Ulcers are common and i am sure everyone get them once a while.

Even though it is something common but it is agonizing especially when it happens in the tongue.

Long long time ago I bit my tongue. Since then ulcers come and go whenever i ate too much heaty food. It only happens like twice a year but it still is very very very very painful. I can't even speak properly because it is very very very painful. I especially hate it because it cannot be cured anymore. It will just come and go as it please. Like that part of my tongue is it's holiday villa.

Anyway, what are the common solution for ulcers that you use?

Those that I know includes:

- leave it for a week and it will die off (but painful)
- bonjela (pain and useless)
- topical steroid cream, Kenalog (protect against pain but only last 30 min or less)
- watermelon dust (no use)
- salt (super duper painful but most effective)

I usually leave it to die off except when it is very very very painful. I will apply salt. It is so painful when rubbing salt on it until that ulcer region will be numb. I also did tried squeezing on the ulcer and blood will come out of it. However, this will make the ulcer grow even bigger. Ouch.

What are your methods for curing this very very very painful mo-fu*****?

Ouch...my tongue.

This post has been edited by abubin: Feb 24 2010, 03:42 PM

for me its either the salt thing or some dettol antiseptic liquid (using cotton buds).

also if u have gambir sarawak it can be use to numb the pain.
thats the only other use of that gambir i can think of other than .......

hm..salt sounds painful, gotta try that one of this days. anyway i usually let it alone, as the pain's not that much and i dont usually eat spicy things so it wont really affect me much....except when brushing teeth.

lot of similar topic for ulcer has been posted before...maybe you can find your answer here

well, if i realized i am having an ulcer, i avoid eating food that can make it worst and drink a lot a lot of water..

most of the time, if it's just a tiny one, i use Bonjela..

but if those bonjela cant heal ones, i put salt! but of course, i dont squeeze it...

i can bear the pain!

This post has been edited by Jenny de Jam: Feb 24 2010, 09:41 AM

pls use watermelon frost if u hav ulcers..u can get it in any chinese medicine store...

if you read the 1st post..you should already know TS try this watermelon frost and it cant cure his ulcer~

Ulcer is a wound. It is not a growth or inflamation that you squeeze it 'til it bleeds. You go squeeze it until bleeding, sure lah the wound increase in size. Duh!

Best is not to mess with it. Drink lots of water, and let the wound heal.

Hmm...i did make a search before posting but i uses the forum's search and found only one not so related one. Oh well, guess I should use google search next time.

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Added on February 24, 2010, 12:32 pmeven drinking water is painful now. bad bad bad CNY and all the CNY food...dried meat, pastries, kueh kepit, chocolates, prawn crackers.....ahhhh

This post has been edited by abubin: Feb 24 2010, 12:32 PM

I like the salt route myself. Pain is not as bad as period pain, really.

Wussies

put the watermelon powder... not pain.. very shiok shiok

i use salt, the ulcer will get better the next day

forget about the forum search...useless one...

try the google search at the main page...

wah u tembak terus. hehehehe....well u cant blame him wat...u have had ur period pain since god knows how long.
tat poor fella wants to know the best way to remedy his ulser that got bigger cause he had to pinch it.

Salt is one way and the other is drinking plenty of water (by straw if it can help avoid the pain). try putting ice and see wat happens. Relief for a moment then pain after tat.

topical steroid cream, Kenalog is good. quite expensive. you can buy from pharmacy.

Oral Aid might help too.

as for salt, i don't think it's wise to rub salt on the wound. instead, dilute the salt in water, then gargle with it. this also works well for sore throats.

while the top 3 does work for me, usually i will just keep my mouth dry. try breathing with your mouth when you're sleeping. also remember to drink lots of water. so u pandai pandai balance your time lah ok =)

hope this will help.

yeah, the kenalog was good when I started using it when i was still a kid. Now, it's like doesn't work anymore. Maybe my ulcers immune to it already.

have you seek doctor advice on your ulcer?..tell him/her about your ulcer history..and also let the doctor know about kenalog orabase have no effect on you anymore...i think he will give you a stronger medicine to put on...

FYI, kenalog is some kind of cortisteroid medicine..it's consider quite a strong effect medicine compare to those over the counter ulcer paste..

Me also use watermelon powder only. For me its more effective than putting salt or bonjela.

Wao never knew watemelon powder can use for ulcer.... al this time i use salt... pain like hell

It's always salt and it's really painful at the spur of the moment.