mouth sores??

I don't know if this is a fibro thing or not but it takes nothing for me to get a canker sore or irritation from something I eat.  Those taste bud thingys on my tongue swell and get sore.  I have had four or five cankers going on at once.  Been to dentist, periodontist..blood work and the best they can come up with is 'reccurent aptheous ulcers."  I do know that dry mouth from meds and fibro make the tissue more fragile and thin from lack of saliva.  Chapstick is my best friend cause my lips are so dry.  If you have dry mouth, I would say it's a fibro-thing.

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Donna

This really does work!  Honestly!  I have Crohn's disease and would get sores in my mouth and all along the sides of my tongue.  I barely could eat anything.  Finally I thought the alcohol could kill bacteria so I got some rum, swished it around my mouth and spit it out.  It really burned for about 20-30 seconds and then the area was somewhat numbed...which was a relief to me.  I noticed later that day that the sores were better so I used the rum again.  It didn't burn nearly as badly and by the next day the sores were pretty much gone. 

So, when my children would get canker sores, I'd dip a Q-Tip in the rum and put it on the sore.  They knew it would burn but they also knew it would clear it up.  They would even come to me and ask me to use it on a canker sore. 

To this day, they use rum for things like this.  I had a mild cold sore starting and got out the Blistex and my daughter told me she uses rum for that too!  LOL

This is how my "medicinal rum" stories have gotten started on this forum.  Marlee does like to get into my rum supplies when I have a virtual party at my house. 

Sherrine

Wow, I am going to try that medicinal rum thing.  Would medicinal scotch work too?  I don't have any rum.  We used to put teeny dabs of rum on the baby's gums for teething.  A friend from church recommended it.  I am not sure if it helped or not.

I also get sores inside my lips that appear from nowhere and these little sore blisters on the back sides or roof of my mouth.  If the little blisters can be popped, they stop hurting immediately. 

I looked it up on the internet and found this:

NSAIDS and Methotrexate can cause mouth sores.  Yogurt, folic acid and acidophilus can help. 

And of course, dry mouth can cause them too. 

I will keep looking.

Sue

Chutz said...
Danielle,

That 'splotchy' thing inside the mouth is likely something called 'lichen planus'. My cousin, who also has fibro, has it too but hers is way worse than mine. For me it's mostly a faint white spiderweb looking area on inside cheek and the tongue. I had my dentist and a specialist check it out and confirm it. It's just there... Cousin's doc told her it was fairly common in fibro folks. Here's more on the condition...

Chutz


Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff

Oral lichen planus is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory condition affecting the lining of your mouth, usually resulting in characteristic lacy white patches. Oral lichen planus occurs most often on the inside of your cheeks but also can affect your gums, tongue, lips and other parts of your mouth. Oral lichen planus sometimes involves your throat or esophagus.

While oral lichen planus usually begins during midlife, it can occur at any age. An initial episode of oral lichen planus may last for weeks or months. But unfortunately, oral lichen planus is usually a chronic condition and can last for many years. Although there's no cure, oral lichen planus can be managed with medications and home remedies.

As I said before, I chose rum because I like the taste.  But it's the alcohol that does the work so I don't know why whiskey wouldn't work.  I just know the sores heal up for me.

Sherrine