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Salt on the ulcer122 messages in this subject.
|If you cant standvusing dried salt u can mix it with warm water and gargle 5 times a day. Or use tetracycline capsules and warm water. U will have to open the capsule and empty its contentbin a littlevwarm water and use as mouth rinse. Best solution beleve me it works.
|Perry 24 February 19
|After I read these messages I went to grab some salt to put it on my sore. It hurts like hell but after that I couldnt even feel my sore.
|Tina 27 October 18
|I have a huge canker sore in my mouth and my brother told me to put some salt directly on it. It worked like a charm, tho it really hurt
|Edson 22 October 18
|Ive had these for years. I have one on the inside of my upper lip and one on the inside of my bottom lip. When they get to a certain point where the skin is dry and rough against my teeth I have an overbite I usually bite at them all day and try to get the skin off.. however the sharp tingly pain I get from it feels good to me. Its sort of similar release and popping your neck, knuckles, or back.... Ill intentionally bite them down to the point where I can barely put my teeth on them without stinging, them Ill go get the rubbing alcohol. It burns a LOT and it feels great to me for some reason.
|Tyler 9 September 18
|I put salt on my ulcer and it hurt ALOT.
They are painful!
|Dean Scott 2 August 18
|Just applied salt directly on the sore, hurts like hell, but I feel relieved.
|Tess 24 June 18
|Stiptic pencil works as well as salt and also alum..its a spice used for pickleling...
|Mary 22 June 18
|after i read the messages, i got salt in our office pantry... i poured it directly on my sore... burning like hell to tell you , i wanna cry in the office and i ran to the sink because i know i felt like im drooling.... but it really takes away the pain after.
|Jov3rt 8 June 18
|Putting direct salt on the canker sore is effective. However, for your sore not to bleed, do not press hard the salt too much on the spot. Just put it nice and gently and let those white little warriors do the work.
|Andrei 10 April 18
|I had ulcers inside my mouth. I applied salt and turmeric and it hurts very bad. but salt cleans bacteria and turmeric heals wound as it act as a healing process.
|Namsy 26 March 18
|Salt seemed to make the pain worse for me. Bonjella hurt like heck on application, then only lasted awhile giving relief. I tried Bi carbonate soda (not baking powder ppl! ) and mouthwash. Bicarb rinse and mouthwash helped the most. I hope the damn things go away asap. Misery!!! I bit my lip twice then ended up with x2 of these torturous things! :(
|K8 11 March 18
|Tried the salt remedy last nigjt for a canker sore on my tongue at about 4am, it didnt butm like people on here are saying but i did feel a little bit of pain. I made sure to put the salt directly on the canker and kept it there for at least 2 minutes. I repeated it ahain about 5 mins later and then rinsed out my mouth. At this point my canker started feeling numb but just to be on the safe side i put zilactin b on it and went to sleep.woke up this morning and the canker is gone!! Very great remedy!!
|Echristian 2 March 18
|I kinda like the burning stinging that the salt brings when putting it on canker sores but I DO NOT like canker sores. I also stab and scrape them with sewing needles and sharp knife tips as well, sterilized of course, if the sore is in a place that I can do so. But yes, salt is the best solution.
|flying crossbody 20 February 18
|trust me you´d rather have to pour salt on that bastard than have to deal with the slightly agonizing pain for ten days straight pouring salt on it doesn't make it clear up but it numbs it. It's really bad when you wake up n the morning with your lips dry af but you cant lick them or put chapstick on because it hurts like a bitch.
|Quincy R. 1 February 18
|when i tell you that salt is the cure, salt is the damn cure. i am a big puss, i hate feeling pain and so when i tried the salt i was tearing up like a baby but girl when i tell you it was the cure for canker sores, THEN TS THE CURE! mf, my canker didn't go away but the pain went away and if y'all have had a canker sore you know those sum bitches hurt worse then a fly starter from your mom. shittt, THANKS GOOGLE!
|Libbi Ransom 23 January 18
|I've been getting these fairly consistently for about 7 or 8 years now... and I'll be frank: salt is the best home solution I've found. Yes, it will hurt and can sometimes feel comparable to a shot pending a variety of factors. But honestly, that 30 - 60 seconds of pain is FAR WORTH letting it fester all day long - it helps alleviate pain too.
I'd go as far as saying that salt will make these things go away as early as the day you get them - sometimes almost instantly. I think the longest I've had to do the "salt procedure" for is 2 or 3 days.
Additionally I've found that the earlier I start hitting it with salt the earlier it'll hear - i.e if I use salt the first day it will almost always go away within a few hours ... if I wait 5 days we might be talking a day or two recovery.
My strategy:
1. apply salt directly to the canker sore
2. let salt sit for 30 - 60 seconds
3. every 1 or 2 hours do this procedure - I typically don't do this for more than 10 times unless I'm panicking because of a date the next day!
Hope this helps!
|Will 29 September 17
|I got a canker sore today and applied salt to my mouth directly with some pwper towels, for the first 30 sec it hurt really bad but later it started to numb and i could barely feel any pain though my lips were swollen
|Helin zhang 19 September 17
|This sounds crazy, but it really work. Use a laser pointer and point it directly on the sore (about 5" 6" away). I actually went to the dentist one time and he did it to my sore. I thought he was crazy, but the next day it was virtually gone. Salt works good too, but as a suffer of canker sores, it's by far the best remedy. I guess it somehow burns it shut? Idk how, I just know it works
|Nate 17 September 17
|I bit the hell out of my lip in my sleep one night (????). I woke up with a huge canker sore and a monstrously swollen lip. The swelling went down after about two days. Then the pain set in. For a week I tried everything. Every OTC medication, salt rinses, hydrogen peroxide, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, ice, etc. 10 days later I felt like I hadn't made any improvement. So I decided to pour salt directly on the wound. I was terrified, yes, but I was desperate. Not only did it hurt, but it was slightly visible when I spoke. So I took 1500mg of acetaminophen, pulled my lip out, prepared for the worst and liberally poured the sea salt on the wound. I didn't cry but it stung. I thought it would have been worse. At first I did 30 seconds, then washed it out. Then I did a minute, washed it out. Then went for two minutes, and washed it out again. For the next hour I felt a slight tingling sensation and it was slightly uncomfortable, but I could already feel it going away. I had found the remedy. I did this again 3-4 times a day for the next two days, and then it was virtually gone (I had a huge canker sore). POUR SALT DIRECTLY ON THE CANKER SORE, and it will quickly go away.
|Franklin P 15 September 17
|SALT WORKS! Finally, relief. I'm not going to lie-- the pain is very very real when you first apply the salt but in my opinion it's nothing compared to the days of canker pain. I find that if I essentially pack my lip with salt and, if I can handle it, apply pressure to my mouth to really push the salt into it, within a few minutes it fades to a very very mild stinging or almost numb sensation. A few hours later I thought it did not work because it looked brighter white than ever, but then I realized it was becoming flush with my normal lip, and eventually the bright white film on top rinsed off and it was barely visible (or feelable). Put salt on your canker!!! NOT SALT WATER, SALT.
