 Smoking & Canker Sores 107 messages in this subject
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For the past five years, I have been searching for some kind of cure for canker sores. I started smoking cigarettes when I was 16. About 5 years ago, I quit smoking. Three days after I had my last cigarette, I started to encounter canker sores....nasty ones! Usually two in my mouth at a time and when one pair of sores were going away, another two would show up. This went on for almost two years. I went to my family doctor (tests, meds, etc..), then he sent me to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. Same thing, more blood work, tests, cultures, different meds, etc. Then he sent me to my dentist. No luck with him either, and he sent me to an Infectous Disease Specialist. Again, blood work, tests, mouth washes, different types of meds, etc... NOTHING WORKED!!!! I tried everything I could think of - changed my tooth paste, tooth brush, dietary intake, etc. Then only thing I didn’t try was to go back to smoking. After 2 years, I had enough and started smoking again. Within 1 week, they went away and never came back!!!! Two years ago I quit again (I smoke a pack a day and luckly, I am able to quit cold turkey each time). Again, the sores came back. A week later, I lit up again.
Last week, I talk to my doctor and I told him I wanted to quit smoking, told him about the canker sores and he gave me some meds. It’s now 5 days later, the meds didn’t work. I lit up again and will continue to until I can find a cure.
HELP!! I don’t want to smoke any more. I am now 37 and ready to quit, but these damn canker sores won’t let me. (I’d rather smoke and be canker-free than smoke-free and in pain!!) |
| Mike C. 9 June 03 |
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| ooooh nasty *sending hugs* erm, sorry im no help. |
| laura 18 July 03 |
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| Well you’d have to compare if you want to smoke, and possibly irritate others, or suffer ulcers. I really don’t know cuz i’ve never smoked. |
| GuyfromToronto 21 July 03 |
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| My friend Jim, who died 7 years ago (age 23), would probably have argued that lung cancer hurts worse than mouth ulcers......;-) |
| monkey 21 July 03 |
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| Mike C. you have helped me.... I quit smoking 4 months ago and same thing has happened to me. At least now I know that it has to do with cigs. A friend told me about something called Dukes. You have to get a prescription for it but she says that it knocks them out. |
| Louise 22 July 03 |
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| From someone who suffers everyday of my life from mouth ulcers - Try to determine the minimum amout of smoking necessary to keep them away and if it works, SMOKE! |
| 28 July 03 |
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I may be able to help. I quit smoking a year and a half ago. Mouth full of ulcers ever since... until a few weeks ago when i started taking L-lysine (amino acid from heath food shop) and Mulitbionta vitamins (probiotic vitamins). I also avoided toothpaste with SLS in.
The ulcers haven’t disappeared entirely but I’ve had at least a month where they were never bad enough to interfere with how I’ve felt. A huge relief.
Today my mouth has got bad again but I reckon it’s because I started to get slack with the tablets.
I really hope this helps. |
| Em 3 August 03 |
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| Hi Mike, The same thing happened to me tooo. After years of smoking, when I stopped, I got the ulcers back,I think it has something to do with the nicotine or the tar in the cigs that coat the mouth, and stop them from happening. I carried on Not smoking and now they dont come back.. I have been off the fags for 21 years now and would never ever smoke again.I remeber the dentist saying that there was something lacking in the saliva, I thought that was an odd statement, but he never went into it further..I wonder if different blood groups get it LIke negative blood, I dont really know..Would be great to know the answer...Good luck on your search, and give Savacol a go its an aniseptic mouthwash and it really works and on my sons ulcers too.. He gets them real bad, and lots at a time. He finds this treatment really works well for him... |
| Valerie.. 5 August 03 |
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What a plague on humanity this is!! Those poor folks who are trying to make themselves more healthy by quitting smoking are then confronted with pain to boot!
::Hugs all::
All I can say is: It’s time to start demanding more research from the pharmeceutical industry, and more knowledge from our physicians. |
| Jordan 22 August 03 |
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| i quit two months ago and have canker sores all in my mouth. i just ordered silver nitrate sticks. i plan on burning the damn things out!!! |
| Bryce 3 December 08 |
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Its been 21 days since my last cig. I've be doing it for over 20 years. The last 3 days I've got them canker's on my left lower gums. Haven't had them for over 10 years. On observation now, its more due to tightness in the chest and the throat. This creates a stretch in the mouth and thereby causing the sore. I'm able to contain it by maintaining proper posture, deep breathing, stretching my arms up and holding the posture, while centering your self between the arms (ball and socket joints)
I guess the body has gone through a lot of abuse through smoking. Having said that lets not give up and step up the observation our body's changes. After all we are the closest to our body, hey we live in it. Good luck!! |
| Prasad 8 January 09 |
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I quit about 5 years ago for 7 weeks and had the sores, talked to doctors and they said it was just some virus. Well I started smoking again. I quit again 2 years ago for 1 year and 4 months. That hole time I had sores. seen several doctors same story as Mike C. In Sept. I started smoking due to life and I still had the sores but not as bad. I quit again yesterday. I started slowing down smoking during the weekend and I didn't have a cigarette all day yesterday. I have 4 canker sores on my tongue and one on the left side of my mouth. I am almost ready to give in again. I don't want to smoke but if you have had these they are painful. I have gone and had them burnt it was the only relieve I could get. I have tried herbal remedies, medical remedies and nothing has helped. I want to quit so that I don't end up with lung cancer or emphzema,etc. Almost 2 years of mouth sores I wonder myself which is worse.
If anyone out there can help please do. I feel just as Mike C does. |
| Cindy D 27 January 09 |
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| I've never smoked but suffered from mouth ulcers on and off since I was about 7, i'm now 27, so thats 20 years of pain! A number if doctors have told me if I did smoke i would have mouth ulcers, there's something in cigarettes which stops them. Despite this i've never considered starting smoking to test out this theory but from what people have been saying here, it seems the doc's are right! |
| Jen 29 January 09 |
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sorry in my 2nd line in the above comment i meant to put i 'wouldn't' have mouth ulcers!
