canker sore tips?

[ijack]

I think we've been through this before, but I need help - mainly with pain management. Mine are now almost completely hormonal. I get them right before my period, they last for 2-3 weeks and then I have one week off before it all starts over again. My normal acidophilus and lysine regimine isn't working and they freaking hurt. I can't smile, talk, eat, etc without pain

[countthestars]

Ugh, I hate them so much. I'm not sure if you take a multivitamin, but if you don't you may want to try it. Mine have been much better since I started.

In terms of dealing with them while they are here, I like the Kanka soft brush gel: www.amazon.com/Blistex-Kanka-Professional-Strength-0-07-Ounce/dp/B001GCU0RE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I have also had good luck with mixing 1 part maalox and 1 part bendryl and coating the sore with it by swishing the mixture in my mouth. It's kind of gross (check the flavors of both and see if you can get them both fruity rather than mint and fruit if possible) but it works (supposedly the bendryl is good for breaking them down and the maalox creates a barrier/coating on it so germs don't get in.

[mie]

I usually get them if I'm coming down with something and the times I've taken a cold eeze (zinc), it's really helped by shortening the amount of time I have a canker sore.

[doctorsbaby]

B Complex supplements really help mine. They stop hurting within a few hours and are closing up by the next day normally.

[ijack]

Jun 4, 2013 13:40:01 GMT -5 countthestars said:

Ugh, I hate them so much. I'm not sure if you take a multivitamin, but if you don't you may want to try it. Mine have been much better since I started.

In terms of dealing with them while they are here, I like the Kanka soft brush gel: www.amazon.com/Blistex-Kanka-Professional-Strength-0-07-Ounce/dp/B001GCU0RE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I have also had good luck with mixing 1 part maalox and 1 part bendryl and coating the sore with it by swishing the mixture in my mouth. It's kind of gross (check the flavors of both and see if you can get them both fruity rather than mint and fruit if possible) but it works (supposedly the bendryl is good for breaking them down and the maalox creates a barrier/coating on it so germs don't get in.

oh, that's good to know. I do peroxide and water, but something to coat them when I sleep so they don't wake me up would be nice

[soozy87]

Coat it with alum (found with the spices) and let it sit on there for a few minutes. Rinse. The alum basically dries out the mucus on the top of the caker sore allowing for faster healing.

[whitemerlot]

I recently scratched my mouth really badly with a toothbrush. It was awful. This mouth rinse helped. I was worried it was infected.

www.orajel.com/adult-oral-care/mouth-sore/Products/orajel-antiseptic-mouth-sore-rinse.aspx

[tease]

Call your dentist and ask for Debacterol, it is a topical you place on the sore. It dries it out and healing happens faster. I will warn you though, it burns like a sucker for about 30 sec, but will not hurt again after and will be gone the next day. Or at least does for me.

[Deleted]

It seems like dabbing them with hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip is better than swishing.

[BAMFMrsB]

I usually get them from foods.

I use non-flavored Milk of Magnesia. DO NOT SWALLOW IT. Just take a big tablespoon+ and hold it in your mouth for a few moments, then swish it out.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000998.htm

[pamela]

DH does listerine swishes and has an unhealthy addiction to ambesol

[badtzmaru22]

I second the Kanka. That is by far the best OTC treatment I've tried.

I also like Colgate Peroxyl mouthwash, but that is basically what you're already doing with the hydrogen peroxide. It just tastes better.

Once, a pharmacist made me something literally called Magic Mouthwash. It was indeed magical, but it was an old family run pharmacy in the small town I grew up in that no longer exists, and no one else has ever heard of such a thing.

[ruthie7532]

Jun 4, 2013 15:28:29 GMT -5 badtzmaru22 said:

I second the Kanka. That is by far the best OTC treatment I've tried.

I also like Colgate Peroxyl mouthwash, but that is basically what you're already doing with the hydrogen peroxide. It just tastes better.

Once, a pharmacist made me something literally called Magic Mouthwash. It was indeed magical, but it was an old family run pharmacy in the small town I grew up in that no longer exists, and no one else has ever heard of such a thing.

There's lots of ways to make Magic Mouthwash. The one I used to prescribe had viscous lidocaine, Maalox, and liquid benadryl in it. I don't know the proportions, because I just had to write "Magic Mouthwash" and send them to the compounding pharmacy. Kanka has benzocaine and a coating agent, so actually is pretty close.

[ijack]

Can I get kanka at target or walgreens?
Thanks you guys!

