Thread: Cankers

see link, has a good synopsis on what causes them

http://www.animated-teeth.com/canker...nker_sores.htm

Thank you...I'll check it out

what always gave me them was highly acidic foods like OJ and pasta sauce..

hum, I'm cutting right now so my foods are limited Basically oats, flax, chicken, eggs, green veggies, oil...standard cutting fare. Damn the little bastards hurt!!

Walnuts and Pecans are known to cause canker sores.

Just natty in my diet..and only 1 tb...ever heard of flax oil causing them? It's the only thing that I'm eating now that I wouldn't normally eat

Originally Posted by Velvet

Hi peeps, I haven't had a canker since I was a kid, now all of a sudden I've had three in the last week on the inside of my lower lip and they sting like crazy (one canker at a time- one goes away, another comes in a slightly different spot) I've gargled with salt water a gazillion times but nothing seems to help. Anybody have this problem where you just start getting them for seemingly no reason? Or maybe what kinds of foods can cause this?

Thanks

I get them and when I do I know a cold or something similar is looming around the corner, definately seems to be a pattern there for me with getting them and being run down.

Humm, maybe it's just from my new intensity in the gym and cutting..my immune system is having a spaz

You may have bit your lip or scraped it with some kind of sharp food. After that you probably kept sucking on it and messing with it and your teeth scraped a spot near it causing a new one to pop up near the old one.

Originally Posted by Velvet

Hi peeps, I haven't had a canker since I was a kid, now all of a sudden I've had three in the last week on the inside of my lower lip and they sting like crazy (one canker at a time- one goes away, another comes in a slightly different spot) I've gargled with salt water a gazillion times but nothing seems to help. Anybody have this problem where you just start getting them for seemingly no reason? Or maybe what kinds of foods can cause this?

Thanks

I'd say just keep using the salt water until it heals. Also, you might want to use Listerine a couple times a day to kill any bacteria that might be there. If you want to ease discomfort, get some Oragel (it numbs the canker, but not your whole lip so you won't talk weird ).

Whats always helped me, is put some baking soda on a Q-tip, and dap the canker. It stings like hell at first, but in a day or two it goes away(apply couple times a day).

hum, i've never tried that, I'm willing to do anything now, this last one is huge and really really hurts, no matter what I eat

Originally Posted by thatguy

I'd say just keep using the salt water until it heals. Also, you might want to use Listerine a couple times a day to kill any bacteria that might be there. If you want to ease discomfort, get some Oragel (it numbs the canker, but not your whole lip so you won't talk weird ).

ha ha, I actually did use the oragel last night so I could eat my last meal without crying, can't believe how much a little canker can hurt

hmmm you sure you havent had anything else in your mouth lately?

I read this thread yesterday and couldnt even think of the last time I had a canker. Sure enough, I woke up with one this morning. thanks velvet

I did some studying, because I knew I was right

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/166/7/884-a#R2-8

Originally Posted by Cold Iron

I read this thread yesterday and couldnt even think of the last time I had a canker. Sure enough, I woke up with one this morning. thanks velvet

nice try, dont blame it on me buster My son woke up with a canker this morning so it's definately something we are eating or drinking... I wonder if diet coke/pepsi can cause them, for the first time I actually bought a case for home...we drank a lot...won't be bringing it into the house again

Originally Posted by PreMier

I did some studying, because I knew I was right

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/166/7/884-a#R2-8

hum, I'll try it tonight and see if it helps, altho this one seems to be going away, not so painful *knock on wood really freakin hard* thanks Jake

Originally Posted by Velvet

nice try, dont blame it on me buster My son woke up with a canker this morning so it's definately something we are eating or drinking... I wonder if diet coke/pepsi can cause them, for the first time I actually bought a case for home...we drank a lot...won't be bringing it into the house again

I would think pop could def' cause them. For me, I've traced it to vinegar, which i'm dumping on my tuna.

i'm a little late with this, but i just woke up and can't sleep, so of course I logged on to IM to hang out for a bit...

here's what I've read somewhere but can't remember where now... same as with the herpes simplex virus that cause oral herpes/cold sores on lips, etc... it could be related to the level of arginine you are ingesting in comparison to your levels of lysine, both of them are amino acids.

Look at your proteins, and at your grains, nuts etc. Oatmeal, chocolate, corn products and protein powders with high levels of arginine are SAID to throw off the balance of arg to lys in your system.

Of course, i can't remember where the heck I've read this, but I know i did... and I started supplementing with Lysine a while back with much success as my cold sore outbreaks have been fewer and far between since then. I know it's a canker and not a cold sore, but like I said, just a theory...

dammit... now i want to look it up again. will be back with a link or two when i find them.

edit:

ok here are some links.

http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshel...25,862,00.html

http://www.med-help.net/CankerSores.html