its been a long day and my mouth is killing me!! |
| Jen 29 January 09 |
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| Hello! I'm 29 and I never smoke. I have had mouth ulcers a few times a year, but for the last month, they are terrible. I use Listerine and brush my teeth regularly, keep a healthy diet (multi vitamins-minerals- folic acid-, probiotics every day) and do exercise. I thought it must be due to stress or there is something else. 3 weeks ago, I had 4 ulcers at the same time. I was not able to speak or eat. I used Orajel, sore throat spray for 6 days, nothing helped and I made an appointment with a family doctor. 2 days before I met the doc, my sister told me what her doctor told her to do: empty a cigarette into 1/2 cup water; wait a few hours; drain the water and gurgle with it. I tried it before I went to bed and in the morning it was a MIRACLE, I had no pain at all. I told this to the doctor, he said he had not heard it before and could not comment. He run all blood tests and it seems I am healthy. He prescribed a special solution for 30 days. I have been using it for 3 weeks now, but I have one mouth ulcer again today. It's unbelievable :( Now I am going to do cigarette gurgling. I will change my toothpaste asap. As far as I know I don't have food allergies. Does anyone have any other suggestion? I am very nervous about getting these ulcers again and again. |
| Eileen 9 March 09 |
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| I too suffer from sores. I usually get 5 or 6 at a time on my tongue and under it. I quit smoking 10 days ago after 25 years and on day 3 my mouth exploded with sores. I have 32 canker sores on tongue and under it, inside of cheeks and on throat too! The pain is unbearable. Can't talk, can't eat...I am willing to try anything to get rid of them. |
| Denise 18 April 09 |
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| Sorry to hear about everyone's painful ulcers but a bit glad to hear I'm not alone. I gave up smoking 15 months ago and suffered really badly for about 10 months with ulcers...lots of them. Sometimes 6/8 at a time. Over Xmas I started smoking again and they went away. Gave up cold turkey again two weeks ago and have a mouth full of ulcers again. My doctor said it was likely because the poisons in cigs keep your mouth pretty bacteria free and it takes a long time for you body to work out how to fight the normal bacteria all by iteself. The longer you have smoked, the worse it might be. I would love to take up again to relieve myself of the ulcer pain but can't. I gave up while I was sick and felt like I was going to die so I made a pact with a 'higher power' to get me through my illness and I would never smoke again. I'm not overly religious (or at least didn't think I was) but I know I can never and will never touch a cigarette again for fear of being struck down. If there are any god-fearing people out there who want to give up smoking, this method works better than any other I know of. Anyway, thanks everyone for the ulcer treatment advice. The only thing I have found to help is a good old fashioned salt water gargle before bed. Seems to help them clear up a bit quicker. |
| Sandy 24 April 09 |
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| I started a no smoking programme 3 weeks ago and with the help of patches have stayed smoke free, but for the last week my mouth has become sore with ulcers and my mouth also seems to be really dry. I have tried an antibacterial mouthwash but it just makes my mouth and tongue numb. I find it hard to eat,drink,and talk, I really DO NOT want to go back to smoking but i can't live with this pain much longer!!!!! |
| claire 27 April 09 |
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| Hi, I quit smoking about 2 weeks ago. My mouth is very tender now but no ulcers yet. I hope I don't get any and that this soreness goes away soon. I read on another site that smoking actually smokes your gums. When you quit the dead skin comes off and you get new baby skin again. It is tempting to go back but my son begs me not to. He is so proud of me that I just can't light up again. |
| Jennie, 42, April 29, 2009 28 April 09 |
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| its been 4 years and still ulcers but i cant smoke had a stroke but i think i would rather risk a stroke than this plus the x fat |
| sue 54 6 May 09 |
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| I thought I was crazy. I quit smoking on March 7th and I have had terrible canker and mouth sores ever since. They did go away for about a week or so but not they are back. I know it is healthier not to smoke but when your mouth is full of sores it is VERY painful and hard to concentrate on work, etc. |
| Jamie 6 May 09 |
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I gave up smoking almost two weeks ago on day 7 I had mouth ulcers appear, I have never had these in my life before so I know its linked to the giving up smoking, I feel so frustrated because I have tried to give up so many times and failed then the first time i manage it i end up with these nasty sores, i dont want to smoke again but this pain is unbearable.
The only relief I get is from mouthwash which numbs my mouth and tongue for about half an hour then the pain comes back. |
| Jack 10 May 09 |
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As a child when I went back to boarding school I got ulcers in mouth, the Matron in the hostel asked me if my parents smoked, and yes my mother did in the car. Strangely in 1978 I already connected the ulcers with ciggarette smoke cessation. I became a smoker and like a lot of other people quit after 20 years, I too now once again get the damn ulcers. I do think its the cold turkey or shock in cravings, the body immune system is attacking due to it thinking it is been poisoned being in shock. The best way to stop is to numb the neuro receptors with Zyban or Champix before stopping so the body is not in shock and the immune system is not attacking itself.
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| Vivian 11 May 09 |
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I've suffered with canker sores my entire life. I don't get just one or two. My whole mouth is coated with them from my gums to my tongue and my throat. I remember my mom taking me to one Dr. after another. I've had them carterized, I've sucked on awful tasting lozenges, I had my tonsils removed, I've had test after test after test and nothing helped. When I turned 18 my mom had a friend tell her that if I start smoking the sores will go away. She naturally didn't tell me that, but at 22 I started smoking on my own and believe it or not....the sores went away. Subsequently every time I tried to quit within 24 hours I would have another mouthful and eventually I went back to smoking every time. I've been to dozens of Dr.'s in my adult life hoping that someday one of them would tell me they have a miracle cure and I could quit for good, but no such luck. I am 59 and the last time I quit was about four years ago and held out that time for 2 weeks before finally feeling defeated and going back to smoking. That was the last time I tried to quit and I won't do it again. I hate smoking, but I hate the pain of canker sores more. I've heard people complain when they have one or two sores in their mouth. I can relate, but I have to laugh knowing that my mouth is coated when I get them and one or two would be a welcome relief.
I will continue my life smoking and being canker-sore free until a cure is found for the excruciating pain it causes. |
| Sandy 13 May 09 |
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wierd
i am going to try that cigarette mouth wash......i gave up smoking about 8 years ago now. but i went on the gum and then on the patches and i still wear the patches now and then.....
my ulcers started when i was on teh gum so thats about 8 years ago now, i thought they were related to the gum somehow.....but after reading ths it seems more likely its the cigarettes.
My ulcers have gotten worse these 8 years, i used to get them now and then and gradually just worse and worse 3 year ago they started up badly and omg just so painful on the tongue for the first time. and now flu like symptoms when i have them.
I am near thinking of starting smoking again omg i dont want to but i will try that cigarette mouth wash and see.
really there are SO MANY PEOPLE with ulcers why the heck isnt more being done to try stop them. Do you think the big pharmecuticals have an idea on what causes them but dont say as it wont make them money or do u think they simply have no clue.
ARGH! |
| fed up 14 May 09 |
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I have had constant mouth ulcers, since giving up smoking in January this year.
I have now been mouth ulcer free for 2 weeks after taking probiotics with multivitamins (I used Multibionta by Seven Seas). Maybe it was a coincidence - I just don't know, but it worked for me and I am so relieved. |
| Carole Millington 15 May 09 |
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i'm so glad i found this page!! havent smoked for 2 weeks now, and i'm in so much pain i feel like chopping my tongue off!!
