mouth ulcers

Ulcer + Thai food = interesting challenge.

i say, gripewater, and plenty of it.

now i understand the poor turnout at my infamous gripewater cocktail parties.

isn't there some old wives remedy to do with wiping your own urine on mouth ulcers?

Mouth ulcers are so sore, especially when you eat something nice and salty.

I've had ambesol before, but I can't remeber it being that great. Maybe I should buy every ulcer remedy and give you a report in a week's time.

Hmm. Mouth ulcers aren't considered taboo at all, are they? Like herpes or scabies (both of which I've had, though neither genitally, I hasten to add)?

Too much information...

Three on the go at the moment.

One inside the right side of my mouth next to my molars. One next to my left canine, touching it. One under my tongue (???)

just be a man and gargle boiling salt water

I feel like a bit of a dick because other than the one on the tongue they're the product of chewing my mouth while gurning like a prick on E. Buy 1 packet of chewing gum, fool! Also only had one capful of Corsodyl left.

I get these all the flipping time. Off to a Norfolk retreat to practice with my band this weekend and I've got one of these flipping things right on my epiglottis and it hurts like hell (not to mention impedes my singing). Had it nearly a week! How to get rid of in a hurry?

I Can't really use anbesol or bonjela cos it's right at the bag of my mouth.

gargle salt, sorry

eek, how do you get an ulcer on yr epiglot? that sounds fucking painful

not sleeping enough and then getting stressed in the day. I'm sure it's all part of some extended NYE hangover.

Rrrrr.. Got three of these right now. It's definitely stress-related. But it tends to also happen when I accidentally bite my tongue, lip or cheek, which I did the other night after coming home drunk and eating a tangerine. Curses!

I have been bothered by aphthous mouth ulcers all of my life since early childhood. They became more prominent under stress, and were sometimes set off when I bit my lip, tongue or cheek. I remember my medical school clinical rotations which were so stressful that I developed one under the inside of my lip as big as a dime that didn't go away for months, and that I had to treat with oral Lidocaine just to be able to eat

After 50 years of misery my dentist suggested that maybe I had a topical allergy to sodium lauryl sulfate, a foaming agent that is used in almost all toothpastes. I switched to one that didn't have it and the problem disappeared. It was like magic.

That was one of the top 10 greatest experiences of my life, honestly. I have not had aphthous ulcers (canker sores) since.

The only commercial brands of toothpaste that I have found that don't have sodium lauryl sulfate or other related compounds are Biotene, easily available on amazon if not in your drugstore, and Dental Herb Company's Tooth and Gum Paste, which is a little harder to find.

I don't expect that any of your experiences will be the same as mine, but if this helps anyone else here I will be happy

Oh wow! I will try this. Seriously, I've spent a good 25-30% of my life with these things and they're low -key life-spoiling. Thanks for the tip!

used to get these all the time but its been years, i realise

if i had to track it back to something id guess general improvement in dist (cooking from scratch, plenty of veg)

The other advantage to Biotene is it's one of the few toothpastes that isn't so minty it hurts.

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Dan S - I've got that sensitivity to SLS as well. I've been using Squigle (has fluoride) and their non-fluoride version for years. Was such a revelation to figure it out.

same here, my life is honestly so much better since my hygienist suggested I find a toothpaste without it. have done pretty well with sensodyne/pronamel.

sls free paste def a big plus for me. we currently have a desert essence tube and have also used tom’s though not all of their pastes are sls-free

mentioned in another thread, when i do develop an ulcer, i pop lysine tablets as soon as i sense on happening and seems to shorten the duration and intensity

oh yeah, lysine helps me too