|Veronica 10 September 17
|Okay so i tried the salt only thing, it didn't hurt as bad as i though it would. It did burn but I've felt worse. It got really red and fleshy as it someone had poured acid on it. Not sure if that's supposed to be a good thing? It didn't numb the pain it just hurts very bad now. Sooo.......
|Mayah M. 5 September 17
|Buy a b complex capsule,and a gel for healing cankers.open the capsule and miz it with gel.apply to the canker.will hurt a bit for a second but not like salt.salt is also good but hurtfull
|Anush 30 August 17
|I was reading through these comments as I have a massive ulcer on the inside of my bottom lip that rubs on my front tooth. Anyway I just would like to point out that I read some of these comments and if you have them on the outside of your lips it is a cold sore or herpes. It is contagious. It is caused by a virus. Do not put salt on your cold sore. They have medicine for this go get it. They're also contagious so keep your lips off of people until it's completely healed...
|CSP 28 August 17
|That hurt like hell!!! It lasted for like 20-30 seconds of intense, tear bringing pain but now its fine... hope it works!!!
|Gordon Chi 16 August 17
|Alright.... I'm going to try the salt method now... it's probably gonna hurt like hell haha, but I want to get rid of it cuz it hurts like hell when I put my elastics on and when I eat... schul starts next week hope its gone by then
|Gordon Chi 16 August 17
|I've had canker sores off and I my entire life.. nothing heals it faster than pouring salt directly on the white area... You might cry at first but afterwards you should have a couple hours of relief. (probably due to endorphins kicking in to block the pain but I am not sure) After a few treatments you might see portions of the white area turn run much like one of the other commenters mentioned. At least for me the red spots is the indication it's going away rather than still growing. Pure salt hurts like crazy but I have never found a better solution.
|@robthorell 11 August 17
|I tried putting salt directly on my canker sore, yes it does hurt but took away the pain for a few hours. I will have to see if it speeds up the healing.
|Rhonda 15 July 17
|I've always put salt on my sores because I used to get them a bunch when I was younger. It's worked almost every time, and this method does hurt at first but you get accustomed to it the more you use it. Or that may just be me, but it works either way.
|Brynna 30 June 17
|Hi I tried putting salt directly to the ulcers, and yes it's painful but I'd rather do this than suffer for days or weeks. As of now, one of the ulcers disappeared already. I had 2 on my gums. The remaining ulcer is already getting smaller.
|Anna 30 March 17
|I put always hold a piece of sea salt on a spot for a while. Sometimes the white spot goes away immediately. It really helps get rid of the pain. I tried the salt water thing for years when I was younger. Direct salt is so much quicker.6
|Sabrina 28 January 17
|Okay, so I got this assignment in English class where we have to write a speech and present it in front of the class. This just brought a hurricane of stress into my life, but the worst thing is that I got an ulcer/canker sore shortly after getting the assignment. Probably from the stress, but I'm not sure 'cuz I'm also anemic. . . but it's THE WORST THING EVER. I got the sore about 5 days before I have to give my speech and I was frantic b/c I don't think I can handle giving a 5 MINUTE SPEECH with an effing ULCER. Just thinking about it makes me want to scream. . . So I scoured the internet and found the direct salt method, and I try to do it thrice a day, holding it on there for 30 secs. . . I almost died the first time I did this but I'm holding up. . . I'm currently on day 3 of having the ulcer and 2 days before my speech and I NEED IT TO GO AWAY FNJEWNSUFHDWLKFJ ADKJSF:D But now after looking at all these stories of people who've had 13 at one time (whoever has to deal with that is effing superhuman) As for my sore, it's starting to turn red around the edges of the yellow spot and the mouth tissue around it is turning red. From what I've read, I think it's healing. I think. . . wish me luck on my speech. (I'm gonna need it!) And I'm glad that I'm not alone in this and I'm not the only one dying over here.
|Who needs names 4 June 16
|Hi All. Wish I could tell you what causes these, most likely food allergies or some sort of autoimmune reaction, but I do know without any doubt what helps and that is a really concentrated salt rinse.
Salt is a known antiseptic, a cauterizing agent and has anti-inflammatory properties. There are people here talking about applying the salt directly on the ulcer. Ok, whatever works, but that's kind of intense and that's just spot treating. I personally use Balene's Sea Salt, but any salt will work I think. The key is to rinse and swish the entire mouth. This takes care of tongue issues as well.
1. Put about 1 tsp, or even up to 1 tbl, of salt in just enough warm water to make a mouthful.
2. Swish around aggressively for at least 5 minutes or as long as you can stand it. Do not swallow. Notice the salt attacking exactly where you have ulcers or tongue issues?
3. Spit out the salt solution, rinse with warm water, spit some more.
Do this twice a day or at least once a night before bed as a preventive. It won't always work to prevent a recurrence, but overall you'll have less and smaller mouth ulcers that will heal in about a day or two. What you'll most likely notice is that certain foods (rough foods like chips, acidic foods like tomato sauce, known allergens like cheese, etc.) will trigger an episode and you'll learn to avoid these.
|John 2 May 16
|Used to get Mouth ulcers ( small ones in the mouth ) and they used to heal within 1 week .
Now I got a BIG MOUTH ULCER on the back of mouth in the soft palate... it starts small but now around 2 cm long .. its been 2 weeks now and still didn't heal . I can see signs of healing on the edges but it still big size . I'm using Difflam-C mouth and some antiseptic lozenges .. Any HELP Please ...
|Alan 16 April 16
|Madison 9 March 16
|So day three and holy crap that hurts. Brings tears to my eyes everytime. It seems the ulcer is healing from the center out instead of the normal ring just getting smaller and eventually disappearing. Tonight before going through the salt torture I noticed the center seemed to look like normal tongue tissue. I might do this one more time tomorrow but after that I'm done. That sucks to do on a daily basis.
|Dallas 4 March 16
|So I was wondering if this salt thing actually worked. I'm on day 2 of my experiment. I currently have 3 ulcers. One is on the bottom of my tongue (kinda on the side) next to my molars. I took 1 tablespoon of kosher salt and poured it on the inside of my teeth. I shut my mouth and laid down my tongue. Holy mess that hurt. For the first 1.5 min then it went numb. I held it there for 5 min with a timer on my phone. When I was done I rinsed and noticed the 1.25 cm crater had raised to be flush with my tongue. It bled a little. Today noticed it was still there but the crater was not as deep and it was not near as sensitive. Tonight I repeated the process and the pain only lasted ab 30 sec. It bled more than before and the crater raised again. To the point I could not tell normal tissue from the normal ring/edge of the ulcer. More to come
|Dallas 3 March 16
|Okay so i did the salt thing and my canker sore is in kinda an obvious spot on my lip and now there is this massive red hole
it looks like its bleeding but it isnt and IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A HOLE IN MY LIP
i dont care about the pain and i wouldnt care if it was inside my mouth but it is on my lip where you can see it SOS SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
it looks awful
|save my soul 28 February 16
|RAW Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar (With the mother) I put some on qtip and put it on area and it seems to heal fast. Apple Cider Vinegar seems to heal anything.