i was confused for a couple of days because i googled 'tongue sores' and some of the symptoms were STD-related which freaked me out - until it clicked it could be from not smoking, i'm so relieved but i hope this wont last for years and years to come :(
thanks everyone! best of luck for being freed from nicotine xx |
| karen 17 May 09 |
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| same here...day 70 of not smoking, yet every day i get a new sore on my tongue..one goes away, another one comes in its place ...it's annoying but i chalked it up to being par for the course and hopefully soon enough it will all be out of my system! |
| annoyed! 20 May 09 |
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I have the same problem having been smoke free for a bit more than 2 weeks. I used a dental gel which made it all a lot worse and now have reverted to warm salty water... good luck everyone
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| e 26 May 09 |
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| i am interested in the comment about the poisons in tobacco keeping the mouth bacteria-free. I have never smoked but had to give up my daily (very strong ) can of super lager a couple of months back, and since then have had major problems with ulcers under the tongue, and on the sides of the tongue. I had had the daily lager can for 20 years or more, but i had to bring my weight and blood pressure down. Currently citrus fruit, chocolate in paticular are causing me excruciating pain, we have always suffered with ulcers in the family, but this is worse then ever. I am 46 btw. |
| ian 27 May 09 |
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| I have had mouth sores before and the Dr. gave me some Pepcid (I think) that disolved on my tongue its not over the counter but it hepled by neutralizing the extra acid in my mouth. Im going to call them in the morning becuse I quit smoking 10 days ago. I will quit using the gel and start on the warm salt water till then. And I will let everyone know what happens. |
| Trisha 1 June 09 |
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| Another sufferer here - am on day 15 of quitting smoking and have had between two and seven mouth ulcers since day five - plus the roof of my mouth feels all cracked and is really sore. I'm been treating it with a normal ulcer gel but think I might pop down to the chemists and see if there's anything more effective. I will see it out as I feel sure my body will adjust in time to not having the evil chemicals it was getting from the fags! |
| Sarah 31 yrs 1 June 09 |
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43 years on the cigs including 20 years of daily joints. Let's see? They say 1 joint is equal to a pack of cigs in tar. Dam!!!! No drugs/alcohol for 11 years. Quit the cigs 8 days ago and got a sore ass tongue (sides). Seems to be fading and I attribute that to positive thinking and prayer. Turning my will and my life over to the care of God has been my blessing.
I lived 8 years on the streets of America in the ghettos as a drunken bum. Should of died many times, long long story. Smoked rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco, tailor made cigs, weed, cigars, butts out of ashtrays and off the streets. I am not surprized I have a sore ass tongue. 43 years of sucking on nails brought me here.
Peace and Love >Neil Young |
| Tom Koop Minneapolis Mn 12 June 09 |
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| Well i gave up smoking and alcohol 4 days ago, after 20 years of 20 a day. I am glad i am warned about mouth sores. Thanks guys. i f i do come across a remedy will post asap. |
| aneel 28 June 09 |
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wow i'm amazed so many people have the same symptoms as I do - i quit smoking after 14 years 6 months ago and have had awful ulcers ever since. I was told the same thing about smoking killing bacteria in the mouth, but i was using Corsodyl so much that i've had to stop as it was ruining my tongue. My dentist told me that smoking restricts the blood flow around the body and when you quit the blood effectively rushes around, especially to the gums creating hypersensitivity. I've been to the docs before about ulcers but i suspect they won't find anything this time - i'm still going though to rule out B12, iron deficiency etc.
I feel for everyone who suffers with this horrible affliction, it really is soul destroying at times...hopefully a solution will present itself sooner rather than later. |
| Rik, 31 yrs, UK 28 June 09 |
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I am so glad to have found this site. I quit smoking, after 29 years, for about 5 days. Huge mouth sores. I have been prone, to one or two canker sores, at times of stress; but nothing like these beauties. As soon as the two canker sores started to clear up, I got two more. I have smoked a couple of cigaretts since. I went the 5 days, about 2 weeks ago.
I have been trying to quit for a while and cutting back. I was down to five cigs a day, and I wasn't getting the canker sores then. So wondering if it the "cold turkey" that does it. Wonder if I kept cutting down and down, until no cigs., if the shock to the mouth would be less. For a temporary help to sores, disolve an asprin on the canker area. It tastes like crap; but it takes the pain away for a while. Seems to heal the cankers a little faster too, I think.
I have been praying that these sores will go away, because I am really ready to stop smoking for good.
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| Shelley 29 June 09 |
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| I am an on again off again smoker, which is horrible, I know! So, when I've quit, I also start getting the mouth sores. I really think it's one of the ways your body release the icky toxins from smoking. And if you've been smoking for awhile, there are probably quite a few. So, while it's really unpleasant, maybe it's part of the healing process? |
| Alyson 15 July 09 |
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I sympathize with everyone above - it's horrible. I've just started getting very painful mouth ulcers about 3 months after quitting. Orajel extra strength (like concentrated Bonjela) takes the edge off the pain immediately. It's available over the counter in UK pharmacies, but you can only use it short-term.
Ibruprofen is the only thing that's had any lasting effect, though (I mean more than 1/2 an hour or so) - ulcers are a form of infection, after all, and ibruprofen keeps it in check.
I do wonder if smoking something other than cigarettes - something without nicotine in - would keep the ulcers at bay for a while and offer relief (if, as had been suggested, smoke has some anticeptic properties).
Out of interest, does anyone else suffering from this also have psoriasis? I do, and it's worsened since I gave up smoking. |
| Jim 23 July 09 |
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Okay....here are some remedies..since I am a Registered Nurse in the ER. I too quit June 13, 2009. To explain the pnenomenon: In the hypothalumus, in the brain lies the addiction receptor and next to that receptor is another receptor where viruses lay dormant. When you quit an addictive process, that receptor must move to a new location, so it is sending signals to the virus receptor to go off. i.e. You have to re-train the receptor site. That receptor(the one that would trigger you to smoke) is now attached to a virus receptor. It WILL go away! Everyone has a different time length, everyones body is different. You have to make it stop.
So, with that, I have been getting some seriously painful ulcers. I don't want to talk nor eat. This is what I have been doing: 1st and most important of all: Good oral hygiene. Your body is sluffing off old skin. The skin takes months to rebuild. Brush your teeth three times a day. 2nd: Go to a doctor and get some Valtrex. Get a hig dose for a week to treat the ulcers and then stay on suppressive therapy for a 6 months to start. There is also a mouth wash of Valtrex you can use. 3rd: Rinse with aspirin crushed and mixed with water for the pain. Then spit. It is an anti-inflammatory that sticks to the wound. 4th: Exercise more, lots more. Produce a sweat DAILY! This retrains the recpetor site to get relaxation from EXERCISING and not SMOKING! NICE! Within that 6 months...you have RE-TRAINED your brain. Your brain is a mushy ball of engine. You have to teach it how to drive. Good luck and God Bless you. P.S. Get the Valtrex! Get out of denial and KNOW that you have triggered a virus called Herpes..80% of the population has it. |
| Amy 25 July 09 |
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| To the person who said use Champix before quitting. I can say after using Champix and quitting successfully, I have been suffering from mouth ulcers starting about a week after my last ciggy. Fingers crossed after a month or two the damm things will stop! |
| Dai 18 August 09 |
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At the beginning of 2008 (6 months after stopping smoking) I was still getting terribly painful mouth ulcers. I went on a fairly severe detox diet (New year, etc..!) and after a few weeks I noticed that my ulcers had cleared up. Through careful introduction of certain foodstuffs back into my diet, I found out I was allergic to cheese and yogurt - possibly something to do with the bacteria (?) as milk and ice- cream are fine :) If I stay off cheese and yogurt (no more pizza unfortunately) then I'm ulcer free. I had about a tablesoon of yogurt as part of a salad dressing last week and I am certainly paying the price now, but at least today I have a choice.
