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2. Mouth ulcer - Wikipedia

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   Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]

3. Actinic cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   Cryosurgery is the treatment of choice for focal areas of actinic cheilitis. Electrosurgery is an alternate treatment, but local anesthesia is required, making it less practical than cryosurgery. With both techniques, adjacent tissue damage can delay healing and promote scar formation.

4. Aphthous stomatitis - Wikipedia

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   Anyone can develop canker sores. Prevention: avoiding foods that irritate the mouth, including acidic, hot or spicy foods; avoid irritation from gum chewing; avoiding oral hygiene products containing sodium lauryl sulfate, brushing with a soft-bristled brush after meals and flossing daily. Treatment: mouth rinses; nutritional supplements; oral ...

5. How to get rid of canker sores — and make them less painful

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   Canker sores — medically known as aphthous ulcers — primarily show up along the sides of the tongue, under the tongue, inside of the cheeks, or inside of the lips, according to Villa. “These ...

6. Oral candidiasis - Wikipedia

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   Oral candidiasis (Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis), which is also known as oral thrush, among other names, [1] is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth. That is, oral candidiasis is a mycosis (yeast/fungal infection) of Candida species on the mucous membranes of the mouth.

7. Cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   It is especially common in people with light skin types who live in sunny climates (e.g., Australians of European ancestry), and in persons who spend a lot of time outdoors. [12] There is a small risk that actinic cheilitis can develop into squamous cell carcinoma in the long term, [ 11 ] but lip cancer is usually noticed early and hence has a ...

8. 35-year-old’s canker sore wouldn’t heal. It was stage 4 ...

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   Canker sore that wouldn't heal turned out to be stage 4 tongue cancer. Tongue cancer used to affect older men, who drank, smoke. More people under 40 have it.

9. She thought she had a canker sore for 6 months. It was tongue ...

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   For 6 months, Mari Henderson had a canker sore that didn't go away. She learned had stage 1 cancer after reading an article about woman with tongue cancer.