aphthous ulcer = mouth sore???

Hi sweet Emmie, I'm sorry you have those lousey sores they hurt like heck. I was told mine were a yeast infection. They give me that nystatin swish and swollow stuff. I actually did try to catch you on the Gerd section when you asked that question about scleraderma. You are the only one here that I know of that has it and I wanted to talk to you about it. I had a horrible sore on my tongue that left a scar. I couldn't even close my mouth but that was years ago. I'm sorry you are so tired. I have missed seeing you around here much.
love ya
carol

emmi. I'm sorry you are going through such a rough time. Also, you are welcome to vent here anytime you want to. You are going through so much and have some serious health issues and I hardly ever hear you complain, instead you are here being supportive and helpful to other members. As far as the sores on the tongue, I have had a few times where I have had lots of sores or ulcers on my tongue - they were autoimmune related but I'm not sure if they were lupus or sjogrens related. Also I was never given a name for the sores, so I'm afraid I'm no much help. The tongue sores did hurt though. I was prescribed the magic mouthwash that was a mix of amlox, benadryl and lidocain. Hang in there, emmi. ((((hugs))))

Hi Guys,

Thanks for getting back to me and sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I ended up getting progressively sicker over the weekend. By last night, I had a fever of 103. Off to my PCP today. Well, the canker sore--thank you, Ides--was actually a herpes lesion. (by the way, it was my dentist who thought it was a canker sore; my rheumie didn't see anythink ulcerous about it althought that was on Thurs. afternoon to be fair--I'm looking for a new one anyway).

I also have the thrush (yeast or candidiasis) on my tongue, on my cheeks, in my throat and into my esophagus. Hey, Okie, I got the swish and swallow stuff too. He also gave me 2 anti fungals; one for the herpes and one for the esophagus. He also gave me some lidocane for the herpes that hurts so d*** bad. I never had one of them before. He said he figures I got all of this since I'm immunosuppressed. He did blood work and blood cultures along with a chest x-ray to be sure there's not fungal stuff in the lungs. The other stuff is to see if he can determine the cause of the fevers. If it's not the fungal stuff, he needs to treat for bacterial or let a virus run its course. I don't mean to whine--actually I can't whine, it hurts to talk and swallow and drink and I'm sick of having the chills and the sweats and being sooooo tired but can't sleep because everything hurts--oh! I did whine! Sorry!

Thanks for listening!

xoxo emmie

I've recently found a solution for aphthous ulcer. At least it works for me. I mixed salt in drinking water( it should be very salty) and then gurgle with it. You have to do it at the very early stage of the ulcer, or it might not be helpful later. And try to gurle on night just before you go to sleep and don't eat or drink anything after the gurgle till the morning. So the salty taste remains. That's why I choose to do it just before go to sleep. Do this for 2-3 days in a row. I've try it everytime when the ulcer attacks, and it's working so far. I'll be happy if this could help anyone to lessen the pain of aphthous ulcer.

Hello!

I used to get mouth sores ALL THE TIME...Sometimes it's just one more thing. Our mouths are full of yucky bacteria. Seems a lot of us have had this issue. (Hmmm)

I use Lysterine, pour out about 1/2 cup. Top up with peroxide, shake well. Use as usual. I have no more sores. Really keeps your whole mouth cleaner too!

Hope this helps.

GB

One hyphenated word: L-glutamine. Break open two capsules and swish it in your mouth three times daily. Swallow.

I wanted to reply here about tongue ulcers. I had three ulcers come and go over three months that were DEBILITATING. It was very painful to swallow, eat and talk. I saw an oral surgeon who performed a biopsy, have had a ton of blood work drawn, got two second opinions, ruled out infectious diseases (fungal, viral, parasitic) with an infectious diseases expert, and am now in the hands of a GI doc.

I can provide photos of these tongue ulcers. They are no fun. What healed me up quick, though, was swishing L-glutamine in my mouth. I mean, "less than 24 hours almost completely gone" quick. I cannot recommend this enough! The prescription mouth wash was only helpful for about 20 minutes.

Malabsorption has been confirmed by stool samples and blood work shows a deficiency in fat-soluble vitamins. I'm on the docket for an endoscopy and colonoscopy to determine what type of IBD I have. But, tongue ulcers, fatigue and skin rashes were my first symptoms of something out of whack. Good luck!