[7costanza]

Stop using toothpaste with sodium lauryl sulphate, it's a foaming agent and skin irritant. I used to get canker sores all the time before I switched and now I get maybe one a year. Sensodyne generally doesn't have it as an ingredient, but almost all other brands I've looked at do.

[jgb]

Jun 4, 2013 18:17:42 GMT -5 7costanza said:

Stop using toothpaste with sodium lauryl sulphate, it's a foaming agent and skin irritant. I used to get canker sores all the time before I switched and now I get maybe one a year. Sensodyne generally doesn't have it as an ingredient, but almost all other brands I've looked at do.

This plus the peroxyl mouthwash twice a day and adding in a multi vitamin and I went from regular canker sores to none in 6 months!!

[badtzmaru22]

Jun 4, 2013 16:15:38 GMT -5 ijack said:

Can I get kanka at target or walgreens?
Thanks you guys!

Yes! 

[badtzmaru22]

Jun 4, 2013 18:17:42 GMT -5 7costanza said:

Stop using toothpaste with sodium lauryl sulphate, it's a foaming agent and skin irritant. I used to get canker sores all the time before I switched and now I get maybe one a year. Sensodyne generally doesn't have it as an ingredient, but almost all other brands I've looked at do.

Before I discovered Sensodyne I was using Hello Kitty Bubble Fun. Most kid's toothpaste still has SLS, and so does Toms of Maine. I also tried Burt's Bees, but it was too natural... basically clay. Thank goodness for a normal mint toothpaste!

[ijack]

Jun 4, 2013 18:16:58 GMT -5 @champagna said:

I don't have any tips, but I had lots of canker sores when I was pregnant with my 3rd. They appeared late in my 3rd trimester and didn't go away until a couple weeks after DS was born. It was so weird, but my OB wasn't worried (and also didn't offer any helpful advice.) They did hurt quite a bit. I'm sorry and I hope you find something that works.

I was the opposite - I could eat any of my trigger foods while pg and not get them. It was so awesome! 

[mypumpkin]

Sorry, I don't have any pain management advice. When I kept getting them over and over I started taking iron pills daily and they went away for good.

[jennistarr1]

In your mouth or outside

[ijack]

Jun 4, 2013 21:58:25 GMT -5 jennistarr1 said:

In your mouth or outside

Canker sores are only inside

[celiacmom]

I got them constantly before being diagnosed celiac. As soon as I cut gluten from my diet, I stopped getting them... Maybe try that?

[Deleted]

I suck on tums to ease the pain

[Deleted]

Canker covers at night. They feel so weird when you wake up in the morning but they do make a difference. www.drugstore.com/quantum-canker-cover-patches-mint-flavor/qxp147196?catid=183810
Liquid/kids benadryl + milk of magnesia as a mouthwash
Peroxyl mouthwash www.drugstore.com/colgate-peroxyl-mouth-sore-rinse-antiseptic-oral-cleanser-and-rinse-original-mint/qxp15727?catid=183803
Switching to Rembrandt toothpaste for canker sores www.drugstore.com/rembrandt-gentle-white-toothpaste-with-fluoride-mint/qxp15839
B vitamins
Crushed Tums (as plain a flavor you can find) directly on the sore.
Last, but not least, H. pylori breath test and bloodwork for celiac disease (I was negative for both)


They are also hormone-related which is probably why they are popping up at the same time each month.

[Deleted]

Jun 4, 2013 15:28:29 GMT -5 badtzmaru22 said:

Once, a pharmacist made me something literally called Magic Mouthwash. It was indeed magical, but it was an old family run pharmacy in the small town I grew up in that no longer exists, and no one else has ever heard of such a thing.

When I was growing up, my parents' neighbor who is a physician's assistant made this for me.

I know it had lidocane in it along with milk of magnesia and liquid benadryl but you can probably use something with benzocane to get the same effect.

[jennistarr1]

Have you tried peroxyl?

[FishChicks]

I get them, badly, as a result of auto-immune issues. I use a prescription steroid mouthwash that is amazing. Swish and spit once every six hours and they vanish. If you get them constantly, consider talking to a doctor. Dexamethasone is what I use.

[genet313]

This may not be enough for you, but if they still make Oragel, I used to really like that.  It tasted awful, but it worked.

[Deleted]

I get them all the time and I "pop" them. What I do is grab a lime wedge and just keeping rubbing at the canker sore until it bleeds and immediately the pain is gone. Yes, it hurts but for me it has been worth it since I get instant pain relief and the canker sore is gone within a day or two.