Re: Canker sores/cold sores

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the clarification on this one, Kris. I reckon I was indeed

confusing canker sores and cold sores, or assuming that both were the

same.

So herpes plays no role in the canker sores, then...

The canker sores sound really nasty. I don't think I have ever had a

full-fledged one such as you described... And that's something for

which to be grateful!

Thanks again.

Cammie

P.S.: Where do you find myrrh? First you have to find and ask a wise

man! tee-hee! ;~)

> Are we talking about canker sores (mouth ulcers) or cold sores

> (blisters on your lips)?

>

> Cold sores are caused by herpies simplex virus, and happen usually

> around the lips or just inside the mouth. Abbreva helps greatly,

> but it's expensive. I think there's another one like it on the

> market, but I don't personally know anyone who's used it.

>

> Canker sores can be caused by biting or rubbing the lining of your

> mouth (like the rough edge of a filling or your braces), eating too

> many acidic foods (my ortho says his patients get a bumper crop of

> canker sores during tomato season), stress, being run down by

> illness, or allergic reactions (I knew someone who got them from

> Nutrasweet). They can be anywhere inside your mouth. I've even

> gotten them on and under my tongue, and once at the top of my

> throat, so that it stretched every time I swallowed. Ouch! There

> are Benzocaine products on the market to cover and heal them, but

> they tend to really, really sting when you first put them on. My

14-

> year-old nephew gets them all over his mouth from chemotherapy.

His

> mom puts ten drops of myrrh into water and has him swish it

around.

> He says it stings like mad, but the canker sores go away by the

next

> day. Don't ask me where you get myrrh, I have no idea.

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

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>

My father and I have always had canker sores - I started getting

them as a little kid. My mother gets cold sores. She says they

hurt, and I know canker sores hurt, so if I had to pick between the

two, I'd stick with canker sores. At least they're not visible and

ugly.

Dad swears that if you take B vitamins, the canker sores will go

away faster. It works for him. It does diddly-squat for me - I

think they actually lasted longer the one time I tried it.

Now that I think about it, since I lost my ability to handle acidic

foods and no longer eat them, I haven't had very many canker sores

at all. Even the two places my braces are catching on my cheeks

aren't getting sores. That must have been my trigger. (I'll trade -

give me back the sores and let me eat oranges and grapefruit and

tomato sauce again!)

Kris

[Guest guest]

The business about the acid triggering them also makes sense, in

terms of folks having had good results from the Maalox or Milk of

Magnesia rinses...

C.

> <

a full-fledged one such as you described... And that's something for

> which to be grateful!>>

>

> My father and I have always had canker sores - I started getting

> them as a little kid. My mother gets cold sores. She says they

> hurt, and I know canker sores hurt, so if I had to pick between the

> two, I'd stick with canker sores. At least they're not visible and

> ugly.

>

> Dad swears that if you take B vitamins, the canker sores will go

> away faster. It works for him. It does diddly-squat for me - I

> think they actually lasted longer the one time I tried it.

>

> Now that I think about it, since I lost my ability to handle acidic

> foods and no longer eat them, I haven't had very many canker sores

> at all. Even the two places my braces are catching on my cheeks

> aren't getting sores. That must have been my trigger. (I'll

trade -

> give me back the sores and let me eat oranges and grapefruit and

> tomato sauce again!)

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

The business about the acid triggering them also makes sense, in

terms of folks having had good results from the Maalox or Milk of

Magnesia rinses...

C.

> <

a full-fledged one such as you described... And that's something for

> which to be grateful!>>

>

> My father and I have always had canker sores - I started getting

> them as a little kid. My mother gets cold sores. She says they

> hurt, and I know canker sores hurt, so if I had to pick between the

> two, I'd stick with canker sores. At least they're not visible and

> ugly.

>

> Dad swears that if you take B vitamins, the canker sores will go

> away faster. It works for him. It does diddly-squat for me - I

> think they actually lasted longer the one time I tried it.

>

> Now that I think about it, since I lost my ability to handle acidic

> foods and no longer eat them, I haven't had very many canker sores

> at all. Even the two places my braces are catching on my cheeks

> aren't getting sores. That must have been my trigger. (I'll

trade -

> give me back the sores and let me eat oranges and grapefruit and

> tomato sauce again!)

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

The business about the acid triggering them also makes sense, in

terms of folks having had good results from the Maalox or Milk of

Magnesia rinses...

C.

> <

a full-fledged one such as you described... And that's something for

> which to be grateful!>>

>

> My father and I have always had canker sores - I started getting

> them as a little kid. My mother gets cold sores. She says they

> hurt, and I know canker sores hurt, so if I had to pick between the

> two, I'd stick with canker sores. At least they're not visible and

> ugly.

>

> Dad swears that if you take B vitamins, the canker sores will go

> away faster. It works for him. It does diddly-squat for me - I

> think they actually lasted longer the one time I tried it.

>

> Now that I think about it, since I lost my ability to handle acidic

> foods and no longer eat them, I haven't had very many canker sores

> at all. Even the two places my braces are catching on my cheeks

> aren't getting sores. That must have been my trigger. (I'll

trade -

> give me back the sores and let me eat oranges and grapefruit and

> tomato sauce again!)

>

> Kris