I would certainly recommend folllowing a detox diet and seeing what happens. It may be difficult, but I am so happy to be ulcer free - it's amazing!
PS - no allergy test I ever took showed this up. |
| Tessa 25 August 09 |
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| I have quit smoking a few times over the last few years and everytime, I get very painful cankers on my tongue...I talked to my dentist and he gave me a prescription for Oracort and it helps. It's not a cure but speeds up the healing time. He also told me that smoking "toughens" the skin in your mouth and when you quit smoking, your mouth basically softens again and so is more susceptible to bacteria etc so brushing and flossing is very important to keep your mouth clean. I know, in my experience anyway, the cankers eventually will stop. Good luck everyone!! |
| Vicki 31 August 09 |
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| I have also had several quit attempts over the last few years with the best result being ten months without ulcers. On the last attempt it was the ulcers that drove me back to the smokes. They have only occurred on the last two quit attempts, but today on day 14 of this hopefully finla attempt I have one on my inner lip. Will try to ignore it and will start on Vitamin C - this fixed them when I had them often as a child. Other methods that worked included Bi-carbinate of Soda applied directly to them - stings but they heal quicker and Vegemite (Aussie breakfast spread) that the rest of the world can't stomach! |
| Andrew 3 September 09 |
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| likewise, tobacco free for 6 weeks and experience ulcers everyday. no mood to drink nor eat, feeling frustrating. got to win this battle after quit smoking for past 20 years. keeping the mouth clean should be the key. going to gargle wash my mouth every 3 hours and will report back. |
| dan 6 September 09 |
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| I have quit smoking since last 8 months but roof of my mouth seems cracked and i have my gums bleeding.i have lots of multivitamins and b complex tablets but nothing worked.. |
| Ajit 8 September 09 |
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| I have smoked 20 a day for 7 years and never had a mouth ulcer in my life, 3 days after stopping i got these painfull white lumps on the tip of my tongue, u thought i had just bitten it by accident at some point or something but then one appeared on the roof of my mouth at the front just to the left of my 2 front teeth, its now day 9 of not smoking and its got alot bigger, its roughly the size of a pea and its really painfull. I quit with the fake niccotine cigarette thing i dont know what its called but its got menthol in it and i did that for a week, 2 days ago i ran out of filters and decided to buy the nicorette gum stuff which is not very nice but what ive noticed is all of the ones on my tongue have dissapeared and the big one on the roof of my mouth has halved in size and its not that painfull anymore, im not going to start smoking again ever because im only 23 and my auntie has just died of lung cancer and she was my will power to quit. If this noccotine gum gets rid of them completely ill let you know but im not going to be taking it for much longer because it tastes horrible and if i have to live with mouth ulcers for the rest of my life then so be it. I promised my auntie id quit and never smoke again. |
| darren 13 September 09 |
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| I Have quit about 3 times. Every time i do so i get unrelenting mouth ulcers. They really are that painfull, and nobody understands that it is so hard to deal with when you are all ready dealling with the withdraw's of cigerettes. I spoke to my doctor about this afew times, and he has no suggestions and said he had never heard of this problem before, i thought i was alone on this symptom until i found this webpage, as i'm going to try and quit again. I hope sooner rather than later some one finds or at least funds the research for a cure, so we can all actually quit and be healthy for good and not rely on smoking to cure the pain of ulcers. |
| annoyed 15 September 09 |
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| i have stopped smoking 10 weeks ago after having an hysterectomy and mouth ulcers started about 3 weeks ago, i get 2 or 3 at a time and they are never in same place. I spoke to my mum who said that she stopped for 10 months and went back to smoking and the ulcers went, i to am thinking about going back to smoking to see if it helps, |
| Tracey Rhind 15 September 09 |
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| I quit smoking 4 days ago after smoking for 7 years. Within 1 day i developed these very painful mouth ulcers mostly on my tongue and the top of my mouth. What i find very surprising is the fact that i have previously attempted to quit smoking, maybe 3 or 4 times but have never encountered this problem. By reading the previous posts, it appears that the mouth ulcers are fairly common but obviously no cures are available. Being an Aussie, I have been told that the old "Vegemite" will do the trick! I have just tried this remedy and am beginning to realise that it just may work as the pain has decreased. Only time will tell! |
| Col 18 September 09 |
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| i started smoking in college about 20 years ago. I have tried to quit smoking for about 15 years now. Hundreds of times... the canker sores come and i end up smoking again knowing that i will get a little break from the cankers. They hurt so bad and they make me extremely irritable at work and with my husband. I have lost interest in smoking over ten years ago but if more than 3 days passed and i didn't have at least one cigarette... I knew what was coming. A mouthful of misery. They get so bad I can't even talk at work much. Needless to say I have smoked a cigarette a day for the last 10 years to keep canker sores away. I know it's crazy but the stress of quiting added to the cankers has been too much. i again quit smoking a few months ago after taking Zyban for a month hoping to reduce the shock of nicotine withdrawl and god only knows what other chemicals my body is now craving. I knew they were related to smoking but I thought it was due to the stress on my body. Being an ICU Nurse I can see how the smoke would kill bacteria in your mouth and it all really makes sense. In the past Kenalog in Orabase paste has worked really well. It's a prescription and it has a steroid in it so it significantly reduces the inflammation once applied. It also creates a barrier by sealing the sore temporarily giving relief. All of the over the counter meds I have tried just numb them for 20 minutes or so but also tend to irritate them and somehow make them bigger and worse. I refuse to start smoking again because I am a mom now and don't want my daughter to smoke, etc. I just hope this time passes soon because it is so painful and it makes me so irritable at work and with my husband.Good Luck everyone. PS I do not think it is viral or I would not have gone so many years with no cankers and then they immediately return when my oral mucosa environment changes. |
| kelly 25 September 09 |
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| I am in my 3rd week of not smoking and i have got a mouth full of ulcers. I also have dry lips and a few spots around my mouth which i never usually have. It is so disheartening when i have eventually quit and now this has happened. It does make me wonder if to just have a few cigarettes over the next few days and see if it helps, but it is really not the answer. Sooner or later i have to quit FOR GOOD so whether it be this time or next time, i will have to sufferv these mouth ulcers. I am going to leave it another week or so, and if they havent healed i am going to the doctors to see if there is anything they can do for me. If there is i will let you know, but i am not helpful after reading what everyone else has said. Anyway i am off to try the aspirin in water to see if that helps. Fingers crossed... |
| Jen 28 September 09 |
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Hi,
I have had a few quits over the last year. First one - 5 months, second one - 15 days and the current one - 19 days. The second and third quits are causing tongue sores. typically on the bottom of the tongue, in pairs. Now that I know it is because of smoking, staying clear off them. Let us fight this smoking scandal, boycott cigarettes. Not worth it!! |
| Anobal 6 October 09 |
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Hi,
This is Day 28 of non smoking for me. Having sores in ones and twos.
Blame it all on Nicotine. Proud to stay smoke free. To all those suffering from sores because of quitting, stay put and stay off these killer sticks.