|JS 3 February 16
|Believe me people if you reading this. i had this canker sore that i got while playing with my wife and she headbutted me in the mouth where my teeth ''bit'' into the lip very deep. so you can guess even keeping my mouth shut not moving also hurts since the wound that turned into canker sore are literally right where the teeth are. so...1 fine day, i put my foot down. n here is the remedy...jus take some dry salt and put it on the canker sore n let it burn and sting and i warn you its very painful. let it sting n burn until u feel numb.then take a dry clean tissue and wipe it off. and put salt directly again and repeat everything for 4-5 times. keep the area dry if you possible. you will start to realise the canker sore starts to turn black right in the center which means it is killing all the nasty bacteria and starting to heal properly. if you did correctly your wound should turn from white to a wound that is recovering properly semi reddish black. all the best peeps
|Rain 14 January 16
|I have 4 canker sores at this very moment. I'm literally going to die if I have to endure one more day with this pain. I wish there was something that takes it away immediately. I put a numbing cream directly on them followed by salt, it helps with the pain for the moment but when the numbing cream wears off, it's back to hurting like hell. Don't know if anything helps with taking it away except waiting for it to heal naturally.
|dieingofpain 11 January 16
|Hi guys! been suffering from 2 big ones and I think they will join into one. all I do is put salt and it numbs the pain but damnn these things hurt.
|Kay 3 16 December 15
|Currently have one on my gums right around where a wisdom tooth would be. Kills to swallow, eat, drink, you name it. I get these a few time/month and I use Colgate toothpaste. Seems like that may be the culprit. When I get them on my tongue it's usually because I was smashing candy or anything else with citric acid, you'd be surprised at how much crap has citric acid in it, just about everything tasty!
Putting salt on it is a great experience, hurts about as bad as pinching it but it only hurts for a few seconds maybe 5 and then starts to go away. It actually feels great as the pain subsides because you have the feeling that you're winning and it's getting better.
I actually covered my finger in salt right out of the shaker and rubbed it all over the sore, problem was that a lot of the salt stuck to the sore and I had to wait for it to dissolve. When I try salt water I don't feel the violent sting so it doesn't seem as effective.
Anyway, these things are the worst. Those of us that have to deal with them are heroes. Don't be afraid of the salt, it's really not bad and it helps mentally.
|Big Weak Sauce 27 October 15
|I usually try salt or salt+water for a couple days. And if it doesn't seem to get any better I go to my doctor who puts some qtip thing on it, which kills the skin on contact, it peels off the next day and is usually gone. Although a have had a few that take two treatments
|Jr 26 October 15
|Hello, just for the people that get ulcers all the time, try switching toothpaste that doesn't contain sls.
I used to get them nearly every couple weeks it seemed until I read online sls so toothpaste like colgate can actually cause ulcers. I switched to corsodyl ( it taste weird when you first start using) but I rarely ever get ulcers anymore, unless say I bite myself by accident when eating lol x but probably one or two ulcers in a year compared to 1 to 2 every other week
|jodes 21 October 15
|Got this repeatable ulcers every 2 weeks. Sometimes i got 5-7 of them and something 2-3 only, once i had 13 of these horrible thing and it hurt like HELL. I'm anemic so perhaps its one of the reason i had this sores. What I do is, i use lip balm, drinking plenty of water, take hematinics or just Iberet to cure my anemia, change my toothbrush every 1-2 months, change my toothpaste to a mild one, now I use fresh&white instead of optic white colgate. It does help i think. Toothbrushes that I use is either soft or extra soft. I still have it tho :)
|Joanne 9 October 15
|Good luck, Jen! I hope that his store meets their targets, but they don't get so bealtsd that they can't handle it. And I hope that the rest of your Thanksiving day is just perfect, and full of family, fun, and love.
|Felina 26 September 15
|I'm a Yankees and Giants fan so I do like blue! Not much of a Michigan anything fan but I do own a Wolverines ssrwtahiet a friend bought me many years ago and to this day the sweatie looks in great shape! J
|Randy 26 September 15
|! Take a breath, relax & focus on the stuff that makes you happy You dvresee it! And don't worry about replying to this comment I'm currently enjoying a non-leaky not-in-crisis moment myself. So I might not be reading anything anyway.
|Bello 26 September 15
|Oh I hear you. There are just not enough hours in the day. And the whole bnitig thing? I totally went through that with my son. It was so bad and so stressful. I felt like i was getting the stinkeye every time I walked in the daycare to pick him up.Relax, have Jay help you with what he can do and you'll get a handle on things.
|Gurami 26 September 15
|The problem with gabarge trucks blocking the street is not the truck which is using the streets for movement and delivery and pickup, exactly their intended purpose. The problem is the city's policy of free parking that is, allowing the street, often both sides of the street, to be used for car storage, which benefits a tiny few. Christopher Gray
|Rafael 26 September 15
|I guess if the workers acmodcomate one car there will soon be another right behind and they would never finish their route.The sanitation workers on long island always acmodcomate the cars here in the morning. They also move very quickly. I wonder if they are timed like the postal carriers are.We have lots of traffic here but not nearly as much as NYC does.
|Carmenza 26 September 15
|Oh, I give them a lot of slack. But the rational mind does not alawys control the emotions. I think the frustration in these situations is more about bad luck rather than bad behavior on the part of workers doing their job. And sitting behind one does give time to build a case against them, perhaps unreasonably. BTW, I really haven't been irritated by this in years. My last memory of being angry was when I drove a taxi during my college years. In that case, time was money, exacerbating the whole situation. At the time I took this photo I was quite calm and having a good time.
|Brittany 26 September 15
|Had canker sores all the time since I was like 11. Salt is the best honestly a little painful depending on the location. I used to use hydrogen peroxide but it's almost like I became immune to it. Other than salt the best treatment I have found is the oraljel qtip
|Bill 4 September 15
|I have 4 canker sores. I would just like to correct someone who said they are associated with herpes 1. This is a common misconception. I did a research paper on herpes in college and I'm quite sure canker sores have zero relation to herpes. Herpes are fluid filled blisters on te outside of the mouth and are contagious. Canker sores are not at all contagious.
I have 2 huge canker sores from where I bit my lip, about the size of a dime, it's disgusting and painful. I have another 2 small ones in other locations in my Mouth. I have tried alum directly on the ulcer but never salt. The alum didn't seem to help much. To be honest, nothing I have tried except for time has helped to heal these things. I know it sucks but the best you can do is treat the pain while they heal and use PEROXIDE mouthwash. I have read that alcohol can make them worse. It can be harder to find peroxide mouthwash but they sell it for mouth sites at most grocery stores. I wish doctors would come up with something better but that's about all I can say.
|jitterbob 6 July 15
|I get these sores quite frequent like at least once a month every month and for as long as i could remember ive alaways had em. i got one three days ago on my lower lip gum and i also bit my tounge really hard yesterday the spot i bit my tounge healed from the bite and formed an ulcer and i decided to try salt directly on it. yes it stings but the pain isnt that bad. however it did nothing but make it worce. now the ulcer on my tounge is like a fvking crater and it hurts like a hell plus the one on my gums have tripled its size. i hate these little sh*ts
|blair 22 June 15
|I avoided using salt directly on the ulcer this time and it's gotten to the point of irritating
My tonsills and eating became uncomfortable, so I went back to my salt directly on the ulcer
For one minute and I air dry the ulcer. It's the best I have felt the last three days.
