Mouth Ulcers

My son suffers very badly with mouth ulcers so I thought I would write a little about them.

                         Mouth ulcers appear as several painful white or yellowish circular raised spots. They usually affect the softer parts of the mouth. They are very painful for the first few days, they last about one to two weeks. Large ulcers may last weeks or months and can be accompanied by fatigue, fever and swollen lymph nodes.

                          Mouth ulcers can be due to stress, a bad immune response or viral infection. They can happen due to an allergic reaction, anaemia, coeliac disease or Crohn’s disease. 

                   If you are prone to mouth ulcers regularly using mouth washes can prevent them from occurring. If you are unlucky, like my son and still gets them, a really good remedy that we use is a damp tea bag, my son puts it on his ulcer and it helps in easing the pain, it is said that this neutralises the acids that eat into the sore. I have got my son some multivitamins as well, as a teenager he doesn’t like eating vegetables. This is helping him ….

                         We were advised by the doctor to make sure my sons diet is high in;

n      Iron rich foods

n      Folate

n      Vitamin B12

            That during attacks he only eats bland foods…….

                       There is no conventional treatment for mouth ulcers, but if they are too painful you GP may prescribe something for the pain. Natural remedies are best in helping with the symptoms and preventing mouth ulcers from recurring……

        When to seek medical advice;

n      If your ulcers last more than 2 weeks

n      You get sores often and they appear in groups

n      When they are very painful

                  I hope this helps……..