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| Richard 15 October 09 |
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| I quit smoking a week ago and my mouth is full of ulcers!!!! My husband says Im crazy and that smoking has nothing to do with the ulcers. I remember last time I quit the same thing happend!! |
| Shellie 16 October 09 |
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Same here, two weeks on and I ave the most painful ulcers, unfortunetly ulcer treatment doesn't work! :-(
I don't know whether you have seen but ulcers do occur because the chemical from the smoke don't kill off the infection which comes from the low ammune system you get from giving up.
You need to be positive about giving up, I would love to start again but probably like you I was depressed when I smoked and wanted out of it, keep your chin up guys! |
| Lee 27 October 09 |
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Am on day 59 of not smoking. Aged 36 and smoked about a packet a day since I was 15. Googled "mouth ulcers" to find the best cure - I have about 10 on my tongue and in my mouth (biggest under my tongue is approx 2cm long) and they have literally appeared from nowhere in the last 3 days. Can't eat or speak properly. The pain is intense!
The thread on this site has made me think that the quitting and sudden appearance of the ulcers are linked, I just hope that I am not going to go through this for as long as I don't smoke!
Be positive - I smoked for over 20 years and there must be some payback from your body - it just so happens that this is a truly painful one. It cannot last forever!
Will take note from everything written here regarding hygiene, diet and remedies, so thanks to all who have posted.
Don't quit quitting. |
| Darryl 28 October 09 |
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Wow, thanks to this site first of all. I thought for years that I was the only one experiencing this weird reaction when I quit smoking. I'm 36 years old and have been smoking since I was 14. I've quit smoking 3 times prior to now. For as long as 9 months to as short as 3 weeks. I've started back everytime due to canker sores. Mostly on my tongue and the back of my throat. Sizes range from a very painful pin prick to an excruciatingly painful half inch. I have now not smoked since 9/11/09. I thought maybe the fourth time was the charm because I didn't get a sore for two weeks. Previously they came at a religious 6 days after quitting. But at day 15, 3 showed up on the side of my tongue. SO FRUSTRATING! My teeth would feel like razor blades. So much pain as most of you know. But I'm determined to not smoke ever again. So I went and did some research and found this site. What a relief to finally know that I'm not the only one. And here's what I've found from this site and have been doing to much success for my canker sores.
This is my daily regiment. Since I've started this routine I've only had 1 sore and it only lasted 3 DAYS. And there are days that my mouth can feel kind of grainy and I get a metalic taste but no sores. And that's important.
First thing in the morning I eat an Activia yogurt with a prilosec OTC(acid reflux) and eat whatever for breakfast. After that I take a multivitamin for men, 1000 mg L-lysine, 30 mg zinc, 500 mcg b-12. After that I brush my teeth with squiggle toothpaste, floss, and wash my mouth out with oragel mouth sore mouthwash. Then I eat whatever for lunch and dinner. If I feel like a canker sore is coming on I'll take another 1000 mg of L-lysine and another 30 mg of zinc after dinner. Then I relax a bit with an Avamin melt which really seems to relax the skin all around my tongue. And brush my teeth (squiggle toothpaste), floss, and oragel mouthwash before I goto bed. I'm not real sure if some of these things I'm doing is helping but I'm not going to eliminate any of it because this is the best my mouth has ever felt after quitting smoking. I hope this may help someone. I hate it that anyone is going through this but then again I've learned so much because others do. If there are any questions just hollar at me at ethan_corner@yahoo.com |
| Ethan 1 November 09 |
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| I also for got to add that I don't eat tomatoes and chocolate anymore. As I was told that they might contribute to sores. And I eat atleast 2 yogurts through the day. |
| Ethan 1 November 09 |
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| I cant believe i have found this forum...i searched (via Google) mouth Ulsers & seem to get no major help really however, i had a brain wave. I typed "Ulsers & giving up smoking"& waller i found this site. I am so glad i am not just the only one...I understand now why i have these dam ulsers cause its obviously related to giving up smoking!! Ive got them everywhere. Down my throat, toungue, inside my mouth!! they are awful.. I gave up smoking after a 15 year habit 6 weeks ago...i Idont know if anyone else has the same feeling but i seem to get acid burps that have a burning sensation. i believe they are related to the sores...i have a feeling the acididic properties create the ulsers... I am currently using bonjela cream at the mo & i have heard that pure garlic has healing properties, so feel it cant be a harm to try. trouble with that is my wife wont kiss me, mind you she didnt kiss me when i smoked...?? Good luck no smoking everyone & remember your not alone. |
| Dom from Kent, UK 11 November 09 |
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Mine got a hundred times worse when I stopped smoking - it doesn't seem to calm down either - I am nearly a year without cigarettes and still getting bad ulcers (permanently got at least 2 or 3).
The only thing that has helped me is using Squigle toothpaste that Dom sells on this site - apparently Sensodyne Total Care Gel is also without SLS - the nasty chemical that contributes. I am still getting ulcers but they are the size of a pin head, rather than the size of a thumb nail! |
| Kate 12 November 09 |
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| Nice one Kate, thanks for the heads up with the toothpaste's. Cant believe a year has gone by & you still get'm. Someone in the expert field must know why we get them? We surely must be lacking in something like a vitimin? iron bla bla..someone must know? I am so keen to know & will try my best to find out. btw sorry for spelling ulcers as ulsers...its was very late when i wrote that last night.. |
| Dom from Kent 12 November 09 |
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I have also been delighted to find this site. Gave up smoking over 2 years ago and the ulcers became unbearable. I'd suffered badly as a teenager up to 21 (when I started smoking). It took a while to make the conection and I thought it couldn't be related until I read so many other similar stories. 4 months after stopping smoking I got pregnant and put the ucers down to hormones etc. My son is now 1 and I'm still breastfeeding so have been trying anything that doesn't involve drugs!
Went to an ENT doc a couple of times who dabbed the really big ones which gave temporary relief, but the ulcers have been awful, up to 10 at a time and all over the mouth so eating is really difficult. I find it just totally brings me down, I become very moody and even a little depressed. The doc says he has some method of treatment which he can try when I stop breastfeeding- will post on how that works.
But my actual point is, having read many of these posts, I ran into the bathroom and discarded my Colgate toothpaste. After some considerable time in the shops searching for an SLS free paste, I came away with Meridol (I live in germany.) The change was amazing. The amount of ulcers has decreased dramatically and the few that I still do get aren't half as agressive and don't stay so long. Have now swapped to Sensodyne F as I found the Meridol left my teeth quite stained (and me a non-smoker!).
