Posts Tagged ‘Canker Sores’
Mouth Ulcers
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
DESCRIPTION
Recurrent oral canker sores (aphthous stomatitis) are a common condition affecting about 20% of the US population. Outbreaks vary from a single lesion, two or three times a year, to an uninterrupted succession of multiple lesions. While neither cancerous nor herpes infections (with which they are often confused), these small, shallow mouth ulcers are painful and quite bothersome. They appear either singly or in clusters on the lips, gums, inner cheeks, tongue, palate and/or throat. Ulcerations typically heal without scarring within 7–21 days.