Secrets to a Healthy Tongue – Where Do Canker Sores Come From?
Who gets them?
Canker sores are one of the most common oral conditions. Anyone can get canker sore, but they are more common in women, teens and twenties. If the parents have canker sores you’re more likely to suffer from them. Similarly, female sex hormones appear to play an important role to cause canker sores. Many women only during periods of canker sores in some stages of the menstrual cycle. Most women also experience improvement or remission of their canker sores during pregnancy.
Where are they?
Canker sores may appear inside the cheeks, inside the lips, at the foot of the gums, the soft palate, or under the tongue.
What are the different?
They are divided into 3 groups: small, large and herpetiform.
1 – Minor: They make up about 80% of canker sores. These wounds, which are commonly known as “cankers”. They are 30-10 mm and heal without intimidation, and 7-14 days.
2 – Major: These are about 10%. This condition is also known as Sutton disease. They are 10-30 mm. They usually take 2-6 weeks to heal and it can sometimes take several months. They can improve and intimidation. Major aphthous ulcers often begin puberty.
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3 – Herpetiform: These make up the remaining 10%. These usually present in small numbers 10-150 jerk ulcers. These small ulcers may merge into larger irregular lesions. These lesions last 7-14 days. They are more common in women and are generally located in the rear area in the mouth. They tend to be confused with oral herpes virus lesions.
What causes them?
Although it is not known exactly what causes them, are believed to be triggered by stress, mouth injury, nutritional deficiencies, menstruation, and genetic factors. In addition, dehydration, and viruses are also the culprits behind the breakouts. Most people, however, seems to cause irritation of some sort somewhere too sour, salty or Mint (such as toothpaste).
Similarly, eating hard or crunchy foods also increases the risk. Food allergies, allergies in general dental repair at the end of menstruation, antibiotics, or too much acidity in the body, as all other common risk factors associated with this language of disease.
Some studies show a lack of vitamin B12, zinc, magnesium and folic acid may also lead to canker sores in the mouth. According to recent research by night dose of vitamin B12 may help prevent these painful mouth sores.
How do you know if you have canker sores? (Signs & Symptoms)
– Burning and tingling in the mouth
– Painful, craterlike red sores in the mouth or tongue
– These mouth sores often appear to suffer from the annoying to face in many ways, as does the face swell and distort the appearance.
– In some cases, they can also cause loss of appetite.
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