refused to acknowledge anything was wrong) it cost her so much money and we didn't have it.
Anyway the ulcers disappeared over the next six months and I had no major problem again until I was twenty except for the odd few when I was tired and stressed. Howver then I found that they became more frequent and that they were more painful. I checked all the food I was eating and found that they had added wheat to alot that I had not noticed. Crisps flavourings, gravy, sauces and so on. I started making things from scratch and they cleared up again mostly thogh now my immune system was a little lower they still came.
Since this I have found that if I cook everything myself they are mostly controlled though I use the SLS free toothpaste and that has eased it and I control everything I eat.
I would suggest that for a few of you, maybe be tested for an intolerance or allergy to wheat/gluten. Also less painful, cheaper and I personally found more effective, TCP on a cottonbud straight onto them. Take care x |
| Natasha 30 4 June 09 |
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Hey Guys,
This site makes me feel SO much better. I've been getting ulcers since I was a kid, but in my early twenties they became MUCH more frequent (2-3 of them and then gone for a few weeks, then back). Of course, I did the google thing and thought i either had A)Cancer, or B)AIDS. My doctor checked me through and couldn't figure out why. The only thing I've found that really helps is called "Canker Free" which you can find online from a company called Lifelabs. Its basically just a combo of Vitamin B, Lysine etc. (more or less a multivitamin for ulcer sufferers). While they aren't completely gone, they occur MUCH less and they are MUCH smaller. Of course, I just ran out the day that i accidentally bit right into my inner mouth and so I'm suffering and waiting for the next shipment. UGH.
Good Luck! |
| amerikajin 4 June 09 |
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| Blimey, I was surprised to find a site like this, and so pleased!! it's also made me realise that other people suffer more than me, and I thought mine were painful! I've been getting them in the last few years, and really thinbk it's to do with stress. But what can you do if you're stressed alot? Nothing. Like others who've posted, I get 1-3 at a time, which sometimes merge into one huge ulcer, which takes weeks to go away. As soon as this goes, within a couple of weeks another'll appear. i was all set to go to the doc, but since reading the above posts it seems like I'd be wasting my time. Might try the pro biotic remedy and maybe b12 vitamins. Will have to scroll thru all these messages to reread suggestions. So nice to know there are others out there as unhealthy as me!! |
| Fi 7 June 09 |
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| Ive had mouth ulcers so many times in my life and ALWAYS managed to get rid of them rather efficiently and promptly. What do I use? Simple. Warm salty water. GUYS GO BACK TO BASICS! Forget about Bonjela, Canker Rid Bottle, Chemical Listerines..... BACK TO BASICS! Rinse with warm salty water every couple of hours everyday. It helps. It does help and your mouth WILL appreciate it. 24yo male Dental Student in Sydney |
| David 8 June 09 |
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| I am amazed at the number of people who have this problem . I have been suffering with this b/s for thirty years.I tried every thing under sun nothing worked.untill a doctor in rochester ny in a study put me on tha-mid-amide its very controled but your doctor should no how to get it . ulcers are gone. pain is gone. and quality of life is back |
| sm 8 June 09 |
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My mother had and still suffers from mouth ulcers. I have had them ever since I can remember and at the age of 47 have decided two things about them.
1. When you are run down they tend to strike harder.
2. There is a link with chocolate and sweet foods.
None of the suggestions above tend to work terribly well, though some ease the symptoms (PAAAAIIN) for a while.
I have recently been taking probiotcs, for instance, and it has made no difference - two have started up since I started.
The only vaguely effective remedy i have found is to limit chocolate (sweets generally) intake, and to keep the mouth clean - especially right after eating chocolate. Try rinsing your mouth out a few minutes after eating a small chocolate and see the gunge that you clean out!