Amazing how many products contain SLS, am in the process of ridding my house of it (especially baby products)!!! |
| Alison 13 November 09 |
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| im so glad i found this page, i quit smoking about 6 weeks ago and ever since i've been going mad thinking every two seconds i have cancer when i a new ulcer pops up, i have a little collection on each side of my mouth where i used to previously smoke, only one of them has gone white and is painful but im guessing the rest are going to pop through soon and start hurting |
| tom 16 November 09 |
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| Its nasty, I quit five months ago now and am happy I did but the ulcers are awful. Sometimes they are so bad along the bottom of my tongue I cant even talk properly. And as previous comments from others, you get excited because a couple feel like they are on their way out and then two more suddenly take their place. It is horrible and something Drs should tell people about to quit, I wish I was told so I didnt walk around thinking I had cancer or a viral infection. If I told people about it, they thought I was trying to find an "excuse" to start again!, even when I told them I wasnt going to. They are there all the time now and seriously I do think sometimes I should of kept smoking. I never felt this sore and uncomfortable. |
| Mark 12 December 09 |
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I had no idea what was happening inside my mouth.I have never had mouth ulcers in so much number.It hurts badly. Sometime I am unable to eat even talk.Now I know that it is because of not smoking and I am one among all those who are suffering with it.Let me tell you that I have guit smoking 3 months ago and still practicing it religiously. I wouldn't know about it ; if I hadn't find your website,that having these ulcers in not unique but its a common after effect that not every but most (recent) non smokers observe and experience.From the views expressed in this site I can understand and say that it will no doubt be better not to smoke again.I hope these ulcers will go off soon as the body would develop immunity . I started feeling that my body is getting better in terms of health. I smoked for 35 years spending thousand of dollars damaging my body for several thousand dollars which I don't know, but now it has had enough of me. No more smoking, that's it. Ulcers are new to me they will vanish away soon or it may take a little time.I know ,I will be still better off.Thanks to my friends and well wishers for their help, encouragement and appreciation on my achievement of not smoking.
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| Kundan 14 December 09 |
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| The act of quitting smoking doesn't cause the mouth sores, but smoking prevents the mouth sores. No one is sure of the exact reason. It could be the thickening of the skin inside the mouth or the change in PH. I used to get canker sores as a child. I would get one or two outbreaks of them a year. One after another with a record of eight at once including a nasty looking one right in the middle of my tongue. Then I started smoking when I was a teenager and never got the sores. I quit many times since then. Each time I quit the sores came back, but I don't think it has anything to do with the actual act of smoking except for maybe the stress of quitting. Stress can trigger canker sores. 96% of people who suffer from canker sores are non-smokers, so there is a definite correlation with not smoking and the sores. Unfortunately, we were just dealt the genetic hand of canker sores (canker sores are genetic and thought to be an auto-immune disorder). There really is not much we can do for them, but we should be grateful that we could have inherited something worse. Sure smoking may lessen, or completely eliminate the outbreaks, but at a cost. I am happy to say that I am on my third year of not smoking, and I have chosen to cope with the sores when they come. |
| Michelle 28 December 09 |
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| I experienced the same problem and all the doctors say that there is no way that the canker sores and smoking have anything to do with one or the other. Although a cigarette with definately cure the problem and cure the sores. I spoke to a dentist and he made a valid point. Some people create a bacteria in the mouth that will create the cankers. By smoking, the smoke kills the bacteria and allows the cankers not to exist. I was to the point after two years that a whole corner of the tip of my tongue was gone. I stated to smoke and all was cured. |
| Ray Grisham 4 January 10 |
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I quit smoking 1 week ago after 20 years of smoking. I quit once before for 2 months and I did have a lot of mouth ulcers when I quit before. Reading this thread has been very disheartening. I'm still craving cigarettes and already have some very painful mouth ulcers. My head knows the health risks of smoking far outweigh those of having mouth ulcers, but they hurt and I really want a cigarette!!!! This thread isn't helping. Apart from the posts with advise on how to eliminate ulcers (other than starting to smoke again!) so thank you to those people with your helpful advice. I will definitely give all of them a try.
I think they are starting to acknowledge that it is related to quitting smoking as its listed in the leaflet that comes with NiQuitin lozenges as a side effect of quitting smoking. Also see ihttp://www.mydr.com.au/addictions/mouth-ulcers-may-be-a-part-of-quitting-smoking |
| Mandy 8 January 10 |
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| Thanks to Amy's post in Jul 09.......................this does make sense re: the dormant virus receptors next to the addiction receptors. I quit smoking 7 weeks ago after being a 20+ a day smoker for 25 years - since then, I've suffered the ulcers, sore tongue, two serious tooth absesses, shingles and have a horrid painful cold sore that will not shift no matter what I try! I sympathise with everybody on here - the pain is unbearable not to add so is the foul taste I have in my mouth ever since quitting that no mouthwash will get rid of however often I use it. I can totally understand why so many have been driven back to smoking as I get the same ulcer problem every time I quit - however, this time I'm trying to get through it and NOT smoke again. I've seen too many friends die well before their time and suffer through lung cancer over the years and don't want that to happen to me too. Just wish doctors could find some sort of cure as there seem to be so many people suffering from this same recurring problem whilst trying to quit the ciggies! |
| Helena 9 January 10 |
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I can't believe that it has taken me until now to find a group of people who share my life time experience of the link between smoking and mouth ulcers. I'm 56 and have smoked since I was 12 up until December 09 - about seven weeks ago - when I quit yet again and have been wrestling ( as I knew I would ) with the extreme pain of multiple ulcers ever since. I have been ridiculed by everyone, including the medical profession, when I have used the pain as an excuse for going back to the smoking in the past and this website is the first time I have found evidence to support my long standing claim that there is some aspect of smoking that prevents the mouth ulcers I was plagued with as a child. The one change from previous attempts to stop smoking is that I am using NiQuitin Minis 4 mg Lozenges to reduce the nicotine cravings and the ulcers don't appear to be as severe this time as they have in the past. ( I'm only taking a maximum of 4 of these a day, am, after lunch, late afternoon and evening.) There are days when I don't have any ulcers at all and when I do they are not as large as I have had in the past so perhaps there may be some support for the view that the stress of stopping smoking is a causal factor. I am however now also going to change my toothpaste, drink more water, take a Zinc and vitamin tablet every day as a result of others experiences posted here. THANKS TO ALL OF THE PREVIOUS POSTS and MY SYMPATHIES.
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| Sam Finlay 24 January 10 |
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im just gald im not the only one suffering i gave up smoking 12 weeks ago but now have ulcers all over my tongue, throat and mouth so i am in agony ......went to my gp who said it was virol infection even though i explained that i had them last time i gave up smoking??? If they can make tablets to help us give up smoking surely its time the medical proffesion try to make something that gives us the releif from these???? It was less painful to give birth to a 10lb baby without pain relief!!!
The gp gave me these tablets to put on my ulcers they are the size of a pin head and im supposed to place them on the ulcer to disolve.....very hard when they are all over your mouth and at different angles?????
I just dont want to smoke again but if it releives it??????? |
| sarah london uk 25 January 10 |
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I've been off smoking for 26 days and my upper mouth is sore and swolen with ulcers and a few of my teeth even seem to have worked loose...it hurts like hell and I can't get in to see my dentist until a week on Friday.
