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What Causes Recurring Canker Sores Inside The Mouth?

I have been getting a lot of canker sores lately. I used to get one or two at most. Three weeks ago I had them all over the inside of my mouth. I couldn't eat or talk above a whisper but even that was painful. I lost 5 pounds in one week. Now I have several in the back of my throat and tongue. Besides the usual pain my ear began hurting badly. Salt, baking with warm water, ice water and luke warm tea are soothing but within ten minutes I have a lot of pain again. Ibuprofen and Tylenol don't help at all. I've never had them in my throat until last time and now. Why does my ear hurt badly too?
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that ulcers in mouth and throat seems to be due to Recurring Apthous Stomatitis leading to inflammation inside mouth and along with it there seems to be apthous ulcers or canker sores..

It can occur due to causes like deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, side effect of medicines, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc..

Pain in ear can be due to radiating pain from throat while can also be due to Ear infection..

I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis.. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms..

As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms.
You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily..
You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen..
Suck ice and do cool water rinses..
Avoid spicy food..

In case if still there is no such steroids can be advised to you..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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What Causes Recurring Canker Sores Inside The Mouth?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that ulcers in mouth and throat seems to be due to Recurring Apthous Stomatitis leading to inflammation inside mouth and along with it there seems to be apthous ulcers or canker sores.. It can occur due to causes like deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, side effect of medicines, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc.. Pain in ear can be due to radiating pain from throat while can also be due to Ear infection.. I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis.. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms.. As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms. You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily.. You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen.. Suck ice and do cool water rinses.. Avoid spicy food.. In case if still there is no such steroids can be advised to you.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.