Canker sores are small sores on the tongue, gums, lips, or inside of the cheeks, says Jeffy. These painful, round sores are often white or yellow with a ring of redness around them.

Canker sores can also be a sign of a vitamin deficiency, such as being low in vitamin B12, zinc, folate, or iron, notes Villa. In some cases, new products can bring on a canker sore.

use any other canker sore treatment. Every day for eight days, the patients rated their canker sore pain and got their canker sores photographed and checked by the researchers. Before treatment ...

Canker sores aren't usually a big health concern. Still, seeing an oral health specialist can be a good idea, especially if the pain is unmanageable or the sore has staying power, says Dr. Migliorati.

As in your son's situation, canker sores often go away on their own in a week or two. Unlike cold sores, canker sores are not contagious. It's unclear exactly what triggers canker sores.

A cousin of the cold sore, canker sores are painful mouth sores that as many as 25 percent of the population suffers from. They're painful, annoying and up until now, difficult to treat an prevent ...

Green and Hewlett1, in a summary of their investigations on ‘parsnip canker’, stressed the importance of the disease and showed that the term ‘canker’ had been loosely applied to several ...

Citrus canker is a threatening disease for its growth. Many commercial citrus varieties are moderately to highly susceptible to the disease with kinno being the most vulnerable one. When the ...

The canker gestapo On a cold, clear Wednesday morning, state citrus-canker inspectors Nelson Moya and Robert Tait drive out to Bay Hill. They are part of the so-called "canker gestapo." ...