Make up a paste with some tumeric powder ad a little warm water. Then apply to the ulcer with a cotton bud. Stings a bit initially but seem to relieve the pain when I use it.
I was taught something by my late mother in law that works an absolute treat but stings. Buy some effervescent vitamin c tablets (ie redoxen), break a tablet in half and put it directly on the ulcer. The tablet fizzes and dissolves and stings the ulcer like mad but gets rid of them really quick. I used to get loads of ulcers in the past and this was the best remedy ever. Forget bonjela, this is the best way :-)
Edit: the tablets are usually dissolved in water and drunk for a vit c boost. However, what I am suggesting is to put the piece of tablet directly on the ulcer and let it dissolve slowly by itself.
I get them when I'm "run down" or haven't eaten enough fruit & vegetables ie after xmas. If you drink plenty of fresh orange juice it helps mine to go quicker. (Presume it's the lack of and then added vitamin c).
Also agree with putting salt on them, if you can handle it, or highly concentrated salt water if not.
Bonjela I think, just deadens the pain. I'm not sure it helps them heal.
PS I always used to get them as a kid & hardly ever get them now, as I have a small glass of fresh orange juice for breakfast. If I miss out, say perhaps at xmas as not in your own house, I get one within days.
Pinch one of your testicles. Doesn't help with the ulcer but it will take your mind off it. Plus once the pain of that goes away, the ulcer wont seem so bad.
Suffered wih these f***ing things my entire life. This will sound insane (and it is agonisingly painful when you do it, but only lasts a couple of minutes) - but wet your finger, dip it in salt and apply it straight onto the ulcer. Like I said, murderously painful, but the ulcer's usually gone the next day when I get one and pluck up the courage to do it.
Use to have them alot yonks back my late Mum told me to gargle with very very salty water that often worked. One time it didnt she said "use TCP" i did --- although just took a huge swig from the bottle !!! F==k the ulcers couldnt taste a naffing thing for about a week with neat TCP !! Gargle with Listamint twice a day and touch wood dont get ulcers to much these days.
My dad told me that my grandad once had loads of them during the war. Went to the mo who brushed a black substance on them which shriveled them up pretty quickly. He didn't ask what it was but probably highly toxic!
Pinch one of your testicles. Doesn't help with the ulcer but it will take your mind off it. Plus once the pain of that goes away, the ulcer wont seem so bad.
Thanks Stebo but if I pinch in the wrong place I might dislodge the puss balls
A few years ago my mate (who was a bit of a cokehead) used to get them regularly. One day he rubbed some marching powder directly onto an ulcer and swore it cured it. Didn't have the heart to tell him that it was probably the coke that caused the thing in the first place, and that what 'cured' it was whatever the coke had been trodden on with
Many prescription only medicines can cause mouth ulcers carbamazepine and carbimazole have particular cautions associated with them possibly indicating problems with white blood cell count.
Being run down, ramming the toothbrush into the gums can amongst many things cause mouth ulcers.
There was once a superb preparation called Adcortyl in Orabase sadly no longer available. A course of Strong Vitamin B compound tablets can help, corsodyl mouthwash as previously suggested or Hydrocortisone oral mucosal pellets (also known as Corlan in times past) can help. Orabase is an excellent mucosal protective too, all available at your local pharmacy
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You use the cotton bud to apply a solution that literally burns the ulcer off.
Larger Tescos sell it.
Edit: the tablets are usually dissolved in water and drunk for a vit c boost. However, what I am suggesting is to put the piece of tablet directly on the ulcer and let it dissolve slowly by itself.
If you drink plenty of fresh orange juice it helps mine to go quicker. (Presume it's the lack of and then added vitamin c).
Also agree with putting salt on them, if you can handle it, or highly concentrated salt water if not.
Bonjela I think, just deadens the pain. I'm not sure it helps them heal.
PS I always used to get them as a kid & hardly ever get them now, as I have a small glass of fresh orange juice for breakfast. If I miss out, say perhaps at xmas as not in your own house, I get one within days.
TCP and salt kill germs and pain, allowing the ulcer to heal.
Corsodyl mouthwash is excellent and works by killing germs and encouraging the ulcer to heal. This is your best bet if you want to use medication.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/eyes/medicines/brolene-eye-drops-and-ointment.html
Gargle with Listamint twice a day and touch wood dont get ulcers to much these days.
If you're on the sniff, lay off it.
Being run down, ramming the toothbrush into the gums can amongst many things cause mouth ulcers.
There was once a superb preparation called Adcortyl in Orabase sadly no longer available. A course of Strong Vitamin B compound tablets can help, corsodyl mouthwash as previously suggested or Hydrocortisone oral mucosal pellets (also known as Corlan in times past) can help. Orabase is an excellent mucosal protective too, all available at your local pharmacy