Yes it hurts but it's worth the sting. While its stinging know you are killing the nasty bugger.
Just do it...
|Yvette 17 June 15
|I think I am dead because if these things there is so much pain and I bought these patches to put on it and they hurt a lot for a while but I had to wait for a long until it actually didn't hurt as bad but still hurt now I am scared to put the patch on again because I was crying when I first put iron and now i will cut it but I don't think I will do it again but I have it cut if I do I also will by a gel thing but still don't want to put it on and I debt know what to did now im dying I and crying on and off and watching TV all day in my pajamas and don't know what to do I want it gone in 10 seconds! !!!! I hate it!!!
|bob 14 June 15
|lol sal directly on it does not hurt that bad relax lmfao
|carlos 24 April 15
|I just poured a mixture of salt and water onto my canker sore, it started to sting a lot and suddenly, it started to bleed. I think it burst. I dont undertsand why it burst. The salt does make the pain go away for awhile, but then soon after it becomes painful again, I had my sore for about 3 days already :(
|nicole 21 April 15
|i bit my lip hard thought it heal got diagnosed with pneumonia next day day aftet that had a dam canker sore the cut was pretty big i never had a canker sore i just did salt i been gargling salt water seemed to go down i just want it yo go away already i guess see how iit is tomar ill come back with update....
|jon doe 7 April 15
|I have a canker sore right now, I think I used to get them, but they were never this bad. This is my 6th day I think and it hurts every moment. I've tried putting salt directly on it, and I don't know if its helped or not. All I do know is that it hurts SOO BAD!
Putting salt does seem to numb the sore for a good number of hours, though. If anyone is going to do this, be warned that while the salt is on your sore you will experience the worst kind of pain in your life. Also do it over a sink because you will be drooling everywhere. and possibly crying.
|nathan 6 March 15
|I am 15 years old, and I have had at least 4 ulcers since my teenage years...is that bad?
I know that I have this bad habit of biting the inside of my mouth, I mean sometimes to the point of it bleeding...but I am not sure what caused this ulcer, because the ulcer is WHITE not red like how I sometimes bite my lip.
I have an ulcer not on the bottom lip like most people, but in the right side of my mouth, very HIGH and Far back..near my teeth at the back, in fact right next to one of my teeth. Is this normal?!
I mean I close my mouth and my teeth knocks it...I eat and the tooth bites which also knocks it..i drink and it stings...I talk it hurts like hell...what am I supposed to do?!
My dad told me about the salt thing, but I am very afraid because the last couple of times I just use Bonjela - it did nothing so I suffered for a few days until it went naturally, but this time, it is SO MUCH WORST. It is in such an awkward position, and I want it to not occur again..I cant deal with the pain?
Someone please help me?;O Confused like hell;/
|Saffron 20 February 15
|I dont think salt works at all i tried it and the pain became worse than i started using the salt😢it hurts like crazy
|lerato monagane 23 January 15
|Personaly I like the pain in a weird way, it hurts but idk I can handle it. Always used salt and hot water...to rinse my mouth but I found salt directly on it works a little better but stings pretty bad I recommend that if your going to use salt directly on the canker sore better stay over a sink cuz you will be drooling like crazy
|Joe 8 January 15
|first step to fighting these disgusting ulcers is to prevent them from even happening! most of the time, these canker sores happen because you drink too little water. when you are dehydrated, parts of your mouth swells up / becomes puffy from water retention (i know, it's hard to wrap your mind around it but think of it as your body is trying to keep whatever amount of water in your body cos you're drinking so little). this is why sometimes, out of the blue, you find yourself bitting on your tongue, or the side of your cheeks accidentally (cos they have swell up and become bigger).
i used to get these all the time but now, i make sure i drink at least 3 litres of water every day and i haven't had a canker sore in ages.
other times, you get canker sores cos you accidentally cut or injure your gums. sometimes i brush my teeth too hard and a ulcer soon pops up. this is the part that still befuddles me. i've tried salt - hurts like crazy - and sometimes, it works like a charm. other times, it seems to worsen the ulcer. i've also tried aloe vera gel (get those organic, almost pure aloe vera gel, not the green ones you put on your skin when you get sunburnt) and they are very cooling so it helps to take the pain away. so i do a salt - aloe vera gel routine and usually, these ulcers would go away in a week or so. it seems like time is really the only cure for such terrible mouth sores.
I've also read that canker sores can be caused by stress or hormonal changes. other times, canker sores could be a symptom for a even more serious ailment so if you have a canker sore for over 2 weeks, consult a doc!
|Sabrina 7 January 15
|I got one and I put salt on it and used salt water and mouth wash I did all three of them at lest three times a but when I woke up just to fine it sore and looks like it has gotten bigger.
|Brandon 4 January 15
|Mouth ulcers are usually from periodontal disease, from not taking care of your mouth properly. Now even if you start to floss and brush correctly twice a day, and use mouthwash, it's still going to take your system to get up to par, and in the mean time you can get more infections. The best way while you are improving your oral hygiene, is to wet the tip of your finger and dab it in a small pile of table salt, and put it directly on the sore. This will hurt like a mother, but do it even one or two more times until it no longer hurts. That should be the end of that. Correct your oral hygiene.
|Bill Bukes 19 December 14
|put salt directly on my sore... the sore seemed to get bigger.... is that supposed to happen?
|Zara 13 December 14
|Every time I get a mouth ulcer , I put salt on it and press down . Unlike everyone else on this page , I love the pain of the salt burning . Also , the ulcer disappears , which is great =D
|JessicaLovesPain91 23 November 14
|Just came from home from seeing my doctor, for a checkup, and mentioned that I had a canker sore for a week-he said if I was brave, to put salt on my finger and press it directly into the sore. Brave, I suppose, means it will hurt like a MF. He said it will kill some nerve endings which are constantly being irritated by hitting the sore on your teeth. Then instead of my immune system attacking the sore constantly, the cells will heal far more quickly. He said hydrogen peroxide does that with little cuts, but not to put the peroxide in my mouth, and do not put salt in skin wounds.
|Dana 21 November 14
|Sorry alkaline not alcoline.
|jeb 30 October 14
|PH balance problem? A touch of baking soda can make more alcohline.? Also back off acidic foods like lemons and oranges.
|jeb 30 October 14
|I put straight salt on mine (inside on my lip) and it looked better instantly after I rinsed my mouth out, felt better too, then I put ora-gel on it right after and it feels a lot better now.
|thisgirl 7 October 14
|The best way I've found to get rid of canker sores is to scrub them gently with a toothbrush and then put calcium ascorbate vitamin c directly on the ulcer. It hurts but the ulcer is usually starting to heal by the next day.
|mp 24 September 14
|Iv tryed this,left it on for a minute until the pain went away or the salt dissolved,mega sore,feels like i was doing more harm than good..that was 6hrs ago,i woke up an hour ago to find it seems to still have grown:(
|gary 23 September 14
|I just tried keeping salt and water in my mouth. I have 3 ulcers, 2 on my lower lip and 1 on the upper lip, where the incisors are, that's why I couldn't take it and i decided to try.
