Canker Sores - Open to All Other Health Topics Message Board

ChristinaD · 09-05-2002, 02:54 PM

Anybody know any way of preventing canker sores. I get them one after another. Not sure if they can be prevented or not. I used to get them in high school. 10 years ago. It stopped for a long time. Now all of a sudden.....their back! Very painful! Any clues?
Christina

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Shaman · 09-05-2002, 07:47 PM

Have you changed anything in your oral care? New ttothpaste,mouthwash etc? There is an ingrediant in most toothpaste Sodium Laurel Sulfate? I thin that has been strongly liked to canker sores. There are also documented links to several foods. I suggest you do a search for "canker sore prevention" or something along those lines to try and rule out a dietary link. There are several web sites that list the most likely foods to cause canker sores.

I get cold sores, I know, not the same thing, but they are also linked to diet. I ALWAYS get a cold sore if I eat too many walnuts.

I hopewhat ever is causing them turns out to be something simple for you to "leave out" of your diet or a new toothpaste like it was for me.

veree · 09-06-2002, 06:44 AM

I find that I cannot use gel toothpastes, even thought I do once in awhile, or I get them too.There are a lot of good canker sore remedys on the market. I use Zilactin and it seems if I use it at night the next morning mine are a lot better.

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