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rosie_the_riveter · Gucci

canker sores

Maddie · Coach

I have the worst canker sore EVER right now! EVER! It's so funny you asked this because I never get them and this one is freaking huge. I've been rinsing my mouth with salt water and using Anbesol. Apparently there are no cures for cankersores, but these make it feel better.

Cricket · Gucci

Hate those. I used to get them a lot when I was younger. I had one a few weeks ago and I bought Orajel Mouth Sore Medicine. It cleared it up in a couple of days. They make a couple other brands for canker sores too. I found it at Walgreen's by the Blistex.

rosie_the_riveter · Gucci

Well,I've just discovered this stuff that works pretty well, it's called Kanka. It forms a protective layer over the crater and it numbs it a little.

crystal · Kate Spade

what's the difference between canker sores & cold sores? do u only get cold sores when u have a cold? sometimes if i accidentally bite my lip i'll get a sore & sometime they just come outta the blue. i usually just leave them be till they go away (and try not to kiss anyone!).

halleybird · Hermes

I am not sure you can prevent canker sores...I think they are hereditary and brought on by a drop in immune system (I *always* get them when I am sick).

But this tip (from my dad, LOL) works great: if you have a really bad one, hold an antacid tablet on it until it mostly dissolves. It will help ease the pain and usually makes it heal faster.

crystal: canker sores are usually inside the mouth...they're sort of just bumps that ache when you push on them. Cold sores are on or around the lips (though you can get them anywhere, technically) and are caused by Herpes Simplex I (which about 90% of the population carries, incidentally, whether they ever have an outbreak or not). They start out as bumps, which are caused by any number of things including stress, certain foods, sunlight, or even injury (biting, being hit, etc.) and turn into blisters, then sores. They're extremely painful and annoying. (Trust me, I know -- I have to be on daily medication because I get them so often.)

I feel like the mouth-sore expert now, LOL.

rosie_the_riveter · Gucci

thanks halleybird, I'll have to try the antacid trick. I have a massive one right now - I'm so scared to eat.

ShanKel · Kenneth Cole

I hate canker sores. I used to get them alot when i was younger but I really dont get them anymore. When I was in high school my science teacher told me that people sometimes get them when they have a deficiency of vitamin C or D ( can't remember which one). Ever since I've noticed that i only get them when I'm not eating right or when I'm on some type of low carb diet. Just something to think about!

twinkle · Coach

Swish hydrogen peroxide around in your mouth for 30 seconds a couple of times a day. I know, it sounds like poison but I promise its not (read the label) & makes them go away within a day- best cure ever. I used to get them chronically. They are the worst!

halleybird · Hermes

quote:
Originally posted by: Mara
"Swish hydrogen peroxide around in your mouth for 30 seconds a couple of times a day. I know, it sounds like poison but I promise its not (read the label) & makes them go away within a day- best cure ever. I used to get them chronically. They are the worst!"

oh, this does work. It tastes AWFUL though.

twinkle · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: halleybird
"oh, this does work. It tastes AWFUL though."

It is nasty & it gets fizzy in your mouth which is gross, but it works!

Suze · Nine West

quote:
Originally posted by: rosie_the_riveter
"Well,I've just discovered this stuff that works pretty well, it's called Kanka. It forms a protective layer over the crater and it numbs it a little. "

I second this. Kanka works better than everything else I've tried. In addition to numbing it, it helps it heal a lot faster.