cancer sores....

[BJJ PitBull]

anyone suffer from cancer sores here? I get them regularly, and it usually is b/c i bite my lip or cheeck and then the skin opens up and forms a sore for about a week. SUcks, its painfull, puts me in a bad mood for a week.....just wondering if anyone had any home remedies to make them go away faster.

[MuscleManMatt]

sure you dont have the herp?

[hurley]

anyone suffer from cancer sores here? I get them regularly, and it usually is b/c i bite my lip or cheeck and then the skin opens up and forms a sore for about a week. SUcks, its painfull, puts me in a bad mood for a week.....just wondering if anyone had any home remedies to make them go away faster.

sure you mean canker sore not cancer? :confused:

[Shibby]

sure you mean canker sore not cancer? :confused:

Damn, you contribute so much to this board.

[hurley]

Damn, you contribute so much to this board.

isnt that what the guy means though?

[Shibby]

Lets see if we can use our brains. He bites his lip or cheek, it opens into a sore, and last about a week. Does that sound like cancer or a bad habbit?

[hurley]

Lets see if we can use our brains. He bites his lip or cheek, it opens into a sore, and last about a week. Does that sound like cancer or a bad habbit?

that would be a bad HABIT.....sorry bro

[BJJ PitBull]

naw, you guys are right and wrong....it IS a form of herpes, but its not the same as oral herpes on the outside of your mouth. I dont know a lot about it but i did read that it is a form of herpes. Its not the same as when a normal person bites there lip, and it hurts, but heals....when i bite my lip it opens up into a sore and it gets worse and worse for a few days until it is a f*cking wound!!! hurts, stings, cant eat, im pissed at the world for a week.....its not b/c im biting my lip, its b/c i have a virus or something that the sore appears...theres times when one just comes w/o me biting anything.

Its been something that has happened to me regularly since i can remember but now im reading and hearing that there is a steroid shot you can get that prevents outbreaks for 6 months at a time, but the steroid also weakens your bones or something.....i thought someone else round here might know more.

[MuscleManMatt]

my girlfriend works at a gyno and explained to me that there are both type 1 and type 2 herpes. type 1 which is what you have was transmitted to you by another person. type 2 is the sexually transmitted type. both are not curable my advice would be to see your doctor to get medication that helps prevent the sores from breaking out.

[meat12]

sure you dont have the herp?

:laughnew:

[Scrumhalf]

Here is some good information on canker sores, also called mouth ulcers. There are several remedies that at least alleviate the pain until they heal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canker_sores

[BJJ PitBull]

so i saw the doc today, and basically canker sores are not herpes according to some docs, and they are a form of herpes according to others, but it is a virus.....either way its not contagiouse, and no one knows why or how some people get canker sores. Could be an ingredient in toothpaste, could be a nutrient deficiency in iron, lysine, b-vits that triggers the sores.....in my case its mostly when i bite my lip or check, but sometimes they just come.....so she gave me this steroid paste stuff to put on it and its suppossed to speed up healing. Supplementing with B-vits, Lysine, etc. has help lots of people to lessen the sores and all that.

Im surprised no one who has replied has had canker sores before.....according to one website over 50% of the US population gets canker sores at one time or another, and a 1/4 of the population has the virus but never gets a sore.

[Scrumhalf]

I get them occasionally. My wife gets them all the time - usually more than one at the same time. The hormones in you body definitely influence them - she didn't have a single one during the time she was pregnant and then boom - they started right back up after our son was born.

[MuscleManMatt]

so i saw the doc today, and basically canker sores are not herpes according to some docs, and they are a form of herpes according to others, but it is a virus.....either way its not contagiouse, and no one knows why or how some people get canker sores. Could be an ingredient in toothpaste, could be a nutrient deficiency in iron, lysine, b-vits that triggers the sores.....in my case its mostly when i bite my lip or check, but sometimes they just come.....so she gave me this steroid paste stuff to put on it and its suppossed to speed up healing. Supplementing with B-vits, Lysine, etc. has help lots of people to lessen the sores and all that.

Im surprised no one who has replied has had canker sores before.....according to one website over 50% of the US population gets canker sores at one time or another, and a 1/4 of the population has the virus but never gets a sore.

Not contaigous? Dude I hate to question your doctor but how could she not explain to you that it indeed IS type 1 herpes. Search on the internet youll know more than your doctor. Best of luck brotha.

[BJJ PitBull]

Not contaigous? Dude I hate to question your doctor but how could she not explain to you that it indeed IS type 1 herpes. Search on the internet youll know more than your doctor. Best of luck brotha.

I have searched the net...probably read through about 20 different sites in the last 48 hours and found some sites that say it is a form of NON contagiouse herpes, and others say it is not a form of herpes at all.....some say the sores are caused by a virus similar to but not herpes, and some doc's and websites say that they arent caused by a virus at all, but a nutrient deficiency like lysine and other stuff, some say it is hereditary and passed down to you from parents, which would make sense cuz my mom and a lot of people from her side of the family used to get them when they were younger or still get them....but i have not found anything anywhere that says it is contagiouse like type 1 herpes. Every website, dentist, doc ive talked to all say it is not contagiouse ever.