Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 i dont think so because i never had one canker sore, but ive been wondering the same thing about all the responses in here. i know my lips were terribly chapped.. thats all. > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi Blake! Canker sores aren't a virus and they aren't contagious - unlike cold sores which are caused by the herpes virus and are very contagious. Canker sores can be caused by many factors from stress to food allergies. Don't worry - you won't be exposed to any viruses during surgery (God forbid) Most people who never had them before surgery probably got them due to trauma to their mouth and/or stress. I've only gotten canker sores twice - both times after oral surgery. They do tend to have an easier time reappearing once you've had them once though. Best of luck! Johanne > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi Blake! Canker sores aren't a virus and they aren't contagious - unlike cold sores which are caused by the herpes virus and are very contagious. Canker sores can be caused by many factors from stress to food allergies. Don't worry - you won't be exposed to any viruses during surgery (God forbid) Most people who never had them before surgery probably got them due to trauma to their mouth and/or stress. I've only gotten canker sores twice - both times after oral surgery. They do tend to have an easier time reappearing once you've had them once though. Best of luck! Johanne > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi Blake! Canker sores aren't a virus and they aren't contagious - unlike cold sores which are caused by the herpes virus and are very contagious. Canker sores can be caused by many factors from stress to food allergies. Don't worry - you won't be exposed to any viruses during surgery (God forbid) Most people who never had them before surgery probably got them due to trauma to their mouth and/or stress. I've only gotten canker sores twice - both times after oral surgery. They do tend to have an easier time reappearing once you've had them once though. Best of luck! Johanne > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Opinion, based on no medical knowledge at all: I do believe it's because the immune system is challenged. There's a whole lot of healing going on, which needs support from nutrition, which is also challenged. That draws on the body's other resources. If you've ever had the herpes virus before, as a cold sore, or as chicken pox, or as shingles, or in other ways, I have read, it doesn't really leave. It just retreats from the nerves into the ganglia, and then seizes the opportunity when your defenses are down, and comes blazing out. It doesn't help that your nutrition is probably off, that your usual exercise patterns are no doubt off, and that you're tired and weak and have a lot of hardware in there causing irritation. Not to mention healing tissues, stitches, and trouble cleaning. I had no canker sores, but am the notable shingles case. (I don't know of anybody else who developed that particular problem post-op, but suspect that it happened to me because I'd had surgery, had had chicken pox as a child and was exposed to a germy kid who either was getting or was getting over chicken pox while we waited in a doc's office. There were a lot of drippy kids running around that day.) > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Opinion, based on no medical knowledge at all: I do believe it's because the immune system is challenged. There's a whole lot of healing going on, which needs support from nutrition, which is also challenged. That draws on the body's other resources. If you've ever had the herpes virus before, as a cold sore, or as chicken pox, or as shingles, or in other ways, I have read, it doesn't really leave. It just retreats from the nerves into the ganglia, and then seizes the opportunity when your defenses are down, and comes blazing out. It doesn't help that your nutrition is probably off, that your usual exercise patterns are no doubt off, and that you're tired and weak and have a lot of hardware in there causing irritation. Not to mention healing tissues, stitches, and trouble cleaning. I had no canker sores, but am the notable shingles case. (I don't know of anybody else who developed that particular problem post-op, but suspect that it happened to me because I'd had surgery, had had chicken pox as a child and was exposed to a germy kid who either was getting or was getting over chicken pox while we waited in a doc's office. There were a lot of drippy kids running around that day.) > Hi, > > I've been reading all of these discussion about canker sores and how > to treat them, but why is everyone getting them? I thought you had > to be exposed to the herpes virus - does this happen during surgery? > I mean, did you people *always* have canker sores, but the stress > made them worse and show up more? Or did you just start getting > them? I'm due for surgery in early June, and this is just one more > thing to dread. :-( > > -Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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