My bro is braver than me he puts the salt directly onto the ulcer. >.<
|AL 23 May 14
|I've found that replacing my toothbrush very often and rinsing it with listerine or hot hot water helps to keep them at bay. I get them fairly often but most recently they start when I get a cut in the mouth from my braces. Mouthwash makes it worse for me so I don't use it. I'm trying the salt directly on the sore right now and yes, I almost passed out from the pain. I've heard that vitamin C in high doses helps and I think it might have helped in the past to get rid of them. Also, I'm more prone to them around my period so there is either something with hormones or stuffing my face with more food. It's a mystery and a painful one.
|sylvia 16 May 14
|I have a big ulcer on my lip, it started as very small, but now it covers half of my bottom lip. It hurts really badly. My gums are all swollen. Ive tried warm water, mouthwash, salt it doesn't work it seems like it only makes it worse.
|Itzel 26 March 14
|If you get reoccurring canker sores, you may want to look into whether or not you have Crohn's Disease. I've suffered from cankers all my life, and was diagnosed finally with Crohn's Disease at age 29 (had to have a capsule endoscopy to finally find it hiding in my ileum). Chronic canker sores are one of many Crohn's symptoms (Chron's is a disease with unclear cause which causes ulcers in the digestive systom, and currently has no medically endorsed cure...and canker sores are just one more of the type of ulcers it can cause). If you also suffer from anemia, fatigue, diarrhea, stomach pains, blood in your stool.....please see a doctor and change your diet! I've cut caffeine, processed foods, and eat more veggies and less meats (especially red) and no gluten, and so far it's put my Crohn's in remission. There's a reason why 3rd world countries don't have these diseases....they aren't eating all the processed "crap" and gluten-heavy diets we eat!!!!!
|Valerie 21 February 14
|I also have had issues with mouth ulcers. There are a few common causes mine happens to be my auto immune system and thrush. I get thrush about 4 times a year, if you have chronic yeast infections that could be the cause. Also most of the more mundane viruses cause mouth ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, etc. This could be a direct result or that your immune system is compromised already. I have a paste that my doc gives me, also miracle mouthwash; this stuff has lidocaine and numbs as well as cleans. If you are seriously hard up for relief or simply dont want to the doctors use rubbing alcohol with a qtip. It will hurt like hell but after a few burning sessions it will kill it. If you have an absolutely hideoderous ulcer your instacare doctor can "burn" it with silver nitrate. It taste nasty and is painful but it will be dead within a few hours. Cheers!
|alyssajane 6 December 13
|Oh hi guys! It does feel good to know that I'm not alone with these excruciating things!!! I'm in bed and I have 5 at the moment. It's like I can't think about anything but the pain. Eating chocolate is sooo painful! I'm at the end of my tether. When I get this bad I bite the bullet and dry them and then put salt on them. It nearly hurts more than child birth. :( but when I put the salt on there (I know this will sound crazy) but in my mind I'm thinking "take that you rotten ulcer" the pain is so bad that it must be doing something. I've had ulcers forever. I'm 35. Once I had 13 at one time. :(
I have tried EVERYTHING!! I hope they find a cure in my life time.
|Melanie 8 November 13
|baking soda and warm water doesnt even work at all :(
|josie 30 October 13
|Currently sitting in front of a mirror with salt on my ulcer, eyes watering from the searing pain.
As with most people, I get these sores regularly from the time I was a kid. The salt does seem to speed up the healing process and also makes me feel as though I'm killing the ulcer because it changes colour from very white to just slightly white and red around the edges. The pain is almost unbearable but these sores do tend to make one a little desperate.
Another thing I've noticed is that as soon as the ulcer pops up, my glands/lymph nodes behind my jaw start to swell and become sore, from the infection I guess. It's a horrible thing to go through. Good luck everybody.
|Naadira 20 October 13
|How silly of me to add my comment, may I add though, I love my new knowledge "canker sores are ulcers, cold sores are fluid-filled blisters, of Herpes Simplex-1 Virus", the two are unrelated. The cause of canker sores is unknown, but highly suggested to be either, too much intake of acidic fruit/citrus, or stress. So funny because a few others who've commented also had mouthfuls of canker sore, ulcers RIGHT after being ill with the flu! As was I! We are breaking out in them because we drank so much JUICE to make us feel better while sick!! All that citrus saved our butts during the flu, but now the tissues in our mouths are breaking apart ha.
I've tried nothing, and food with texture just makes it worse. Might try the saltwater thing, I wish I was an Aussie or I'd buy vegemite.
|Adrielle 1 August 13
|I put salt directly to the ulcers...pain like hell...
|BB 2 May 13
|I have two lip ulcers because someone pushed me while I was eating and I bit into my lip. It bled a lot and the next day I saw these ulcers there and it seems like everyday they get bigger. The only thing I can eat without crying of pain is icecream. I sorta miss food and I get real hungry. I don't really talk and it hurts so much to smile and everyone thinks I am mad at them. I am not mad but it is so painful to swallow. Even brushing my teeth is painful and it hurts enough every morning and night. I sometimes pull my lip so my teeth don't touch the sores and I find I am really cranky. I'm 16 and I have never felt this much pain from an ulcer my whole life. It hurts so bad. What can I do to relieve the pain and make it heal faster. We have a dinner party tomorrow and I don't think I'll be eating:(
|In so much pain Nadia 22 September 12
|ive had mouth sores, canker sores, mouth ulcers, whatever you wanna call it, all my life ever since i could remember. im 22 yrs old now and i still get them. i never went to the doctor even when it got really bad cuz my mom always told me that it was normal and that it just meant that i had to brush my teeth more often then just twice a day and i'd have to just clean it more thoroughly. everytime i get a sore i just sucked it up and pour salt all over it then i'd push the salt down on it with my finger and leave the pressure their for a couple minutes. it hurts like a bitch but i just tune it out. soon after it ussually heals pretty nicely. i notice i only get these sores though when i bite the inside of my mouth by accident. i'd bite it while eating and a sore would develop in the same spot i bit into.
everyone should just pour salt on the sore. it'll kill the bacteria and it'll make the healing process much faster
|Hanyan Keith Sy 6 September 12
|I want to try the salt thing, but how bad does it really sting? And how long do you have to wait until you rinse or so? I have never gotten a mouth sore/ulcer before, this is my first time and I'm FREAKING OUT!
|In pain 20 June 12
|I've got just salt directly on mine now. Kills like hell but I've been pretending to be calm, listening to music and stoking my cat and just not thinking about the pain... When I get this salt of my ulcers (I have like 10 because yesterday I had 3 teeth out and now my other teeth are scraping against my gums) I'll tell you all how it goes :s
My brother's girlfriend said she just does the salt/water rinse but it doesn't do anything for me. It just... makes them less icky :s So I was just like 'whatever, try it!' put on the salt and now I'm in hell xD
I don't know of anything for permanent removal, I don't think it's possible but still, salt seems to work in most cases.
