My son keeps getting ulcers in his mouth, why?

Question

asked the dentist she doesn't seem to think they are anything to worry about. Wondering if anyone knows why we get them my son is healthy and not showing any other worrying symptoms eg tiredness or anything.

cheers you've really put my mind at rest.

Answer 1

Try this link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mouthulcers1.shtml

Answer 2

I'm not a doctor. Always see one when health issues come up - there is probably a clinic in your neighborhood that can help, or a call-a-nurse program you can call... In the meantime, from the vantage of a non-medical person, I would see if he consumes too much fruit. The acid in fruit can cause ulcers. The eczema can be a whole different ball of wax. See a dermatologist about that. I treat mouth ulcers with a kitchen spice called Alum. It is used to turn cucumbers into pickles. It's safe to apply directly from the container. It is very bitter and tastes a little like aspirin. I use alum for mouth sores, cuts and such. Burns for a second, but is a very quick and thorough healer. Good luck!

Answer 3

The most common type of mouth ulcers are called 'apthous' ulcers. They are probably viral. (though no virus has been identified.)This means they should not be given antibiotics as there have no effect. There behaviour is similar to cold sores, in that they are recurrent, come out when we are run down and we never seem to develop immunity. Here the similarity ends, because unlike herpetic cold sores there is no treatment.

Each ulcer lasts about 10 days, but you can get further crops erupting, so each episode may last longer than that.

Ice,ice cream and cold soft items, become the easiest things to eat. Teething gels sometimes help. There are 2 prescription drugs for apthous ulcers, Corlan Pellets and Adcortyl in Orobase paste. Both are steroids, only reduce the nipping a bit and neither hastens resolution.

Answer 4

Hi I get them if I eat crips or drink fruit juice or fizzy pop, I mostly get ulcers if I eat salt and vinegar or prawn cocktail crips as these are the only ones I really like, if I have more than 1 bag a week I will have a mouth ulcer at the end of the week and loads if I have more than one bag, its all to do with the acid in the crips that causes it, same with fruit juice orange is a nightmare, and so is actually eating fruit like green apples. Any thing sour can also cause it, so if you son loves sour sweets this could also be the cause.

I love all these things hence why I always get mouth ulcers. I have stopped eating crips so often, drinking fruit juices, and occasionally have the odd fizzy drink and sour sweetie and maybe a bag of salt and vinegar crisp but then my fiance says I will have an ulcer in a few days and I will then pay for it which of course he is always right.

I asked at my local herbal shop what I could take for it accept bonjela as is dosent work and upsets my stomach yuk,
She gave me this mouth rinse and told be to just drink berry juices, I had been having a glass of orange juice everyday up until I got the mouth ulcer and she said this would of been the reason. The mouth rinse worked but I think that oraldene numbs the pain better and using anbesol adult strength is the best thing I could ever use.

If you son eats or drinks any off the above then maybe its time to cut these out for a while and see if they clear up.

Answer 5

There are lots of reasons for this. I used to have a similar problem when I was younger (I used to get them under my tongue) but is generally nothing really to worry about although very painful for your son. As identified by other answerers it could be that he is just a little run down at the moment. You don't say how old he is but if he is in his early teens it could be that his body is growing and developing and, although he doesn't feel tired at all, his body is using up his reserves of energy to grow and this is what is causing it.
Another idea if he is smaller is that his toothbrush may be a little too large for his mouth and when he cleans his teeth it is rubbing against the inside of his mouth allowing bacteria in. The same affect can be caused by eating crisps which can scratch the inside of his mouth as they are eaten. The best thing to clear it up is a mouth wash called "CORSODYL". It is chlorhexidine digluconate and is suitable for all mouth and gum infections.

Answer 6

The medical profession has no idea why we get ulcers.

Personally i get them if i eat too many peanuts or accidentally bite my cheek or lip. Then its an infection in a wound like on the outside of the body. A mouthwash of warm water with salt and bicarbonate of soda seems to make them heal faster.

Apart from that, i dont think its anything to worry about unless they are very large and constant. Does he perhaps grind his teeth in his sleep, this could cause the teeth to cut his lips or cheeks?

Answer 7

Ask the doc...the line between mouth care is a bit blurry...sometimes Dentist knows best sometimes Doc. Maybe he needs more vitamin C?

Answer 8

All of my sons suffer with ulcers and they are all very healthy and eat a varied diet, so don't worry - he will probably grow out of them.

Answer 9

well if they are white, and painful, they're called canker sores. they're not harmful though. i've had about a billion of them. I read somewhere that they're called by a common ingredient in toothpaste called sodium lauryl sulfate... it is caustic or something. anyway

What you need to know is that they're acidic. My mom used to have me swish a bit of milk of magnesia (mylanta... antacid stuff) around in my mouth. I have also tried baking soda dissolved in warm water, and baking soda toothpaste!

There is something that i have called Rincinol and it's a pain-relieving mouthwash (for canker sores, braces pain, etc). So you could use that, also try orajel, and avoiding sodium lauryl sulfate. I brush with baking soda toothpaste and i haven't had one in a long time. Hope i helped.

Answer 10

he should be fine just make sure he brushes his teeth properly and there is a very good mouthwash called chlorhexadine which you can get from savers for under £2 this trets the ulcers and also prevents them from future occurance

Answer 11

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