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Painful canker sores often
break out during times of stress. They are often related to
nutritional deficiencies or allergies to foods and other
substances. Homeopathic remedies can ease the pain of canker
sores, reduce inflammation, and help the tissues heal.
Canker sores are small ulcerations within the mouth.
Doctors call this common condition aphthous stomatitis.
Canker sores appear alone or
in clusters as shallow, painful
erosions in the mucous membrane inside the mouth. They typically
have slightly raised, yellowish borders surrounded by a red
zone, and are sometimes covered with a yellowish opaque
material. Fatigue, fever, and swollen lymph nodes may be present
in severe attacks.
Doctors often prescribe
antibiotics or corticosteroids, medications that help relieve
pain and inflammation for canker sores. However, neither
of these treatments helps much, so many doctors recommend
traditional relief--ice to alleviate the pain and rinsing the
mouth with warm saltwater several times a day.
Doctors also suggest
eliminating things that sometimes trigger or aggravate canker
sores, such as alcohol, chewing gum, citrus fruits, coffee,
dairy products, meat, pineapple, spicy foods, tomatoes,
toothpaste and vinegar and other acidic foods.
Doctors also suggest
avoiding anything that you happen to be allergic to. People
often indulge in "just a taste" of something to which
they know they have a mild allergy, but nibbling these
"forbidden" foods is a notorious cause of canker
sores.
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CANKER SORES
