My War With Canker Sores
I have suffered with recurring canker sores since I was a young child and that was a long time ago. I know I’m not alone because about twenty percent of the population suffers from canker sores. A canker sore is a white or yellow open sore in the mouth surrounded by a red area. They are not cancer and do not cause cancer. It doesn’t matter how carefully you eat or drink, the pain is like sticking a needle into an open sore.
I believe their proper name is aphthous ulcers but they are best known as canker sores. They exist only inside the mouth mainly on the inside of your cheek or lips, tongue, on the base of the gums and any part of the mouth that moves. Though they don’t have any pattern in how or where they occur they are usually single occurrences but there are occasional clusters or three or four grouped together.
{I can always feel them coming. There is a burning or tingling then a tiny bump pops up. It sends out shooting pain anytime I bump it on a tooth or with my tongue. After about 24 hours it splits open and the shallow wound appears. Big ones are up to an inch but mine are usually smaller. I’ve heard some people also get a fever and feel listless.|There is usually a slight burning or tingling when I am getting a canker sore. Not long after, the small lump comes out and there is a stabbing pain anytime it comes into contact with my teeth or tongue. Within twenty four hours the bump opens to reveal a shallow sore. Mine are usually about ¼ to ½ inch big but I’ve heard of others being up to an inch long.|When they first start I feel a tingly, burning sensation and not long after a small bulge pops up which send stabbing pains through my mouth when I hit it with my tongue or tooth. In twenty four hours the bulge pops and it becomes an open sore. Usually about ¼ to ½ inches in diameter some can be up to an inch in length.}
Canker sores are a type of mouth ulcer and for some reason occur more often in women than in men. They can appear at any age but usually between the ages of 10 and 40. I was about 10 when I first started getting them but am over 40 and they still crop up though not as frequently as they used to.
I heard they can run in families or be linked to your immune system, can happen after a mouth injury, dental work or vigorous teeth cleaning. They are also attributed to stress, menstrual periods, dietary deficiencies, hormones and any number of other causes. They occur with viral infections too.
Over the years I think I have tried every medication known to man and none work to ease the pain that lasts a week or more. Over the counter medications instructing you to place the ointment or liquid on the open sore only drive you through the roof. Mouthwashes, salt rinses and home remedies have all come up at one time or another but relief is brief if there is any at all. Nothing allows me enough relief to get any real sleep.
Thankfully they aren’t contagious like cold sores and can’t be spread by kissing or sharing food but they are caused by the herpes simplex virus which can pass from person to person. If you have a sore located outside the mouth around your lips, chin or even nostrils it’s a cold sore. Canker sores are always in the mouth.
A co-worker made a recommendation one day that finally gave me relief. She mentioned Aftazen and said it was all natural with no side effects. I tried it and finally sleep through the night even with canker sores.
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Fed up with Canker Sores? Thousands of people suffer each day from them so if you want to know how to get rid of canker sores then read this informative article. It explains what canker sores are and what causes them as well as outline basic canker sores treatment No more canker sores..now theres a nice thought!
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