Re Canker Mouth Ulcers

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Here is another article on mouth ulcers/canker sores:

 

http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/1621459-mouth-ulcers/

 

A MOUTH ULCER IS A BREAK IN THE LINING OF THE MOUTH THAT UNCOVERS THE

SENSITIVE TISSUE BENEATH. ALL MOUTH ULCERS LOOK VERY MUCH THE SAME, BUT THEY

VARY CONSIDERABLY IN CAUSE AND SERIOUSNESS. THE TWO MOST COMMON AND PAINFUL

TYPES OF ULCERS ARE APHTHOUS ULCERS, WHICH TEND TO OCCUR WHEN YOU ARE UNDER

STRESS, RUN DOWN OR ILL, AND TRAUMATIC ULCERS, WHICH RESULT FROM AN INJURY TO

THE LINING OF YOUR MOUTH. SUCH AN INJURY MAY BE CAUSED BY A TOOTHBRUSH, A ROUGH

DENTURE, OR HOT FOOD.

SOME MOUTH ULCERS ARE CAUSED BY INFECTION BY A VIRUS. A VIRUS THAT

COMMONLY CAUSES MOUTH ULCERS IS HERPES SIMPLEX. THIS VIRUS CAUSES BLISTERS THAT

EVENTUALLY TURN INTO ULCERS. RARELY, AN ULCER MAY BE THE FIRST SIGN OF A TUMOR

OF THE MOUTH OR A MORE GENERALIZED DISEASE SUCH AS ANEMIA OR LEUKEMIA.

 

 

 

MOUTH ULCERS ARE VERY COMMON; ABOUT TEN PER CENT OF PEOPLE GET THEM.

APHTHOUS ULCERS OCCUR MOST OFTEN IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND MORE OFTEN

IN WOMEN(especially just before a menstrual period). MOUTH ULCERS by DR.

ROBERT K. 2007

 

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