WHAT are these nasty painful things that occur on my tongue

[alittlelark]

every year or so? they HURT...they suck!!! They last for weeks. What are they? I'm sure I could google, but I want to know if others here have had them. I know my sis and some friends understand

...and ....is * responsible

[XanaDUer]

1. Canker sores?

are they white?

[alittlelark]

2. Kinda - they are more pink tham white

and they HURT. A lemonade about killed me.

[XanaDUer]

3. Do they occur on inside of mouth as well?

on the mucous membranes?

[alittlelark]

6. No, I get them only on my tongue about

once a year - never anywhere else in mouth. They HURT

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Have you recently rubbed...

sand paper on your tounge??? cause that might cause an irritation, other than that, I have no clue :shrug:

[skooooo]

5. Buy Lysine at the drug store and take a few when..

...you feel them coming. Lysine (it's an amino acid) is over-the-counter and prevents canker sores and fever blisters. I promise it will help.

[alittlelark]

8. I might dash out to Albertsons for it when the kids are in bed.

They are just nasty things.

[XanaDUer]

11. Do the salt thing first

but, prepare for stinging.

[alittlelark]

15. Salt thing ???

I can guess, but what proportions of H2O?

[XanaDUer]

25. It's not real scientific

dampen a fingertip. Dip in salt (sea salt is best-normal salt will do) then hold against said painful lesion for as long as you can stand it.

This always clears up my canker sores, if you do have a canker sore, which it sounds like you do.

[alittlelark]

27. Hubby has not yet come down to read to kids, so I am

now attempting....

[XanaDUer]

30. It'll hurt

but, to be safe, check out recerring weird-body stuff with a doctor, too.

Good luck.

[alittlelark]

33. Damn yeah it hurts!!!!

But there was a level of satisfaction.....

Damn that hurt....

[XanaDUer]

35. If you use sea salt (always good to have around the house for neti pots

seasoning food, mouthwash)

If feels even better!

[petronius]

48. Neti pots?

What are those? (Genuine question; not a joke...)

[XanaDUer]

51. Here is some info

http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/product/neti.html


NPs are wonderful little things for nasal irrigation.

PS-Don't get the metal ones. Ours fell apart. Ceramic or plastic are better:

http://www.kalyx.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/40197.0/CategoryID/5500.0/SubCatID/4380.0/file.htm

[skooooo]

18. I swear it will work...

...Lysine has helped me soooooo much and it works pretty fast. I'm thinking that what you have is pretty similar to fever blisters, so it's certainly worth a try. Salt might help, but Lysine really addresses the cause of these things.

[alittlelark]

20. I came for suggestions, and

I will take yours...Thanks

[skooooo]

23. Let me know how it goes...

you can PM me...give it about 12 hours and see if you can't tell a difference

[alittlelark]

24. Hubby is just about to read to the kids (PST)

I'll dash out when he does.

Thanks

[alittlelark]

54. I took one on the way back from Albertsons

and am crossing fingers...

[skooooo]

65. well let us know how you feel in the morning!

[XanaDUer]

9. And another way to sort of

um, burn it away is to take some sea salt (best) and sort of hold a little on the canker sore. Hurts like hell, but always seemed to clear mine up overnight.
If they keep coming up, see the doctor.(to the original poster)

[gospelized]

10. Glyoxide

is also really good for oral cuts and sores and piercings and such.

[kestrel91316]

13. WOW, great tip, thanks!

I also get cold sores, and they are helped some by using Abreva. The last time I got one, I also used Lysine and it was about the mildest cold sore I have ever had. I have often wondered if canker sores were related to cold sores. I am a veterinarian and we have known for some time that Lysine helps to control complications of feline herpesvirus. Next time I get a canker sore I will try it. Maybe I will just keep taking it as prevention, and experiment with lots of citrus and chocolate and nuts, LOL!

[kestrel91316]

7. Canker sores, it sounds like.............

I have been getting them my whole life. I read somewhere that they are brought on by consuming citrus, chocolate, and/or nuts in some people. I love all these things, so haven't been able to pin anything down other than it seems that WALNUTS are a major cause in me, but not the only cause. I try to remember to brush and use mouthwash after eating any of the three.

[alittlelark]

12. I have an anaphalactic allergy to ALL nuts

so I don't get 'em with nuts (just IV's and other fun stuff)!!!! I have, however been ODing on a wonderful new organic chocolate I found at Trader Joes.....Damn you JOE!!!!

[kestrel91316]

16. (I like the three-pack of chocolate bars - esp dark...............

that they have for $1 or so) Chocolate is one of the basic four food groups as far as I'm concerned.

[alittlelark]

43. Basic 4 ???

I thought it was in the 'ONLY 2' - dark choc. and 'other'.

[EnfantTerrible]

44. It's a vegetable in my house

:smoke:

[alittlelark]

49. It is not just a veggie- issue

cause cocoa beans produce nirvana.

[EnfantTerrible]

53. Said to stimulate the "Joy" spot

similiar stimulation as... well... see my avitar.

<edit> and the two together? ...forgeddaboutit

:smoke:

[alittlelark]

58. Dude, IM me

you have no idea how familiar I am with that in my 'Joventude'

[EnfantTerrible]

60. How?

Ashamed to admit that I've only owned a computer for two months and don't know my way
around it yet...

[alittlelark]

61. No need

but get 'sexually connected ' w/ your computer!!

Maybe not physical, but yeah.