There's no way I'm going to let this beat me though and intend to get through it this time and stay smoke free...in the end it's a small price to pay for long term gains. |
| Dave Martin 26th Jan 10 26 January 10 |
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| Hello i am on day 27 without a cigarette and i have been suffering from a mouth ulcer for about a week. Then about 3 days ago i felt like i was gettting strep. I had my wife look and she told me i had ulcers all over the back of my tongue, throat, and on my uvala. this is painful. tonight i went to brush my teeth and when i brushed my tongue i started to bleed. i feel pretty good about quiting but this could be a real pain. Will it ever stop? |
| Brent Mitchell 1 February 10 |
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Congratulation's to those who are still committed not to smoke. Mouth ulcers has to go. It will eventually.I too had them couple of month ago now they have been just disappeared. I think it was due to acidity because when I wake up in the middle of the night .I feel my mouth goes dry and it will not come to normal until I have sufficient water.
I will give you a very cheap and trusted way to bring them down. Chew small chunks of dried coconut as mouth freshener. You can also try crushed sweetened coconut (you may get at Wall Mart) It will work and you will be happy. |
| Kundan 1 February 10 |
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| Try L-Lysine 500 mg. Please try this. It really works! Don't give up on quitting smoking because of mouth ulcers. I know they are awful but if you take these vitamins and acidic foods you will see a huge improvement. |
| Maureen 1 February 10 |
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| Try L-Lysine 500 mg. Please try this. It really works! Don't give up on quitting smoking because of mouth ulcers. I know they are awful but if you take these vitamins and cut back on eating acidic foods you will see a huge improvement. |
| Maureen 1 February 10 |
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has any one experienced bleeding.my husband has had these ulcers for a long time. now he gets bleeding as well. he is trying to quit smoking. eating b12, folic acid etc. i am concerned about the bleeding part.
thanks for your input. |
| roma 5 February 10 |
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| Brent my husband has the same situation. he has like a dime size sore. right on the back of his throat and he gets bleeding too. he is trying to quit smoking. |
| roma 5 February 10 |
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Hi everyone, I have suffered with ulsers since i was tiny. I remember sitting at my school desk with three tubes of different treatments, crying because nothing worked and my mouth hurt so much. sadly, years later im still the same. Im 23, i quit smoking 3 weeks ago. I have got the biggest and most painfull ulsers at the moment. they are healing slowly and when one goes another comes.
When i quit smoking a year ago, i started again because the ulsers where so bad. As im a sufferer anyway, i can tell the difference! I have many more and they are huge. the only reason i wont start smoking again is because i fear the pain of the smoke in my mouth with these ulsers!
I have tried everything! Im totally at a loss, and getting more stressed about it! which i doubt is helping!!!
OH MY!!!! Help please!!!! |
| Laura 6 February 10 |
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So this 'suggestion' may be a little bit out of the ordinary but i have also recently quit smoking an had a LARGGE amout of mouth ulcers/canker sores 'pop up' (so to speak). I had quit for about a week and the sores became so after several useless doctors visits and script use i decided to find my own remedy to this issue, both are again like i said, out of the ordinary.
1. letting a cigarette soak in Fluoride and Alcohol free mouthwash (mouthwash helps with the taste)
2. pot. Yes, it's a controversial issue, but whatever I live in Canada (its true, but that point was just for jokes). Anyway, for some unknown reason smoking a couple bowls, or a joint a. helps me de-stress but i've successfully quit smoking cigarettes, and yeah i smoke weed every now and again but i haven't have had any mouth ulcers since or a cigarette. |
| Ashlyn 9 February 10 |
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| hi ashlyn are you sure. may be i will tell my hubby about it. no one seems to know why is there bleeding. he has tons of pain and sore are back of the throat and top as well. does any one know where to get a SLS free toothpaste. |
| roma 9 February 10 |
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LYSINE WORKS!!! You can get it from the local supermarket or drug store in the vitamin aisle. I usually have to take about two pills for the canker sores to go away and this will prevent them from comming back for about two months or so. When they come back..just take the Lysine again.
I had canker sores as a child and completely forgot about them once I started smoking. After I quit smoking 11 years later, they came back again and Lysine has been a blessing.
Quitting smoking is one of the best decisions you could ever make. Keep up the good work all you quitters and go get yourself some Lysine!
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| Donna 17 February 10 |
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| Even I am a smoker and these sores are not due to smoking but due to sugar we take with smoking, one can try avoiding sugar from diet. Hope this will work. |
| Roz 19 February 10 |
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| Use sea salt ( from body piercing shops) with warm water. Not to much salt or it will burn. Swish 3-4 times a day. Sea salt heals many sores. I read the Allen Carr book "the easy way to quit smoking" in 2 days and havent touched a cigarette in a month. You should get an antidepressent and take it for a few week, read the book, and you should be fine Oh and SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I quit smoking after 26 years, I was up to almost 3 packs a day. I have never craved a cig since. Good Luck |
| Dawn 16 March 10 |
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| smoking the e-cig didn't prevent my canker sore attack when i quit smoking this time, in case ya thought that might work... |
| Mr. Krinkle 17 March 10 |
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| I have been smoke free now for 25 days and the canker sores in my mouth seem to be getting worse. I am very glad to have found this forum as I could not understand what was going on. I thought maybe it was the increase of fruit I was eating so I stopped eating oranges and grapefruit and then the sores just kept getting worse. I have heard of a tea called "detox tea" and it is supposed to help people who have quit smoking. Congrats on everyone who is smoke free...it is awesome! |
| Karen 29 March 10 |
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I am 52 and I smoked for 39 years. Before I started smoking around the age of 13 I would get these sores mostly from eating Tomatoes from stores. I could eat fresh home grown tomatoes or cooked tomatoes. But raw from a restaurant or grocery store would cause me to have real bad sores. Smoking stopped them. I forgot all about them all my life until I was about 41 I met my current wife and I quit smoking for her and my increasing CPOD. After not smoking they have returned. It is not just tomatoes but also the STRESS from not smoking. I have one on my tongue right now that is killing me but I found only home grown tomatoes for me AND it seems that a lot of Omega 3 fatty acid like Salmon oil helps me a lot. Take a lot. Eat a lot of fish or take the supplements. 3000 mg a day at least with meals. I also use Cepacol Sore Throat to numb them while I eat. But Man can these things hurt. Smoking is not the answer.
Smoking is not the answer. I ended up with a clasped left lung that compressed my heart and I went into a cardiac arrest. I was very lucky they were able to bring me back. Only 6% of the people with lungs as bad as mine survive 4 days on a respirator. Then I needed surgery to fix the hole in my lung. Anything is better than COPD like I have. I am a trapper and I feel CO2 is always trapped in my lungs. They feel almost full all the time. I am looking into getting a transplant. Don’t Smoke. Pain is nothing compared to lying in the hospital for 8 days and there is nothing they can do to help. Go get a PFT if you smoke and see if its killing you like it did me
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| Richard Miller 31 March 10 |
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| I have gotten an occasional canker sore here and there in my life and warm salt water fixed it quick. NOW, I quit smoking a week ago, I am using the PATCH, and my tongue is covered in canker sores that wont go away! Even with salt water! This sucks! |
| Misty 12 April 10 |
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Everyone isn't the same but for me the
Omega 3 fatty acids from Salmon oil or flax seed (4000MG a day) (two 1000MG AM and 2 PM after meals)
makes cankers much better.