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| Dominic 9 June 09 |
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| I have suffered from mouth ulcers for as long as I can remember and am now in my late 30s ,I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my early 20s and thought that they would subside .They didnt and if anything they got far worse until only within the past year when a junior doctor at my local hospital recommended taking regular zinc tablets.I could not belive the results within 2 weeks I noticed a massive improvement and after trying all the regular remedies I found these little inexpensive over the counter tablets a god send .I dont think this would suit everyone but it suits me and I find that if I miss a few days I can notice my mouth beginning to feel sore |
| Sarah Derbyshire 10 June 09 |
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| i h8 mouth ulcers they are horrible.I have 1 at the moment and i is at the bottom of my mouth i cant eat!!! What shall i do??? |
| Mialumps 11 June 09 |
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| i had a coxsackie virus which was horrendous last year i had about 30 mouth ulcers on my tongue and gums and all of my gums swelled so i couldnt eat or hardly drink but putting a used tea bag in your mouth (make sure its not too hot) worked a treat! as it is strongly an alkali- therefore restoring the natural balance in your mouth, it may taste disgusting put just put a used tea bag in your mouth for as long as you can bear, as many times a day as u can it works! |
| Lorna 17 August 09 |
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I have four ulcers at the back of my throat at the moment. So painful! Cant swallow, eat or sleep. And all one side of my glands are swollen and sore and im getting headaches. I took the Probiotic yougurt suggestion...It helps! It really does. Ive had two drinks of it today and so far its not as painful as it was this morning!
Thnx for the suggestion! |
| Nay.Louise 19 August 09 |
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| Amazing, i have been so stressed about constantly having mouth ulcers. Especially after being pretty much shrugged off by both the doctor and dentist, I didn't realise so many ppl were in the same situation. Now...what to try first, pro-biotic yoghurts, zinc tablets or used tea bags!! Hmmmm |
| Kate 26 19 August 09 |
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Try Drinking Tazo Berry Blossom tea with two teabags and some honey. My large ulcer was completely gone over night after two cups of this from starbucks!!! Yesterday i was in the worst pain, now im fine! And yay i can eat and swallow without almost breaking into tears!
Please someone try this to and let me know if it works for you!
Xx |
| Nay.Louise 19 August 09 |
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Hi Kate
This is my second week of somply watching what I shove in my mouth ie especially nuts, crisps, fresh pineapple (which especially gave me one massive mouth ucler within hours), also wine and vinegar on chips. Perhaps if you try eliminating some or all of these things if they are part of your diet, you may be lucky just to have found the trigger causing your ulcers. I also bought SLR free toothpaste. I am feeling good this week after months of really bad ulcers on my inner cheeks. Hope it lasts, fingers crossed!! Best of luck.
liz |
| Liz 21 August 09 |
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I'm only17, but I've alwys had them! I generally ignore them! Or suffer silently, I didn't realise they were problems untill I saw this site! Can't say I've got a cure, I dab piles of salt onto them everytime
I pass the kitchen, I use citrusydal (grapefruit seed extrAct) seems to work vaguely, and lavender oil! All taste funky and don't really seem t do naff all! Got 5 at the moment, inside my cheeks and on my bottom lip, trouble I have is biting them off! I'm a sucker fo pain, it excrusiating, but it numbs for a bt afterwards, I find the pain satisfying somewhat, also biting THEN putting salt in's a norm for me...
Got to add this is not advise! I take it biting them aways not a cure (and the ulser tends to stay anyway, just damaged)
I'm going to try swishing a glass of vinigar about like suggested up there, painfull but burns the
away?
I can't explain why the pain feels so satisfying, but it's like scratching an itch! I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this?
Cheers people |
| Ciaran mckeown 23 August 09 |
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Im suffering with two tongue ulcers at the moment and I guess I qualify to be part of this "club". Its only been a few weeks since I got over the last bout which lasted over a week. My mum is very happy to find this forum and Im sure she will be trying out all your suggestions. My ulcers hurt and are a bit itchy so I end up scratching with my teeth and making them worse. I have also resorted to speeking with a lisp and keeping my mouth open while I sleep. This annoys my mum cos I drool all over the pillow. Any suggestions for a nine year old. My mum is typing this.
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| Gabby Archibong, 26 August 09 |
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| i have suffered with very painful mouth ulcers for over 10 years - often 3 or 4 at a time. They left me lathargic and tired. I have now found a cure that has worked for me - a herbal / homepathic remidy which can be bought in health food shops called 'Merc Sol'. You take them three times daily - i'd recommend a months supply to anyone to see if they work for you too. Good luck |
| k lennon 14 September 09 |
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| Know what you mean Ciaran, biting them off just seems SO tempting, doesn't work tho.... just that the b.....ds are there and they shouldn't be so can't resist attacking them! |
| Steve 22 September 09 |
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| going to try salt and water i have suffered with mouth ulcers for so long the old way is the best so here gose |
| lisalong 23 September 09 |
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| lysine works great for me, used to have numerous big bad ones all the time. Lysine has improved things by 85-90%. when i feel a bad outbreak I double my dose... it's like i can feel the lysine working immediatly 8(maybe just placebo effect) |
| michael 30 September 09 |
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| Vitamin B complex works for me |
| talkeen# 23 October 09 |
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7 weeks on, still got this huge 2.5cmx1.5cm and deep ulcer in my cheek. Have tried salt water, corsadyl, cortisone pellets, sulfuric acid (Oralmedic or similar). elimination diet( citrus fruit, bananas, hard food, spicy food, alchol & sugar) Nothing has helped. Now Im gonna go out and buy Gengigel and Lysine. I will report back in a few days.
