WHO GETS MOUTH ULCERS WITH THRYOID DISEASE?

[Smilerdeb]

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SUFFERED SEVERE DEBILITATING MOUTH ULCERS IN THE PAST AND WONDERED WHY?
I DID AND FOUND IT TO RELATE TO HYPOTHYROIDISM.
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT ISNT DISCUSSED MUCH HERE.

[ashleyconradd]

I have Hashimotos and I still get very bad canker sores sometime (I have one right now) I switched my toothpaste to Toms and use the orajel mouth sores mouth wash and it has helped a lot!

[Barb135]

This is a very old thread and the previous posters are no longer active on the forum, so it's unlikely they will respond to your comments, but it's nice to know there's something that might help.  I've usually had good luck rinsing my mouth with peroxide to get rid of the sores.

[morchelle]

this site might help:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169868/

[morchelle]

I am glad I found this thread. I had my near total thyroidectomy 3 months ago, I was on 50 mcg levothyroxine for 2 months. Two weeks ago i started getting mouth sores, other mouth discomforts and some glands. I started feeling paranoid and stressed.

I had my TSH and FT4 tested. TSH was so off at 47.2  and FT4 was low at 0.481.  FT3 was low too 0.942.  Endo increased my Levothyroxine dosage from 50 to 150 mcg. I hope all these discomforts go away soon.  

[Smilerdeb]

Yeah it was interesting. I even got checked for herpes as this was something I had never come across before in my life.
Funnily enough...since my levels evened out, I havent had them.
But I suffered for months before I had RAI...yes even changed my toothpaste because of it thinking it was the SLR in the toothpaste.
Eventually the best cures I found were.....baby teething gel and if the ulcers had a white head....a dry teabag.

Not many know that if you have a tooth abcess that if you place a dry teabag on the tooth and bite on it gently for 5 mins...it draws out the absess gunk.Do this 3 times a day and you wont need antibiotics before treatment.
It works the same way as a poultice.

Worth remembering  for anyone who suffers with a tooth abcess.

[stella5349]

I would agree that when I was hypo I had them. I also developed this habit if biting the inside of my lower lip and that always seemed to be raw all the time - especially when I am all stressed out!

At my low point Deb - I remember having such horrible acid in my chest neck and mouth - that the acid would definately cause horrible sores in my mouth. It was painful.

Once I got the PH balances and GI track moving as it should - that horrible issue went away and has never returned.

[redheadaussie]

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/canker_sores/article_em.htm

this was interesting!

[Smilerdeb]

They call them 'canker sores' and when I was hypo a few times, they were so painful.
They can be on the tongue..the inside of the mouth, under the tongue.
They start off looking like a chicken pox blister then WHAM!
Before you know it, as one heals ...another erupts.
You can have a clear mouth when you wake up and an hour later...a mouthful of the little b@ggers.
I know they stopped me from eating for days at a time.

I know I suffered for a long time with them and lateky while levels are normal......they have stopped.
I honestly believed I was the only one who has suffered with them.
I was wrong....

[redheadaussie]

Nope can't say I ever have had ulcers when hypo. Now tooth abscesses..they are the killer for me! But then again I have Hashi's. Maybe the ulcers are a Graves thing?

[mich183]

Now when you say mouth ulcers, what exactly are you talking about? I thought I had bitten my tounge while sleeping. Maybe I was wrong. How long do they take to appear, could they appear over night?

[juliva]

Hmmm... that's interesting! I did have a bunch of blister like sores on the inside of my bottom lip a few months ago and yes I was low at the time. (dropped because of right TT)  I used to get them more often years ago but I most likely wasn't regulated or even DX with thyroid issues at the time. I wondered why I got them again after so many years of not having them. Maybe it is connected.

Years ago my Dermo told me to hold ice on the area and the longer I did the quicker it would heal. It's a great remedy if you can reach the area with some ice.

[iris986]

Recently i had 3 ulcers in my mouth. My TSH level is 0.187 and on a dosage of 75mcg's of Synthroid which was just changed yesterday.

[TamraW]

I didn't see the option I wanted. I get them sometimes. Mostly, I had them when my D was very low. I had some big sores, especially around the gum line.