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Suggest Treatment For Cankers In Mouth

Hi, I ve been chewing tobacco for probably about a year and a half now. And I do drink a fair bit, maybe twice a month. And I ve been getting cankers in my mouth a lot but they heal up and disappear, so i m just worried about getting oral cancer or something? how likely is that?
Mon, 22 Sep 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The ulcers what you are getting repeatedly are nothing but recurrent aphthous ulcers, these can come secondary to stress or nutritional deficiency.
Nothing to be panic, lead a stress free life, take proper nutritious diet.
If i am your treating doctor, i would have suggested you to take topical anesthetic and analgesics like 2%lignocaine and choline salicylate gel (anabel gel) apply 3-4 times daily before food and topical steroid like triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% 4-5times daily after food.
Do saline gargling. If the lesion does not heal in 5-7 days then consult a oral physician and get it examined.
Regarding you tabacco chewing habit, when you know it can cause cancer, you better quit it gradually. Other wise, once the changes occurs in the mucosa its irreversible. So better quit it.

I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Cankers In Mouth

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The ulcers what you are getting repeatedly are nothing but recurrent aphthous ulcers, these can come secondary to stress or nutritional deficiency. Nothing to be panic, lead a stress free life, take proper nutritious diet. If i am your treating doctor, i would have suggested you to take topical anesthetic and analgesics like 2%lignocaine and choline salicylate gel (anabel gel) apply 3-4 times daily before food and topical steroid like triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% 4-5times daily after food. Do saline gargling. If the lesion does not heal in 5-7 days then consult a oral physician and get it examined. Regarding you tabacco chewing habit, when you know it can cause cancer, you better quit it gradually. Other wise, once the changes occurs in the mucosa its irreversible. So better quit it. I hope my answer will help you, take care.