How do you best get rid of canker sores?
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Canker sores are generally caused by your body's pH being too alkaline. Vitamin C is an acid and will reduce the pH to normal levels, just take normal doses and you'll see results in about two days, sometimes less if you've had the sores a few days prior to beginning treatment.
Creams and balsm just take the edge off the pain but don't do much more than that. Avoid any home remedies such as placing honey on it, or gargling with vinegar as that will irritate the sore and make matters worse.
Once iItried this I added a vitamin C tablet to my morning routine and no more canker sores!
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there is this awesome medicine you can get from wal-mart or CVS or walgreens called "GlyOxide" its great.
warm salt water rinses. Don't smoke and stay away from acidic fruits like oranges. 1 teaspoon of salt to 8 oz glass of water swoosh and spit, about 3 times a day.
stop eating tomatoes and try blistex
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take vitamin C and zinc..next day. no pain
It really freakin hurts for a minute but the pain will go away if you put salt on them. You sould think about what's in your diet. You have too much acid in your system. Lay off the vitimin C.
go with the answer glyoxide it is the best stuff ever. even good for cold sores.
if they aren't inside your mouth, you can use a chap stick called "carmex" they sell it at wal-mart in the aisle where the medicine section. a tube of it sells for like 1.29. they also sometimes display it in the check-out lanes. when you first put it on, it will burn a little, but it is just the medicine working.. it will be better in no time.. i dont use anything else.. put it on before you go to bed so it doesnt wear off, but apply it through out the day..hope everything goes well.!
This may sound kinda gross, but swish Milk of Magnesia around in your mouth for a couple of minutes. It helps to neutralize the acid in the sore. It sounds lame, but it works well. If you do it before bed in the morning it is so much better. I had a killer one under my tongue and the morning after I swished w/ MoM, it was gone. I've passed this on to a lot of people and it has worked for everyone.
Camphor phenique - works for me. About four times a day.
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freeze them with ice and snip them off
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