Certain foods, including spicy, acidic, or abrasive foods, can trigger pain in canker sores. Also, food allergies may trigger ...

Have you ever woken up to find an annoying red or white bump inside your mouth or on your tongue? It might just be a canker sore, also known as an apthous ulcer. Here's more information about why and ...

Canker sores often seem to pop up out of nowhere and, once you have them, they’re often painfully hard to ignore — especially when you try to eat or even talk. So what, exactly, are canker sores? They ...

People who have a mouth ulcer or have had one in the past are being issued a stark health warning. Mouth ulcers, sometimes ...

Sometimes people will have triggers that are personal to them, says Adigun. “For example, spicy foods may be a trigger for someone. But more than likely spicy foods may be just for them, whereas we ...

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A canker sore—a painful white ulcer inside the mouth—might be brought on by stress. Or the wrong toothpaste. Or certain foods: tomatoes, peanuts, cinnamon. Or an iron deficiency. Or an allergy. Or a ...

Three times in the past year, I got a canker sore while traveling. The pattern makes it easy to diagnose: The cuisines of the countries I had traveled to were heavy in tomato sauce, cheese, yogurt, ...

Cold sores are blisters that usually appear on the lips or around the mouth. The herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, and while there is no cure, cold sore creams can ease symptoms and slightly ...