My daughter is 21 months and has a canker sore on the corner of her mouth.?

Question

We just spotted more inside her mouth. She is on her second dose of antibiotics and is recovering from a high temp the last 24 hours and a trip to the ER.
Any suggestions as to how to ease the pain of the canker sore, or cold sore. Any meds that would be helpful???

The ER doctor said that canker sore and cold sore and the same thing. They are both caused from fever and are a type of herpes. I have had these too, but never like my daughter.

Answer 1

go get some teething tablets and make a paste out of one and spead it on with a q-tip , its natural and it stops the pain

Answer 2

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Answer 3

First of all, canker sores and cold sores are not the same thing. Second, your daughter will probably get more canker sores as long as she's on the antibiotics. I'm prone to them too, and I've found that once they're there, the best thing is just to avoid acidic foods - painful - and wait. Prevention is key with those nasty buggers. Try to get a toothpaste withOUT sodium laurel sulfate or glycerine. You might have better luck looking at powders instead of pastes. And cut waaaay back on all sugars and refined carbs in her diet. When the course of antibiotics is over, put her on some probiotics.

Answer 4

Well, I would suggest listerine, but since she's so young, just try getting her to eat or drink some citrus. But that doesn't include lemonade. :)