Okay, it's off. My lip feels numb mainly... but I can still feel them. Also the gum/skin whatever you want to call it that the ulcer is resting on looks like it's been burnt ._.
|Rawr 22 April 12
|Crush a small piece of panado and mix with a tiny bit of saliva, then apply this to the ulcer (dry the ulcer first with tissue paper to get the panado to stick if it slips off). Leave it on for a few minutes, then wash it off, most of the pain will now be gone when you use salt or some other treatment, or just for some relief.
Salt and mouthwashes don't really seem to help much, what does help is a proper diet. After 2-3 days on an all-fruit diet the ulcer will start healing. Stay on the diet until the ulcers well on its way out.
|JJ 10 May 11
|Vegemite worked for me in 24 hrs after 5 days of hell.
|Alan 5 May 11
|i usually put salt straight on it and leave it there for 20 mins. hurts like a bitch but then when you rinse you cant feel any ulcer pain for over an hour. not sure if salt makes a difference long term to be honest
|dave 7 March 11
|The only treatment I have found to work is Adcortyl in Orabase. I have practically lived on the stuff for years but I am worried about possible side-effects. Would be grateful for any info on this
|Bill 15 May 03
|To make an ulcer heal quicker: Crush a vitamin B complex tablet and apply the powder directly. Not as painful as the direct-salt method which sounds awful. Salt and water is also good, especially if you rinse your mouth out before applying the vitamin B.
|Tristan 15 May 03
| Have had these devils for years and have become fairly knowledgable. Like everyone, I have not figured out the cause but have come up with a reasonable treatment that manages these things. Until I came up with my management routine there were times that my mouth ulcers were so severe that my lymph nodes under my jaw would swell and become very very painful. Hope this works for you, its made my life normal again
1) A lot of the pain and problems with mouth ulcers can come from secondary infections. I rinse twice a day with Listerine for a full minute. Once I started this it did not prevent the ulcers, but it did a)seem to lesson the interval at which they occur and equal important b)made me realize when I had one in the very early stages because of the tingle on the ulcer from the Listerine. If left untreated my ulcers will grow for about 4-5 days, then after 10 days or so go away. If I can catch them when they are small I can cut the entire process down to 3 days max, usually less and I am pain free hours after the first treatment.
1A) I recommend that you use this treatment just before bed. While your sleeping you dont irritate or rub the ulcer as much as when you are awake and since part of the treatment involves covering the ulcer, it increases the likelyhood it stays covered
2) By using salt, alum or any other caustic agent you are in effecting burning the ulcer and its surrounding tissue. While it is very painful to do this I have been assured by my Dentist and MD that it is not harmful if not over done (burning too deep into the tissue). I burn the ulcer until the white edge and center turn black and is just bleeding. Salt takes a long time to accomplish this and is messy, though it works just as well as anything. My dentist has trusted me with a sodium nitrate stick that I just barely touch on the small ulcer then rinse (have your dentist show you how to do it the first time), it does the trick nicely. If you use salt, be warned that it takes a while to completly burn the ulcer (several minutes).
3)Disinfect and cover the ulcer. I dab on a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide, (or better a dab of Bacitracin with pain reliever) rinse it and then cover it. Kenalog in orabase works great as a cover, but its expensive and messy (grainy and dry). Ive found that a coat of waxy Carmex (yes the lip stuff) works well if you go straigh to bed, if you have to last all day I have not found anything that covers it very well with out multiple reapplications.
4) Check the ulcer in the morning, if you did it right it will either still be black and starting to heal normally. If you did not get it all, you will see that part of the ulcer is still there (usually the white edge). If its still there, you have to repeat the process and burn if off again, so believe me, you get good at this very quickly.
5) Keep the wound clean all day and repeat nightly applications of cover, after a few days it heals up quite nicely.
I realize to many that this sounds rather like blood letting and draconian at best, but after you get the routine down (rinse twice a day, burn it, cover it) it takes only 1 or 2 minutes for treatment of an ulcer when you get one. My weekly ulcers are now down to one every two months or so and when they came they tended to in batchs, now just one sometimes two. A note of caution too, be careful with this method on ulcers near your saliva ducts, especially if you are using something more caustic than salt..you can still do it, but in this case over burning the affected area could cause an infection in or hurt your ducts.
I have found that this treatment works for larger more established ulcers as well, but the pain factor increases when the ulcer is larger, so get them while they are small.
|Anthony in IN 15 May 03
|Gosh. I found this site researching the exquisitely painful red spreading dime-sized rings I get from time to time on my tongue (usually after wine and/or citrus - last weekend I had sangria and WOW what an explosion), but I never connected them with the occassional cancer sores I get until now. What a great website! I have always used alum with great success for the cancer sores. Sounds a lot like the salt advice - cover the sore with alum, grin and bear it through the next 10 seconds, let it sit for a while and rinse. It not only numbs the pain (after the initial 10 seconds!) but seems to form some kind of coating over the sore, after which it heals rapidly, at least for me. I hope that helps some of you out there. Alum, by the way, is a binding agent used in pickling and you can get it with the spices and things at your local grocery store.
|9 May 03
|I feel that the application of salt directly cant be a good thing. Is the numb feeling afterwards because the pain sensors in that area have been overloaded. (as opposed to using an anasthetic gel) Doesnt pain = damage.
|Bigmax 8 May 03
|Have just fallen ill with flu and mouth ulcers at the same time. Oddly enough, I hardly ever ever get flu and my mouth ulcers in the past have been minor. This time one of the ulcers is particularly bad. All I can say is this came at a time when I was getting stressed at work. Sometimes its hard not to get stressed but now that I have this combination of flu and ulcers Im going to try and take things easier. I know no cure. Im drinking hot water with half a peeled lemon put in the mug and some dissolved aspirin. So helping me stock up on Vitamin C if nothing else.
|26 April 03
|Alan. Drinking beer just makes it worse. The effects of the alcahol, numbs your taste buts which is that my thoery on why these damn things appears. Im a weekend beer drinker. I also smoke cigarettes. All the beer is doing is irratating the ulcer. It becomes more painful.
|Ron 26 April 03
|I generally find beer helps, once ive drank roughly 3-4 cans of stella artois the pain disapears, brilliant!!
I have developed a rather serious drinking poblem though!
|Alan, 27 Manchester 18 April 03
|I DO use salt directly on any alcer that might occur. Yes it hurts alot but only for like 3 seconds then it helps the pain go away for a few hours by numbing it. AND my alcers heal in like 3 to 4 days instead of 2 weeks! It really does hurt but it also helps alot too! The pain only lasts for like 1 to 5 seconds then it is numb! Makes the gum around the ulcer red and the ulcer white. Its very good for ulcers imo!
|Lisa 17 April 03
|Hey Kristen,
Luckily I am slowly recovering from my mouth ulcer (after all it has been a little over a week) and I left mine to heal on its own. However, I found that maybe you should try to avoid eating bananas and perhaps acidic food like tomatoes and oranges. I know they kill so much but bear with it and keep up with the saltwater thing - I think it does help a little even though you may not think it does.
