Articles for tag: Canker Sores, Sores

Facts About Canker Sores

One morning I awoke with an agonizing pain near the gum of my lower lip, right beneath my teeth. I rushed to the mirror to notice an oval shape sore white in color, and surrounded by a red coloration. I asked my mother to take a look at it and she said it was a ...

Canker Sores Myths & Facts

When a fellow A.C. writer referred to her “canker virus” it reminded me once again of just how much bad health information is floating around out there. Let’s look at canker sores, learn what causes them and dispel some of the most common myths. What Canker Sores Are “Canker sore” is one of those terms ...

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Facts About Canker Sores

What is a canker sore? Canker sores, also known as aphthous ulcers, are small sores that occur inside the mouth. Canker sores appear on the tongue and on the inside of the cheeks and lips. They do not appear on parts of the mouth that cannot move (so not on the roof of the mouth). ...

The Difference Between Canker Sores and Cold Sores

You may feel the itching and the tingling before anything can manifest its self. Before the swelling, the redness or the blisters actually exist you will probably know that something is amiss. If you’ve ever had one before you recognize the symptoms of the canker sore. It hurts, it’s miserable and it is down right ...

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Causes and Treatment of Canker Sores

Canker sores are mouth lesions that are typically white or yellow in the center, surrounded by an inflamed red ring. These ulcers more commonly occur in women than in men. Cause of Canker Sores Unlike cold sores (caused by herpes virus) or a syphilis cancre (caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum), common canker sores are ...

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Canker Sores: Caused by Stress?

Canker sores are painful, open sores that develop on the inside of the mouth. They can have a yellow or white rim and generally are positioned on top of a swollen red bump. While they look and feel dreadful they are relatively benign in nature and are not contagious. Doctors think that there are a ...

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Canker Sores: What Are They and What Can You Do About Them?

Although canker sores aren’t contagious or life-threatening, they are painful. Women in their teens and twenties are most likely to suffer form canker sores, which are small, raised blisters on the inside of the mouth. In most cases, canker sores are either bright red in color or cloudy and white, and they are found most ...

Canker Sores- What Causes Them and How to Get Some Relief

There are very few feelings in the world worse than attempting to eat or drink when you have a canker sore in your mouth. Canker sores occur regularly in approximately one in five individuals, smallish open eruptions that arise inside the mouth, cheeks, lips, throat, and on occasion, the tongue. Canker sores are different from ...