I am 45 and this is my first ulcer. It developed over a few months, started just a little something I felt in my cheek sometimes while eating. 7 weeks ago it was deep enough to have reached nerves, OMG what aq nuisance it has been. Anyone elce out there with a huge single ulcer that won't heal? |
| CM 9 November 09 |
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| SARAH! I'm so happy to hear someone else has the same symptoms I do. I've suffered with these all of my life and I'm miserable! But BOTH times I was PREGNANT, I never got them. I will have to check out the autoimmune progesterone dermatitis--thanks for the info, Sall! Everything I enjoy eating makes these things worse: chocolate, tomatoes in all forms, citrus, nuts, vinegar, wine, shellfish, it's impossible to eat out without one of these items being in your food. I'm so sad and miserable all the time from these things, eating, talking, kissing my husband are all impossible. My son wanted me to read to him this afternoon, and it was all I could do to not cry my eyes out from the pain and sadness. WHOEVER CAN FIND A CURE FOR THIS WILL MAKE A FORTUNE!! |
| Kathy 11 November 09 |
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| ive been suffering from ulcers forever i still am i counted 5 today but ive found that if i take vitamin c and zinc,lysine(1000mg holland and barratt) vitamin b12 and iron tablets i can survive for months without an outbreak. yeah it is alot of supplements to be taking every day so i do have a couple of weeks break every 3-4 months or so but it really works for me. lysine really helps with cold sores as well (i take about 4000mg a day if i get one) |
| ben 32 12 November 09 |
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| I have also always suffered from them, along with my brother. We hear they are hereditary. I have not tried this but recently read a study that people that smoked and quit started to get these damn things. When they smoked they didnt and most smokers dont get them. We do not smoke, never have but always have ulcers. Study showed people who chew 2-4 nicorette gum (and dont smoke) everyday, will notice fewer, smaller or possibly even no more ulcers at all. they dont think its enough nicotine to make you addicted but think there is a relationship between the ulcer and the nicotine. I guess its something else to try. |
| Alana 3 February 10 |
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| So good to know I'm not alone! I've just been out to luch with clients, me pushing food aroung my plate, taking tiny mouthfuls of food and drink, and trying not to cringe in pain and hold a normal conversation. I'm going to try the Lysine and probiotics, salt and water and B12 injections have done nothing, they just keep growing and multiplying like Gremlins. |
| Victoria 4 February 10 |
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| I've get mouth ulcers every so often and then often a couple at a time. They're not that big, but always painful! Very annoying at any rate. The doctor told me to not have fruit, alcohol, and hot drinks when you get them. She said that you shouldn't put salt on them, that apparently makes it worse - is that an old wives tale? She did prescribe me Sedative Bombastus*N which is herbal but alcohol based. It basically numbs the ulcer completely and forms/burns a film of skin across it. (stings while you do it a bit) It therefore relieves the pain and the itch - but it doesn't kill them off straight away. |
| Regis 11 February 10 |
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| I have had ulcers for the past 3-5 years now and cannot recall a period ofover 2 weeks when I have not had one. I am immune to all creams, gels tablets etc. When i get them i find that holding a recently used (but not too warm) teabag on them reduces swelling (due to the tanin i beleive) but does not make them go any quicker. Good Luck to you all! |
| Andy 23 February 10 |
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| I never realised ulcers were such a big problem. I am 18 and just got my first ulcer, not slept for days because of it. I am taking ibruprofen atm for dental pain and have been taking the tablets for weeks, even thought I'm not supposed to because I am asthmatic, but the doctor still gave me them. This site has been so helpful and I am going to try some of the things on here to get rid of it. And also, does bonjella work? Or just a waste of money? |
| Verity 21 March 10 |
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Hi, I don't know wether this is the right category however I am doing an essay regarding Greece and I am wondering if you would mind giving an answer to this question.
