Mouth ulcers

[ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts]

My gp has been useless. They are almost constant, huge and painful.

Anyone found a magic cure?

I was recently told by someone that they can be caused by a deficiency (vit D or B, they couldn't remember..). And am injection could have relieve them..

I thought I'd ask you wiser MNers.

[Xyzzzzz]

Try swapping your toothpaste I use sensodyne and they reduced massively

Also avoid acidity foods such as oranges etc, try having more yogurts

[ValleyoftheHorses]

Ask for a referral to oral medicine for investigation.

[Ash39]

See your dentist for advice. They are a bit more up to date than gps. Ultimately you can be referred to oral
Medicine if necessary.

[Tarrarra]

Interestingly mine have disappeared since I found out I was folate deficient and started on high dose supplements. They are an indication that something is not right. Change your toothpaste first, if that doesn't work then ask for a blood test to rule out any deficiency in iron, b vits, folate etc. Do you have any other symptoms?

[Ash39]

They aren't always an indication that something isn't right. Unfortunately a percentage of those that have recurring aphthous ulcers, a cause can not be found. There can be a genetic link.

Whilst it is important to rule out all possible causes, as above, it's also worth noting that a cause may not be found. You would then need to focus on treatment and management

[Sarcelle]

I used to get these, every day, huge, painful, could only drink room temperature water and had to watch what I ate because of the pain. Over the counter treatments did not work. One of my friends was reading a book about the stomach and it referenced bad gut bacteria brought on a range of ailments and mouth ulcers was one of the symptoms. They recommended taking a probiotic, so I did. It worked almost immediately and haven't had one since. This must have been over 10 years now.

My probiotic of choice these days is Viridian Daily. However you could try Yakhult Light to get you started, it's the blue capped one in the chiller near the milk!

[itbemay1]

Ask for a coeliac blood test, they should have done this anyway

[SpideyMom]

Difflam is the only thing I have found that helps when I get mouth ulcers. I get them all over my mouth at the same time and stop me from eating and drinking the pain is so bad

[BusterGonad]

You need some bloods done, they can be a sign of IBD.

[ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts]

Some brilliant advice. Thank you so much. Don't ever have the same toothpaste twice. Maybe I should pay attention to if that makes a difference.
I'll also get the gp to do a blood test.

Thank you

[MardyLardy]

Also tried all of the above and was about managing them when we tried L-Lysine - an absolute bloody miracle. They aren’t a problem any more -it was actually life changing

[hinely]

I get them when stressed or from eating too many sweets or citrus fruit. I find Cordysol or the cheaper equivalent that Superdrug sells helps to shorten their duration.

[BusterGonad]

Cordysol stains your teeth!