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Persistent mouth ulcer?
Had an ulcer on the gum above my front teeth for 6-8 weeks? It's no painful, but keeps coming back despite being burst a fews times (when brushing) and having used corsidil for the past few days.
Made the mistake of googling it, and finding a daily mail artilce on it could be cancer. I know it's the daily mail, but it was enough to scare me. Went to the doctors and they didn't look, just told me to use bongela, and I can' get a dentist appointment for at least two weeks, and now there's not really much I can do except worry.
Anyone got any suggestions as to what it could be? I'm 19, and don't smoke. I did up until recently consume a fair amount of alcohol and fizzy drinks but stopped three-four weeks ago to see if it would make any difference which it hasn't really.
Made the mistake of googling it, and finding a daily mail artilce on it could be cancer. I know it's the daily mail, but it was enough to scare me. Went to the doctors and they didn't look, just told me to use bongela, and I can' get a dentist appointment for at least two weeks, and now there's not really much I can do except worry.
Anyone got any suggestions as to what it could be? I'm 19, and don't smoke. I did up until recently consume a fair amount of alcohol and fizzy drinks but stopped three-four weeks ago to see if it would make any difference which it hasn't really.
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Persistent ulcers can be caused by stress or worry, they can also be caused by certain foods.
Some people are just prone to them and this seems to run in the family so ask your close relatives if they tend to get them.
They are not usually associated with cancer.
Meanwhile gargle with boiled water with added salt sloosh around your mouth hot as you can bare it to be
I've used toothpaste with alo vera in it and the ulcers all but disappeared, i may get one once every 6 or 7 months instead of every month or 2
From your description of it bursting and recurring then it sounds like a draining sinus( think of it as an outlet valve for infection) almost certainly caused by the tooth nearest to it dying off- it needs root Canal treatment
As someone else suggested warm salty water forced over the gum with your tongue will help to drain the infection temporarily.
Keep that dentist appt in 2 weeks
It doesn't sound like oral cancer though so don't be worrying yourself about that.
I had an ulcer that was still there after 7 months. I had to see a maxillo facial specialist and had a biopsy taken of my tongue. I dreaded having it done, but there was nothing to it really. There was nothing bad and it was assumed that it is part of all my allergies. I still get a lot of them and some last for ages even now.
Bonjella and Igloo are both good and worth trying.
Firstly, it's a tabloid lead and the red tops do go overboard so please ignore that article. The advice given above indicates that it's some form of treatable nuisance rather than anything remotely terminal and the final thing is to remember to keep that dentist's appointment! Good luck!
I would also point out it can also be an indicator to what's going on in your digestive system, from your mouth, to stomach to intestine to your backside it's one long tube and all linked. Get to your GP
No, get to your dentist. The first port of call for anything in the mouth should always be the dentist. Plus the OP has been to his GP anyway, who has been unhelpful. The sad fact is that GPs know little to sod all about the mouth anyway. And even if it was something to do with the digestive tract, the dentist would be able to recognise that.
The likeliest scenario, which the OP has already been given by several people, is that this is a draining infection and one of his teeth needs a root canal treatment.