Greece, Rioting about tough austerity actions left 3 people killed inside a torched Athens bank and clouds with tear gas drifting beyond parliament, in an outburst of wrath that underlined the lengthy and difficult battle Greece faces to stay with painful cutbacks that come with a global bailout.
Just what do you think of Greeces circumstance? |
| Fawteestenete 6 May 10 |
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| I am writing b/c i get them myself on occasion and used to get them alot when i was younger, i'm 49 now. my son which 22 gets them now and is about to be married sat. and is suffering bad with them and huge one in his throat that concerns me. i just ordered the sea buckhorn oil to try....hope it works for his sake, jsut got it in today. i know what he's going thru....suffered alot with them myself. they hurt like heck. i think it is the herpers simplex virus. that is what i was told. was also told to take vitamin a at one point, that it was a deficiency of that. i guess it's all worth a try. the zinc did help me at one point. well, good luck to you all... |
| jackie 27 May 10 |
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the cure is lemon juice. make them at home. lemon, sugar, and water. now mix. drink and viola!
2 -5 days it will go away! salt or saline solution is whole lot bullshit, bloody painful.
anways, drink lemon juice everyday and as often and this you'll never get ulcers again. |
| Tim Tim Sydney 5 June 10 |
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| @Fawteestenete interesting.. could be down to theier mouth ulcers I guess. maybe we should ask them? |
| Mike 5 June 10 |
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I think this site pretty much answers the question of why we need the Internet. I have about 8 or 9 big ones and my lips have swollen up. Under my Tongue I have loads of tiny ones. It was probably stress but I also havnt had a cigarrette in a while and was over exercising a bit. As everyones been saying, how are you meant to stop being stressed and down with a mouth full of pain. I'm just on ibuprofen at the moment and some gel stuff. I like the look of the boots ulcer treatment and myhrr so I'll try them. Right now I'll try anything though. Sooo painful!
Good luck everone |
| Tom 22 London 10 June 10 |
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| unfortunatley Adcortyl in Orabase has been discontinued in the UK, I hear there are same/similar formulas available from America, New Zealand and via India or so. What I found on the shelf in America 2 weeks ago is a Colgate product: Orabase. While I don't know yet how well it helps heal: it numbs the ulcer. I just got a new outbreak and this Orabase didn't hurt putting on and immediately relieved the pain. FInd someone to get you a tube. It'll make an enormous difference to your wellbeing. And you can eat and nourish yourself and help heal faster that way at least. x |
| Birgit 19 June 10 |
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| My daughter gets them periodically, esp when stressed due to exams. This time I gave her Omeprazole tabs and they worked! |
| Dr. Jayashree Joshi 20 June 10 |
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| Darn these painful things!!!!! I have tried almost everything. Have two big ones under my tongue at the moment. Nice to see that I am not the only one in the world cursed. Peroxide and water gives a little relief but salt and water rinse lasts a little longer.....plenty of Tylenol for the pain is the key....and a dab of anbesol to the site when eating. Then you just wait and hope they don't last too long!!! |
| janie, bermuda 22 June 10 |
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| have 2 at the moment on each side of throat cannot swallow eat or drink more on tongue and lips will try the tea bags left ear aching dribble onto towel at night no relief will try tea bags and probiotics water and lysine tablets will update you soon |
| cm 22 June 10 |
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Grrr. . .
I only have 2 but the pain is excruciating. it is up between my teeth and gum and the whole right side of my mouth is swollen. I can't even close my mouth and talking hurts. I am even missing school because of it :(. Anyways I am going to try walm salty water. Any other suggestions using THINGS YOU COULD FIND IN THE PANTRY AT HOME?
Will hopefully report back with my results :(:): |
| utc 16 August 10 |
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I'm back!
Read previous comment.
I have found out that washing your mouth out 1- 5 a day with warm salty water (1 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of warm water) and when ever the pain starts again you use of bonjela. (bonjela is a teething gel used by little kids. The best type is clear and it should have a rather pleasant taste. The best part is that it sticks to where ever you rubbed it and does not drip down your gums like some gels do) The salty water helps the ulcer GO AWAY; while the bonjela helps numb the pain. Try this. IT WORKS AND IS AMAZING. My ulcers are getting smaller and doesnt hurt as much.
Will contact withing the next week,
Regards and Thankyou, |
| utc 16 August 10 |