One morning after a few days not taking my fish oil I woke up with 9 cankers starting to appear. Some were from biting myself in my sleep. I started the oil and they all went away in 2 days instead of 2 weeks. Mine used to always start out and get real bad one week later and then they start to slowly go away. Now, on fish oil I can feel them starting but they never get white and hurt.
Don't get the soft gels over 1000MG or they are too hard to take. They will get stuck all the time. 1000 is perfect and man its a God send.
Good Luck and No smoking.
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| Richard Miller 1 May 10 |
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This is my 7th month being smoke free. Absolutely fine now. Now ulcer nothing,no problem. Sometimes gets a strong desire to smoke.Than I think I am much better now, saving lot of money every month, not bad health,so far so good.
I wish I should have a strong feeling of hate for smoking now.
Wish you all the same.
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| kundan 13 May 10 |
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| I quit smoking 10 months ago and I wanted to let people know that after 8 months my sores went away and haven't come back. But i don't blame anyone for starting again, it was very painful and they were all under and on the sides of my tongue. Also to Kundan, man I get that nasty very strong desire to smoke also and it sucks lol. But like you I feel the same, its all in my head now and I've never felt better. Actually started running a week ago. Wish me luck and G'luck to anyone trying to quit. |
| Jay, Indiana 25 May 10 |
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| I am so glad I found this site. I have been going out of my mind with these Ulcers, I quit smoking 3 months ago and have had a mouth full ever since, I work in telesales and its killing me at work. I'm stressed enough with quitting smoking and now my work is suffering. I'm going to try the Omega fish oil and all the other advice I'll do pretty much anything to get rid of this curse... Good luck guys I hope someone bright spark comes up with a cure soon. |
| Rob 26 May 10 |
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| I just quit smoking a week ago and have two canker sores which I never usually get. They are not so painful but my gums seem much more raw then when I was a smoker. I'm amazed that this seems to be a really common side effect of quitting smoking yet you never hear about it when you are quitting. |
| Jim 9 June 10 |
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| I just quit smoking the otherday and im in agony, no joke these canker sores are on my lip, my tongue and gums please, plese, please help |
| Daniel 10 June 10 |
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| Try cankercure.com. It's a pill and from the websight, it looks to be effective. Also, my dermatologist said she had something to take daily about 5 years ago. She said to not take if I was thinking about having more children. Now, I'm older and thinking of calling her to find out about taking it vs. cankercure. |
| Shari 10 June 10 |
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| Has anyone tried Rembrandt canker sore formula toothpaste? I think it is available only online but my patients have had very good results with this. Good luck! |
| Janice Karlsson 11 June 10 |
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| try going to a sauna a few times when u first quit. it gets rid of the nicotine through your pores and not your mouth |
| tom 24 June 10 |
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| In Japan they have the lowest rate of Lung cancer in the world and every man and his dog smokes. They just chain smoke everywhere. Why the low rate and no sores in the mouth when they give up? Because the Tobacco is owned by the Japanese Government ie the stuff is pure. So all these other tobacco companies put an extra additives in the Cigs to keep you highly additive and if you want to quit there must be another additive while you were smoking that turns the mouth into to these horrendous sores once you quit causing everyone to eventually keep on smoking. |
| Bob 26 June 10 |
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| My father has the above mentioned condition as well. He suffered for 8 months or so and went to a zillion different doctors, thinking that he had throat cancer or something. Eventually he found a doctor that was familiar with this and was told that there is no cure. Legally, the doc couldn't prescribe him cigarettes but said that smoking was the only thing he knew to keep the cankers at bay. My dad didn't like the idea of going back to smoking but did because he couldn't stand the pain. (Honestly, I've never seen him so miserable.) He smokes as little as possible (only as much as keeps these things away) and has found a couple of additive-free options that he doesn`t mind. So, whatever your bodies are lacking it is NOT one of the many additives in regular cigarettes. I know this can`t be much of a consolation to those that wish to stay quit but the more you rule out, the closer you are to finding the source of the problem. As my dad has just suffered a heart attack, he will need to stop smoking altogether. This thread has been interesting and I am going to tell him to try gargling the tobacco-water (Ew). Sounds like it may work! Thanks for everyone`s input. Take care. |
| Andrea 29 June 10 |
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| what a relief to know that i am not alone. After 38 years of smoking i quit cold turkey, 4 days later my mouth, cheeks , tongue is full of canker sores. I am on day 8 now and now i dont want to eat or talk. Before when i went to doctor was told to take dissolvable B12 tabs,,,it worked,,,,,i was smoking then,,,,,now i take the B12 and its not working,,,,,,Im going to try taking the advice from a previous post here and take valtrex,,,,will let everyone know how it works |
| deb june 29 30 June 10 |
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| hey glad to find this post, it has really been bugging me, I kind of had the random sores now and then but since quiting has been constant and I keep getting weird tastes in my mouth even when not eating. |
| jim Medcraft 30 June 10 |
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| Try eating 3 teaspoons of honey each day! It helped my husband but if he misses the honey for a few days, the ulcers come back! Please try it for at least a 2 months before you just give up! |
| Nellie 22 July 10 |
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| Not a commercial for it but Durham's canker rid has saved me. I have quit smoking for long periods of time and everytime the damn canker sores come back as soon as I quit and don't go away till I start again. Last time was 8 years of sores. Its been 5 this time and have had them the whole time. I still get thevsores but the canker rid keeps them from getting out of control. They only last a day or two so they never get to the extremely painful point. |
| joe 28 July 10 |
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Its my 9th successful smoke free month. No ulcers in the mouth. Sometime I have cough problem and I have to clear my mouth.
Wish you all good luck
Mukesh |
| mukesh kundan 29 July 10 |
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I too have just quit smoking, been using nicotine patches to help out with cravings and am confident that I can continue my smoke free lifestyle, have added daily muay thai training for a bit of exercise.
I didn't even know what these annoying little spots on my tounge were until today, I have had a bad sore throat as well at the same time. About three days ago I started taking a tablespoon of Active Manuka Honey three times a day, eating it slowly, savouring the flavour, letting it coat my tounge and throat, today I am free of the sores and the sore throat.
Might be a co incidence, but it is something to try, and very yummy. |
| Matthew piper 15 August 10 |
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| L-LYSINE & B-12!!! I've been smoke free a little over a month now & shortly after quitting started getting canker sores on my tongue. Not as bad as many here have described, but 2-3 at a time and as soon as one would start to heal, another would take its place. Very painful and irritating! I started taking two different supplements as a result of reading different recommendations posted & they worked!!! L-Lysine & B-12. After about 3 days of being back on multi-vitamins and using the l-lysine & B-12, my canker sores are gone. Not sure if either one would have been sufficient on their own, and am afraid to stop one to test it out, but before you give in and light up again, try them! Good luck. |
| Dianah 27 August 10 |
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| I used to suffer from mouth ulcers i got a gel called cordosyl and havent suffereed from them since x hope this helps any1 |
| katie 30 August 10 |
