"Most ulcers are nothing to worry about," Dr Bozic added. "But if one refuses to heal, don't wait. Getting it checked could ...

The cause of blisters on the tongue may be a simple injury or one of several underlying health issues, including canker sores and oral candidiasis. Some sores go away on their own, while others result ...

People who have a mouth ulcer or have had one in the past are being issued a stark health warning. Mouth ulcers, sometimes ...

Patients who experienced mild or no upper respiratory symptoms developed tongue ulcers within a few days of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a new analysis, described in a letter to the editor on ...

For clinicians, managing recurrent aphthous stomatitis means looking beyond the ulcer to triggers and systemic links.

IF you’ve got kids or grandchildren, you should know about meningitis. Cases of the potentially fatal condition, which causes ...

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"All disease begins in the gut," said Hippocrates, Greek's "Father of Modern Medicine." Mouth ulcers are no exception. The mouth is not an island unto itself, so whatever happens to one cell in the ...

"COVID tongue" and mouth ulcers may need to be included in what could become a vast list of symptoms of the coronavirus, a British researcher says. Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at ...

A woman who was told her mouth ulcers were caused by growing wisdom teeth and a hectic lifestyle has had part of her tongue removed and remade with muscle from her leg. Charlotte Webster-Salter, 27, ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) most commonly causes cold sores while HSV-2 is associated with genital herpes. But, it’s also possible to contract an HSV-2 infection in the mouth from sex without ...