Mouth ulcers update

[nwhyte]

Thanks very much again to everyone who made suggestions last week. In the end I didn't try salt or Bonjela, both of which have failed me before, but I have been going for a combination of mint tea last thing at night, vitamin pills and also the stuff you dab on with a brush, sold here as Pyralvex, which is basically rhubarb extract and aspirin. The

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[communicator]

Funnily enough my son just developed an horrendous mouth-ulcer, and we've been trying the same stuff (apart from mint tea which he won't touch). I wonder if there is some horrible bug or virus going round? Though it would have to be going very far round to get to my son at school in Coventry.

[nwhyte]

Nice thought, but I'm pretty sure my current problems began from gritting my teeth too hard during the nine-hour drive from Geneva to Brussels on Monday last week!

[inner_storm]

let's hope they stay away this time ;)

[wyvernfriend]

Strangely enough my foster sister gets mouth ulcers if she drinks too much orange or other very acidic fruit juices. If she uses a straw she doesn't get them. It might be a thing to look into.

[nwhyte]

My own suspicion is that it's not the acid but the sugar. But I have no proof.