Dd has huge mouth ulcers, any tips?

[lucy5]

Dd is really run down, she has had a run of ilnees due to her immune system being all over the place because of Glandular Fever. She currently has tonsillitus and these horrible ulcers have appeared and are starting to bleed. Any remedies? God I only ever seem to be on health threads at the moment.

is she old enough to gargle a bit of salty water?

cranberry juice is said to help.

Shes 5, I could give it a go. Will get Dh to get crannyberry Juice in Gibraltar, I havent seen pure Cranberry in Spain.

Oops, forgot to say thank you! Any more ideas that are a bit nicer tasting

poor little chick.. hope she is better soon. x

Would \link{http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi?topicid=140\this} help?

adcortyl in orabase. you can get it from the chemist, it forms a coating over the ulcer and helps them heal up quickly. mention her age to the pharmisist.

HTH

Thanks, think she would be more likely to go for the cocnut milk and honey one!

I did well on homeopathy with mouth ulcers - I used sulphur 30c but it depends on the exact symptoms, let me see if I can find the page. The Nelsons clickpacks from Boots are fab.

\link{http://www.publix.com/wellness/notes/Display.do?id=Homeo&childId=Canker_Sores_hm\has a summary of remedies matched to symptoms} - worth trying the one that matches closest and then switch to the next closest if no improvement.

I second the adcortyl - it really works well when nothing else seems to. I hope you can get hold of it?

Has she been on antibiotics? apparently it's really common to get mouthulcers after anti-b's as they deplete the body of something (Iron? Zinc?)

Sorry, not much use if I can't remember! I'll speak to my boss, he knows!

She was on antibiotics 2 weeks ago and just started another course yesterday

Why is fresh pineapple supposed to heal mouth ulcers? How much is needed daily?
1st January 2000

Fresh pineapple (from the Ananas comosus plant) is used as a traditional medicine throughout the tropics. The biological activity of pineapple comes from a family of enzymes called bromelain. Clinically, bromelain is primarily used to reduce inflammation and enhance healing (Alternative Medicine Review, 1998), so this would be the rationale behind the ingestion of fresh pineapple by people with mouth ulcers. The effects of bromelain appear to be dose-dependent, but at present there are no guidelines as to the optimum levels.