what's treatment for mouth sores?

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what's treatment for mouth sores?

by KellyC on Sat May 26, 2012 01:56 PM

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My husband is on afinitor and he has an ulcerated mouth sore.  What treatment works best for this?

RE: what's treatment for mouth sores?

by hattie18643 on Mon May 28, 2012 07:25 AM

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On May 26, 2012 1:56 PM KellyC wrote:

My husband is on afinitor and he has an ulcerated mouth sore.  What treatment works best for this?

I used washing my mouth out with salt water. Put teasp. salt in 8 ounce warm water. Swish it around and hold in mouth for a while then repeat. tI may burn but it draws. Also, make a paste with baking soda and water and apply. Hope this helps.

 

Deb.................God Bless!

RE: what's treatment for mouth sores?

by robertma on Thu May 31, 2012 12:49 AM

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When I had mouth sores (during chemo), following worked (different things, different times):

1.  Pretreat sores with Kanka (over the counter, drugstore), contains an anesthetic, pretreat shortly before eating.  Hurts when applied, then feels better.

2.  A pink mouthwash concoction the nurse wrote for, containing lidocaine and an antifungal, goes under various names--such as magic mouthwash.

3.  Rinse mouth with baking soda solution.

4.  Believe it or not, pool water.  Sores would feel better after I had been to the pool (chlorine).  They were visibly less inflamed/red.

5.  There are some reports (unconfirmed) that some have had the sores successfully treated with a laser by a dentist.  The literature suggests that actual mechanism (cause) of the sores is unknown.  Any treatment is lessening symptoms, not curing cause.

Also, my mouth sores seemed to come/go in cycles.  If I tolerated it, they eventually peaked and then got better.

Hope this helps.  Best wishes.

Bob

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