[alittlelark]

63. Click on the symbol w/ the "pad and pencil"

[Mika]

14. Could be herpes or..

Go to a dentist/doctor to get them looked at. You should find out what they are. You really don't want to find out too late IF they are carcinoma. Seriously.

[alittlelark]

17. I asked my doctor a few years ago

his reply was flippant - to rinse w/ Hydrogen peroxide (didn't help).

[skooooo]

19. If it's herpes...take the Lysine.

[XanaDUer]

31. I had two acquaintances whose cancer was first noticed by their dentist.

N/t.

[alittlelark]

34. Very scary, but I last saw Ezzati 2 mo's ago

He is a nice guy, and really tries to improve my oral health.

[XanaDUer]

36. These were two freaky incidents

They had rare mouth cancers, one guy chewed tobacco.

[alittlelark]

38. eeeewwwww

I thought I left that behind in NM

[XanaDUer]

41. Here's a fun-and-delicious story

having come basically from NYC to s fl, chewin' tobaccky was pretty unknown to me.

So ,I moved to FREEPER HELL. I worked in a public building. Well, turns out some of our lovely patrons were using the f****** plastic, paper-only garbage pails as spittons.

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[alittlelark]

42. I bartended my way through college in Las Cruces, NM

I know of ALL the disgusting places people spit their chew....EEEWWWW.

[XanaDUer]

45. Heh, heh

that shit is VILE.

[petronius]

52. Here's an even less fun-and-delicious story:

I have a friend who used to chew, and he would spit into whatever container was handy, dumping out it later. On a car ride one time, he was spitting into a fast food soda cup, and when we were parking he handed me the cup to hold while he unloaded something else. Now, I'd been watching him spit into this cup for half an hour, so I knew what it was, but unfortunately I have pretty poor short-term memory. More unfortunately, I was a bit thirsty at the time... :puke:

[alittlelark]

56. OMG I have 2 friends w/ the same foul story!

Damn...iiiick One of my friends had been told it was his coffee...imagine the horror and violence she produced!!...she was a 110 lb'er.

[XanaDUer]

57. That *is* disgusting.

Eom.

[Cheswick2.0]

21. inflamed taste buds

I got several of them this summer when I drank too much orange juice. Are you eating very acidic foods lately?

[alittlelark]

26. I LOOOOVE my spicy foods!

Native New Mexican. Chile is highly acidic, but I've been consuming hot chile since I was 11 years old. Interesting that the chile crop in NM ripens at the time I get these (always in the fall), I had not contemplated the corrolation... But I'm in CA and am in no way connected to my 'chile roots'.

[Tangledog]

22. Gotta get this checked out

I used to get cankersores a lot; it was a hormonal thing, and also they'd show up if I got drunk too frequently. I've never heard of getting them only on your tongue and not on the inside of your cheeks. And they shouldn't take that long to heal. With luck it's some seasonal dish (winter squash? fruitcake?) or a similar transient allergy. But one of my goals is to nag deserving Democrats into living to be 160, so again, I urge you to talk to your GP/family-type doc, and then, if necessary, to an EENT spec or an allergist.

I'd say you can blame B*, too; he gets over on a lot of crap he did do, so turnabout's fair play. Plus it feels damn fine to blame the Axis of Feeble :) .


edited because I left out a period, but I'm not anal, no, not me

[alittlelark]

29. I'll blame him in the same way I blame him for the light-runner

I dealt w/ yesterday - he had a W04 sticker

[mark414]

28. did you eat too many sour patch kids?

man those things will kill your tongue

but they're so delicious!

[alittlelark]

37. LOVE THEM - and will surreptitiously scavenge them from Halloween bags!

But, no, none recently.

[RebelYell]

32. Do you eat fresh tomatoes?

Is IS tomato season. I get them this time of year too, because we have billions of tomatoes from our garden.

Salt works. Rinse with salt and water 5 or 6 times/day until it's gone. Putting salt directly on it works faster.

Edited to add

[alittlelark]

39. Doing LOTS of tomatoes!!!!

OH YEAH!!!! I know they are acidic....but, they're so tasty. I grow enough to serve us and be sun-dried for years to come.


But seriously, I did not for years, yet still get these tongue parasites every fall.

[RebelYell]

40. Hmmmm

I limit myself to fresh tomatoes 3 x week now and haven't had another mouth sore.

It's related to food, keep a diary for next year.

[XanaDUer]

46. Tomatoes cause canker sores?

Crap.

[alittlelark]

47. yeah they are right

I googled a few minutes ago.

[DemBones DemBones]

55. Yeah, but if they're just canker sores, you won't die

from them. Thus, no need to give up yummy fresh tomatoes.

Of course, I was allergic to chocolate as a child and thought it was cool to eat a Hershey bar and watch the hives developing as I ate!

You can't let allergies rule your life. :7

[alittlelark]

59. My anaphalactic nut allery does rule my life

I was 'Dead' 2 times from it. Perhaps why that is why I am am Atheist - I saw no tunnel - I only saw my current reality and past unresolved issues that took over. OK - 0nce was when I was 4 years old....but damn, I remember!!! So well.

There needs to be a study done on those of us that have faced imminent death multiple times!!! But we all know the studies have already been done - and ignored.

[alittlelark]

64. That may be why these wretched things happen.

I hope it is tomatoes, cuz if it's dark chocotate I am soooo screwed!!!

[RebelYell]

50. Yeah, but

you gotta eat a shitload of 'em. Which I used to do. Fresh, not cooked, cause canker sores.

[alittlelark]

62. WOW I was gonna lambaste you

but I reaized you had no connection.