Cold Sores / Mouth Ulcers - Page 2

PhantomMenace · 14th July 2005, 8:05pm

I constantly get mouth ulcers you either have to just get used to them or try out Boots own Mouth sweets,theyre like little orange sweets and it only costs about £2.00 a little box,plus theyre really good,better than bonjela.

And if anyone else is bothered by mouth ulcers also use Listernine mouth wash after you brush your teeth that has really helped.

Devastator · 14th July 2005, 8:52pm

I've got 2 giant ulcers just now, gah

**djtoast** · 14th July 2005, 9:09pm

avoid getting anything salty in your mouth

Largest of Gregs · 14th July 2005, 9:25pm

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Originally Posted by djtoast

avoid getting anything salty in your mouth

Easier said than done. Nothing worse than getting coldsores when you also have swollen glans

Fenntastic · 14th July 2005, 9:37pm

i use tea tree oil for cold sores, and salt water rinse for ulcers. cheapo and they work

Lowtone · 15th July 2005, 8:42pm

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Originally Posted by Pete!

Gah. What's good for treating them? Or for preventing them? Other than quitting kissing cactuses. I've discovered a few too many recently.

Hm, pretty much what the rest have said.
Mouth ulcers:
Anbesol liquid and gel sting and taste like shit so I just stick to Bonjela which also sticks to yor mouth better.
You can get Rinstead pastels and rinse specifically for ulcers but I haven't tried them before.
Try rinsing your mouth out with salt water, an antiseptic mouth wash (i.e. Corsodyl) or even soluble aspirin.

If you get them a lot it might be because you've been stressed out or run down recently in which case a pick-me-up tonic or some vitiman B would do you good.

Cold sores:
If the cold sore has already broken out then fuck paying out 6 quid for Zovirax because it wont be too effective, just stick to something cheap.
Also if it has already broken out there's a brand called Soothlip which is a lot cheaper and should work identically.

I've got mouth ulcers just now and I'm gonna smack my face off a wall in a minute. Last night to make matters worse I drunk what I thought was a cooled down cup of tea and it just flared them right back up.

purkle · 29th September 2006, 5:37pm

*bump* do not read if eating

question, whats best for the healing part?? except salt of course?? i burst this mutant ulcer/ abcess type thing on my gum on the bottom of my front teeth, my chin had been sore for ages and all this gunk came out

ill be having lots of alcohol tonight, ive gargled salt i just dont want it swelling up again

fallen_nemesis · 29th September 2006, 5:53pm

anbesol. It's like uber strength bonjella. I get loads of ulcers when i'm rundown and it sorts the ones the bonjella won't shift.

that combined with medicated mouthwash stuff you can buy over the counter in chemists.

**Shannow** · 29th September 2006, 5:55pm

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Originally Posted by fallen_nemesis

anbesol. It's like uber strength bonjella. I get loads of ulcers when i'm rundown and it sorts the ones the bonjella won't shift.

that combined with medicated mouthwash stuff you can buy over the counter in chemists.

Try Adcortyl.
It tastes like feet and does nothing for th epain, but it does tend to rid you of the ulcer within a day or 2 if you use it 3/4 times a day.

fallen_nemesis · 29th September 2006, 5:59pm

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Originally Posted by Shannow

Try Adcortyl.
It tastes like feet and does nothing for th epain, but it does tend to rid you of the ulcer within a day or 2 if you use it 3/4 times a day.

yup, i generally use the stuff along with the anbesol, cos of the sugary pastey glue like nature of the adcortyl it strings like a motherfucker when you apply it.

i've had them that bad at one point nothing would shift them for weeks and all the GP did was tell me to buy mouthwash, use anbesol and the adcortyl and give me vitamin tablets.

so i guess bar blood tests to find out what it is if you get them lots, there's not huge amounts you can do really.

hotblonde · 30th September 2006, 1:59am

Rubbing toothpaste on mouth ulcers is one of the best remedies for them and swishing salt water around your mouth is also quite good, tho' utterly vile to do. With regards cold sores, they're caused by HSV-1 and once you have 'em you're not getting rid. Latent virus will reactivate due to stress but mainly U.V light triggers them (which is why you'll get a bout of reactivation on holiday or if you ski). Zovirax (or anything containing acyclovir) will stop DNA replication of the virus, but it has to be applied at the earliest signs or you're as well waiting till the virus goes back into maintenance stage of latency in your sensory neurons (where it lives forever, until reactivation again...or host death - which is the infected person).

endemoniada · 30th September 2006, 6:59am

Lysine capsules from health food shop worked wonders for me ( cold sores)
I used it on on the run up to my most recent holiday in the sun and I DIDN'T ONE!!

Jen-Y · 1st October 2006, 3:47pm

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Originally Posted by Kenny Everett

Adcortyl forms a seal over the ulcer, hence why it's effective. So there you go.

thats the absolute best stuff. One day I had some many ulcers i thought i was slowly turing into one, that how bad i get them! Best to use adcortyl before you goto bed because it tastes rank, feels rank and you'll definetly lick it all off if you're talking/eating/drinking.

i dont use anything else on ulcers. I find bonjela utterly useless(despite the advert for the bonjela cool with those wee gel men that sit on your ulcer and soothe it away - IF ONLY).