Good luck and let me know how it goes :)
Worried, 22 f
|15 April 03
|:( I am barely 17 years old. I have had these darn sores in my mouth on and off for as long as I can remeber. My dad had them to, and still gets them. I am tried EVERYTHING possible and have been researching-thats when I found this site (its great knowing I am not alone!) Anyway, I havent found any real conections. Only that I get BAD breakouts around that time of the month, however, the little suckers will pop up whenever I bite my tounge/lip/mouth ect. and even when I burn my tounge on something. I have been to the doctor several times and I have been told that these are associated with the Herpes 1 virus, are not contagous and I have been given lidocaine for the pain (which of course got me through a quick tastless meal and was gone). Saltwater didnt seem to do anything, however mouth wash would take the pain away for a small amount of time. I have been on pain killers for the times where the pain was so unbearable I couldnt open my eyes without bursting into tears! Right now I have a swollen lip with two giant craters on the inner lip and a large ulcer on the side of my tounge. This is easy from what it normally is! If ANYONE ANYONE AT ALL knows of anything that can help me please please! e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com I am desparte for relief! Thank you so much!
|Kristen 14 April 03
I was doing some research and like Brenda this is how I found this site. Apparently, mouth ulcers arent contagious but things like cold sores are. Its also a bit of a relief to know that I am not the only one in this world that is suffering from an ulcer and that we can give each other some tips and advice. My doctor prescribed this paste called :kenalog in orabase. But Im going to try a salt + water mixture first.
Thanks for the tip on avoiding just salt.
Good luck everyone, hope the ulcers are fading.
|worried 11 April 03
|Hi everyone,
This is the second time that Ive developed a mouth ulcer and it is near the base of my teeth just at the front of my mouth. It is only one (thanks goodness) but it hurts a lot. I was wondering, how long do other peoples ulcers last for and can they lead to cancer and other horrible diseases?
|Worried 11 April 03
|Are these contagious?
|rob 11 April 03
|I get some of these dang annoying things and am trying half peroxide and half warm water. It is somewhat painful but numbs for a long time. I am waiting to see on healing effects as I have only started doing it tonight.
|7 April 03
|I have two canker sores in the floor of my mouth. They hurt really bad and make me crabby. Help!
|Carrie 1 April 03
|For the first time in my life I have got one of these very painful things, I feel sorry for all those people who have endured them for years! But I am in that much pain I jumped on the net to find a QUICK FIX!! No such luck! Like some other people I have also had a case of tonsilitis and I am breastfeeding a baby (they take every nutrient) and I am in a very stressful time in my life so I am putting it down to all these things. Trying salt - inflicts major pain, but will persist as it numbs the area for a few hours.
|Jade 25 March 03
|Oh my goodness....I was hoping that after trying so many things that you would have had SOMETHING work!!! I am 53 yrs old, and am sick and tired of these horrible ugly, sores. It is very hard for me to be quiet but I find myself having to be because it hurts to talk! We went to Europe a couple of years ago and they ruined our trip. Visited family in Italy and they were insulted that I wouldnt eat, they thought I was a snob Im sure! So I drank wine instead which still hurt but at least I had some fun while hurting. Im sitting right now researching and thats how I found this site.....sure makes me feel good to know Im not alone. I get so tired, worn out with the pain, which makes me more stressed so they hang around longer...arghhhhhhhh, oh well I guess that is my lot in life and it sure could be a lot worse. Im armed with lots of new advice after reading all of these posts....Im off to take my multi-vitamin, Kenalog, Folic-acid etc. and WINE!
|Brenda 25 March 03
|I have had mouth ulcers all my life - I remember as a child always having them, they were so large and painful that my mother used to take me to the doctor. All he could suggest was that she use some kind of blue liquid on them - the name of it I forget but it ended in violet.
Over the years my attacks have slowly got better, and now I only get an attack when I am run down or stressed out.
As for the cure I have tried everything from salt to oral creams, I have found that NOTHING works, Nowadays I just leave them be, clean my teeth regally and take a multi-vitamin..
|Ian 24 March 03
|I have tried using salt directly on the ulcer as well as the salt water solution. Neither seemed to work for me. Putting salt directly on the ulcer almost made me pass out because of the pain, and it still did not help. It is nice to hear that some people have luck with salt and salt water.
|24 March 03
|I find that using a very strong salt/water mix is not painful for me at all which seems to contradict most of what has been written by various people on this site
Ya.. like mentioned above..
water + salt = no pain
salt + no water = pain
|14 February 03
| Hello,
I am finding tongue ulcers in my mouth (obviously) for the first time in my life (I am 27).
Interestingly I seem to have contracted these ulcers which are multiplying almost daily by one at the same time that I also contracted tonsillitis of which I am sure the two are related in some way.
I have tried salt water rinsing and it seems to do nothing for me at all although I am sure that if anything it is killing some of the bacteria in my mouth which is not such a bad thing.
I find that using a very strong salt/water mix is not painful for me at all which seems to contradict most of what has been written by various people on this site, I have been seriously involved in heavy duty body piercing etc. (I am not a pain freak) for some years now and also use strong salt water to help heal piercings etc. with great results and absolutely no pain at all.
|email@example.com 13 February 03
As a kid, it was suggested to me that a good way to get rid of mouth ulcers was to rub Vegemite on them. Yes, I am Australian :)
Those of you who are familiar with the stuff will know how salty Vegemite is.
It hurt like HELL when I applied it - but I thought it worked a treat; the Ulcers healed up promptly thereafter.
However in my adult years, I havent had as much success with Vegemite. It doesnt seem to work at all, unlike my childhood years.
... although it still hurts just as bad :)
|Uncle Fester 12 February 03
|Just last night a friend suggested that you should not put salt directly on the ulcer, but hold a mouthful of saturated saline solution around the ulcer for 10 minutes. Apparently, this allows the salt to seep into the mouth tissue more effectively. Ive got a couple now, so Ive just tried it. Ill let you know how I get on with this...
|vinceloach 8 February 03
|Ive tried salt quite a lot. I dont find it cures them in any way, or speeds up healing. However, what it does do is numb the ulcer for a good few hours. Its rather like getting *all* the pain up front in one excrutiating experience, rather than several hours of niggling pain. This is useful if youve got something like a nice meal coming up. You can nuke the ulcers and enjoy it. It *is* pretty painful though.
|vinceloach 8 February 03
| yeah weird.
water + salt does good stuff...
but salt alone doesnt. weird
|2 February 03
|I decided to pour salt onto a lip ulcer a while back. It kinda made my eyes water a bit ;-/
(btw, it didnt seem to do much in the way of heal time)
|Mr C Farrant 30 January 03
|First time I tried using saline Id never heard of it being used for ulcers. I find it helps get rid of the horrid dry mouth feeling that often accompanies (my) ulcers.
|Dom Walton 26 January 03
|I have always put salt on my canker sores, and I can agree how badly it hurts...and I dont know if it really works or not but I am willing to do anything to get rid of these things.
|26 January 03
|Read about rinsing mouth with salt + water. Thought, why not just stick salt on the ulceres if thats what we are trying to do indirectly by doing above. OUCHY MAMAA!!!!!!!! NEVER TRY THAT you guys! It hurt like *£&^*%^)*. Sitting in agony and the friggin ulcer is dancing around doing moonwalks. Noone ever try this. And if you do, reply to this message so I can see who it is.
|25 January 03
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Do your business travels take you all over the world? The CANPASS card might be for you. It can help speed up your entry into Canada from other countries. However, unlike NEXUS, it only works one way, and will not help you get through Customs in other countries.
