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Asked for male, 21 years old from Shahjahanpur
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Asked for female, 30 years old from Bangalore
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Cause can be - biting the inside of your cheek. Badly fitting dentures, braces, rough fillings or a sharp tooth. Cuts or burns while eating or drinking â for example, hard food or hot drinks.
1. Avoid spicy and sour foods, drinking hot liquids like tea, coffee and avoid oily, spicy food until the ulcers heal.
2.Drink plenty of fluids.
3.Regularly rinse your mouth out with warm, slightly salted water or baking soda.
4.Keep your mouth clean.
5. Apply ice to your canker sores ...more
1. Avoid spicy and sour foods, drinking hot liquids like tea, coffee and avoid oily, spicy food until the ulcers heal.
2.Drink plenty of fluids.
3.Regularly rinse your mouth out with warm, slightly salted water or baking soda.
4.Keep your mouth clean.
5. Apply ice to your canker sores ...more
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Hello lybrate-user You can use dologel or mucopain for you’re ulcers Apply it 2-3 times a day over the affected area Ulcers can be caused due to various reasons but you can take precautions like avoid spicy food, take up good oral health care regimen everyday, use a mouth rinse like listerine or chlorhexidine.
Asked for male, 29 years old from Ahmedabad
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Try Amlexanox gel and Rexidine M forte gel alternatively 3-4 times a day until problem subsides. Since it is recurrent ulcers you need to visit a dentist for proper identification of local causes, factors which contributes in such ulcers. You may be prescribed multivitamins and minerals and oral prophylaxis for minimizing recurrences.
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You have to take folic acid tablet.Get your stool examined. Apply Gellar or zytee gel in the ulcer area 3-5 times daily.If no relief consult doctor
Asked for male, 22 years old from Hyderabad
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Ulcers are normally due to vitamin deficiency or bad digestion. Other causes dry mouth, change in lifestyle, allergies to certain foods and medication, increase body heat, consumption of oilly n spicy food. So start taking some vitamin supplements. Apply local anaesthetic ointment like dologel. Avoid oilly n spicy food completely. Eat more balanced and healthy diet.
Asked for Male, 22 years old from Raipur
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Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Anterior most transparent layer of the eye is called cornea. It is an extremely useful layer for refraction and protection of eye.
Any trauma, foreign body or chemical etc can invade the integrity of this layer and can be invaded by bacteria, fungus or virus, resulting in the corneal ulcer. Sometimes, due to hypoxia induced by contact lenses too can result in a corneal ulcer.
Depending on clinical presentation, a doctor diagnoses the cause of the ulcer and starts the therapy. ...more
Any trauma, foreign body or chemical etc can invade the integrity of this layer and can be invaded by bacteria, fungus or virus, resulting in the corneal ulcer. Sometimes, due to hypoxia induced by contact lenses too can result in a corneal ulcer.
Depending on clinical presentation, a doctor diagnoses the cause of the ulcer and starts the therapy. ...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Antrior most transparent layer of the eye is called cornea. It is an extremely useful layer for refraction and protection of eye.
Any trauma, foreign body or chemical etc can invade the integrity of this layer and can be invaded by bacteria, fungus or virus, resulting in the corneal ulcer. Sometimes, due to hypoxia induced by contact lenses too can result in a corneal ulcer.
Depending on clinical presentation, a doctor diagnoses the cause of the ulcer and start the therapy. Sin...more
Any trauma, foreign body or chemical etc can invade the integrity of this layer and can be invaded by bacteria, fungus or virus, resulting in the corneal ulcer. Sometimes, due to hypoxia induced by contact lenses too can result in a corneal ulcer.
Depending on clinical presentation, a doctor diagnoses the cause of the ulcer and start the therapy. Sin...more
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