Do youknow what causes a mouth canker? What helps it?

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canker sores are often caused by a virus and acidic foods may irritate them even more. A natural way to soothe the pain is to take a used tea bag (make sure its cooled so you don't burn yourself) and use it as a compress to the affected area for 10 minutes or so. There is a natural asethetic in the tea that really works!

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Your diet is messed up & you should eat yogurt.

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Hold an ice cube on it for a few minutes. I heard that kills the bacteria or whatever. It seems to help them clear up faster.

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I don't know what causes a canker sore. I sometimes get them after eating walnuts.
To help get rid of them use a Q-tip and apply some Campho Phenque every so often until it goes away (it comes in a small green bottle at the drug store).My grandma taught me this as a kid and it works everytime.

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First, look on the WWW, search for oral canker sores and go to the site sponsored by the ADA (American Dental Association).

In my clinical experience, one can only expect to get some symptomatic relief from all the products listed in the over-the-counter suggestions. And they can cost as much as $10. If you can get Kenalog in Orabase, (a topical steroid that sticks to the inside of the mouth), that may help also.

Here is another simple suggestion: take a tablet of aspirin, crush it into pieces, place a piece of the tablet directly on the cold sore and hold it there for a minute or two.

Aspirin is an acid and has a local anesthetic effect as well as killing the nerve endings that are causing the pain, which can be very unpleasant. If relief in not sufficient, repeat the treatmen in 24 to 48 hours.

The sore will last 14 days without treatment, and two weeks with treatment. But one can get relief from the pain during the time that it is most intense.

I assume you are young and in good health; if the problem is frequently recurrent, or persists for longer than noted above, see your dentist for further diagnosis and treatment because it could be an indication of a more serious illness.

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