How do you get a Canker-sore?
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Canker sores are usually caused my stress or by some kind of trauma in the area like when you accidently bite your cheek. Canker sores occur in the mouth and on the gums and sometimes tongue.\n\nMost people think canker sores are a type of herpes but thats wrong. Herpes are sores that occur outside of the mouth like on and around the lips. These are contagious while canker sores are not.\n\nIf you have a canker sore just rine your mouth out with warm salt water or listerine. Then it will go away in a few days.
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Probably won't help heal them or make them worse, but will hurt! Try swishing warm, salty water in your mouth, especially on the canker sores. That will help them go away faster. Works for me, anyway.
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The easiest home remedy is to apply hydrogen peroxide (1 part hydrogen peroxide and one part water with a cotton swab) to the canker sore. Then dab a small amount of milk of magnesia on the canker 3-4 times a day. This is not only soothing, but appears to help healing.\n\nI think using a mouthwash such as listerine two to three times a day will keep the mouth clean/fresh and free of sores
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Try Blistex or some Bacitracin (antibiotic ointment).  Some people get sores or blisters and rash around the mouth from foods with lots of acid in them. AVOID LICKING YOUR LIPS!!!!!  Keep them clean and dry.  Too much oj or grapefruit juice irritates my mouth.
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If you want to stop tooth pain and put your dentist out of business forever, the remedy is very simple.  No, it's not clove oil, or lavendar tincture, or anything else.  Rather, it comes in a brown plastic bottle, costs as little as a $1.50 for 16 ounces, and has been found in nearly every household for a hundred years:\n\nHydrogen Peroxide.  Take a mouthful and hold it in ur mouth for as long as you can---particularly around the sore tooth if you can and then spit it out.  Do this a few times a day for two or three days at most and the toothache will be gone--forever.  If you continue to do it as a daily routine, you'll also notice that your gums stop receding and actually build back up, your teeth get whiter, your mouth feels fresher and you don't get any cavities anymore.  Hydrogen Peroxide laughs at bacteria and then kicks the hell out of it.  You'd hear far more about it if the established medical community could make money off of it, but they can't.  It cannot be patented and is hopelessly inexpensive to produce.  Plus, if you also use it in your ears as well as a mouth rinse/gargle, you'll rarely get sick, if ever, and will rarely have allergies if you suffer from them.  The bubbling in your mouth, ears etc. is the Hydrogen Peroxide breaking down into Oxygen--bacteria's No. 1 enemy.  If any of you have children, and they start feeling ill, put a capful in their ears--bye bye flu, cold etc.  It's powerful stuff.
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canker sores hurt bad, but they don't know what causes them.  some suspect a vitamin deficiency, stress, or some sort of trauma like biting. i will tell you that they are not herpes or bacteria, so you don't have to worry about that. you could go to your doctor or dentist, but they probably won't be able to do anything.  their is a product called KANKA that really makes them feel better. it numbs the area for a long time, and puts a protective layer over the sore so it doesn't get more inflamed. hope this helps, it works for me!
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Canker sores (apthous ulcers) are not found on the gum, but on the loose skin of the lips and cheeks. There is no known cause, although there have been many suggestions, including a reaction to the lauryl sulfate found in most toothpastes.\nThe most effective treatment is a topical corticosteroid ointment in a waterproof base such as Kenalog in Orabase. Antibiotics or antiseptics have no effect.
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brush you teeth regularly\ngargle with mouthwash\nkeep gum or candy on hand\ndrink citrus juices
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Cold sores are herpes. So the answer is yes, you can get herpes in your mouth. HSV-1 or HSV-2 can cause herpes either orally or genitally. A rising number of genital herpes infections are from what was traditionally believed to be only an oral infection, by HSV-1. The virus does not know nor care which nerve ganglia cluster it is infecting. You can have HSV-1 orally or genitally. You can have HSV-2 orally or genitally.\n\nPlease view this wikipedia entry for more and very factual information.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes
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Make sure that your oral care products (toothpaste, mouthwash, etc) do not contain sodium laurel sulfate.  This is a mild detergent that can aggravate canker sores.  Take a B-vitamin supplement, and try an OTC topical oral analgesic with benzocaine and tannin or tannic acid. Benzocaine will numb the pain and the tannin will coat the ulcer, allowing it to heal faster.
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Those are often called "canker sores," or mouth ulcerations. They can be accompanied by a fever or swollen lymph nodes or listnessness. It's basically just an irritation of the soft tissues inside your mouth.\n\nNobody really knows the causes, but it could be: Faulty immune system function; Nutritional problems such as a deficiency of vitamin B-12, zinc, folic acid or iron; A disease of the gastrointestinal tract; Food allergies; Menstrual periods\n\nThe best treatment I've found is switching toothpaste for awhile -- anything with sodium laureth sulfate in it (like Crest and similar) can be irriitating. OralB makes a canker sore toothpaste, and Sensodyne is good, as well. \n\nSwishing with Listerine can numb the sore if it's hurting. There are drugstore meds for them, but they don't work very well.
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sounds like you have a fungal infection called thrush. you can use a product called gly-oxide. it's an anti-septic mouth rinse. it will sting, but you have to swish it around for at least 30-45 seconds. then you can spray chloraseptic in your mouth and swish that around...it will really help to numb the pain. you could possibly have a virus too...if that's the case, it just has to run it's course...usually 7-10 days for canker sores. if you're not getting any better after 5 days or so, or start to run a fever, go to the doctor...they might have to swab your mouth for a culture to find out what you have, and determine if you need antibiotics.
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You can rub a little bit of whiskey on it ... or ambesol.  Check with a dentist .... may be time for them to come out.
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Sounds like a canker sore.  I used to get them all the time as a kid.  Best thing i have found is to rinse your mouth with salt water. Then get some powdered alum (in spice section of grocery store.  Put a dab of it on there...it WILL burn, but the sore will be gone in a day or so.
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First of all, you can get an oral form of herpes (which I am assuming this is to what you are referring) through contact with another person who has an active outbreak of the viral infection.  This means that just being in contact ONCE can cause you to become infected.\n\nThe sores are also known (on the mouth) as "cold sores" or "fever blisters" sometimes.\n\nI suggest you take a look at the link in the "sources" section.  This page from Medline Plus lists a lot of different links to take you more specifically to different sites to help you find some answers about what you need to know.
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oww that hurt, i hate it when that happens\nbrush your teeth after every meal and before going to bed and after getting up, keep your mouth as clean as possible, and if it doesn't go away in a few days or gets worse call your dentist back....you might see if the store has mouth sore gel, it helps to numb the area and cuts down on infection.
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floss your teeth\nbrush your teeth and tongue\ngargle