To qualify for either card, you must be a permanent resident of Canada and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You'll need to be assessed as a low-risk traveller and meet other requirements.
Applications are handled through the Canada Border Services Agency. There is a $50 fee for each card. Find out more:
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1 billion) sale of the Los Angeles Clippers finally got underway Monday after lawyers for owner Donald Sterling lost a bid to move the case to federal court.
A federal judge rejected Sterling's motion.
In the afternoon, Sterling was called to the witness stand in Los Angeles County Superior Court but he wasn't there, prompting yet another delay.
Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, has struck a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer after her husband's racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicised and the NBA moved to oust him as team owner.
The non-jury trial will determine whether Shelly Sterling had authority under terms of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate the deal.
She had two doctors examine her 80-year-old husband and they declared him mentally incapacitated and unable to act as an administrator of the Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers.
The court must find that Sterling's wife acted in accordance with the trust and that the deal still applies – even though the trust has since been revoked by Donald Sterling – for the sale to proceed.
In seeking a move to federal court last week, Sterling's attorneys argued that their client was induced to undergo mental examination under false pretences and that his private, personal medical records were given to his wife's "handpicked" doctors in violation of federal medical privacy laws.
His wife's lawyers claim Donald Sterling's legal manoeuvres were just a tactic to run out the clock on the Clippers sale.
NBA owners are scheduled to vote on the deal on July 15. It's also the day that Ballmer's offer is set to expire – and there is no deal without the judge's approval of the sale.
If the sale isn't completed by September 15, the league said it could seize the team and put it up for auction.


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It's clear now, though, that the Rams really need more defense and the Jaguars more offense.
These are two promising teams, but neither is a complete team yet, and Sunday's games proved that again:
On a day when the 7-2 Rams rolled up the score, 35-10, the players they beat, the Carolina Panthers, controlled the ball for up to eight minutes at a time and kept the Ram air force off the field for much of the second half.
That could have been, for St. Louis, a disastrous half.
With more touchdown punch, the 3-6 Panthers would have overcome their two game-turning mistakes, which gave the Rams two cheap touchdowns on an interception return and fumble return.
The NFL's only once-beaten team, 8-1 Jacksonville, played not to lose to 3-6 Baltimore, and made good, sort of, 6-3.
In his understanding of what it takes to win pro football championships, Jacksonville Coach Tom Coughlin appears to have a solid grasp of everything but the one thing that might beat him in the end: pass offense.
Rams Match Up Well With Jags
Although the playoffs will be a more difficult test than the regular season for the Rams, they have the kind of team that might trouble Jacksonville on Super Bowl day if both clubs get there.
In particular, the St. Louis players match up effectively against Jacksonville's.
The strength of the Rams is their offense, which, with quarterback Kurt Warner throwing to the men in the NFL's most helpful five-receiver group, figures to score some against even a great defense like Tom Coughlin's.
The weakness of the Rams, their defense, won't bother them so much if it's the Jaguars on the other side.
The Jaguars have the passer, Mark Brunell, but not yet the offensive know- how.
Their strength is that for years, Coughlin has been cleverly putting the Jaguar team together.
The Rams, by contrast, came up overnight from nothingness.
Can Warner Extemporize on Fast Break?
Sports fans watching Warner throw touchdown passes for St. Louis again Sunday--two of them this time--have trouble believing that he's a virtual NFL rookie.
All that stands between him and Rookie of the Year is the time he spent on the Ram bench last season, when, as St. Louis sank to 4-12, he had the best seat in the house.
Still, he still has a few things to learn.
For one example, Warner is not yet at his best when a play breaks down-- when his problem is rooted in the kind of offense the Rams have.
As directed by offensive coordinator Mike Martz, it's a fast-break offense, the NFL's fastest.
The Rams win by getting their receivers out fast and getting the ball to them fast.
But when the receivers aren't instantly open, Warner, standing around in the pocket, seems lost, often taking a blind-side sack.
Great passers haven't been bothered that way.
Joe Montana used to do two other things: move and look.
And for Montana, more often than not, there was a payoff.
The films and tapes that might help Warner the most show Montana or Steve Young extemporizing on San Francisco's broken plays.
For both 49er quarterbacks, in close games, that was the difference.
Ram Fast Break Fastest Ever
The fast break is a disruptive weapon, and, when the the St. Louis offensive team works it properly, it disrupts both the defense and offense of all opponents.
The Rams were down 7-0, and seemingly struggling in the first quarter Sunday, when their running back, Marshall Faulk, was suddenly wide open on a pass play that gained 52 yards.
Just then, if you reached for a second cup of coffee, you might have missed the next play, when wide receiver Isaac Bruce suddenly appeared in the end zone to catch Warner's 22-yard touchdown pass.
Thereafter, the Carolina offense, which had whisked 80 yards to its only touchdown from the opening kickoff, was never quite the same.
Warner, meanwhile, covered immense distances on the Rams' three touchdown drives, going 70, 80, and 78 yards and doing it in a hurry each time, suggesting once more that no prior Ram quarterback has ever moved so far so fast.
His is a candidate for fastest-working team the league has ever seen.
Czar Holmgren 'Uses' Galloway
In Seattle, the Seahawks' new coach, Mike Holmgren, is a candidate for the league's most powerful person since Vince Lombardi.
Having been assigned total control of the franchise by the club's new owners, Holmgren obviously decided, in his first move as CEO, to make an example of Joey Galloway, the wide receiver who wanted more money than Holmgren would pay and held out until last week in an unsuccessful effort to get it.
Clearly, the Seattle coach saw the holdout as an opportunity to teach the other Seahawks a useful lesson.
Galloway, whose catches beat Denver Sunday night in his first game back, 20-17, is the club's best player, and if Holmgren wouldn't give a salary raise to his best player, what hope did any other Seahawk have, this year or any year, in a salary argument with the coach?
From now on, Holmgren was saying, in effect, "I'll decide what each of you is worth, and give you each two decisions: Take it or leave it."
The money saved will help the Seahawks pay Holmgren his $4 million a year, the NFL's largest salary.
What's an NFL Contract Worth?
In NFL labor relations, one question is this: Does a player under contract have a moral obligation to keep playing--or is he justified in holding out for more money?
Definitely, he has that moral obligation, in the opinion of the many sports fans who have been criticizing Galloway all season for his greedy reach.
A player's signature is his bond, the fans and many media spokesmen say.
But it isn't quite that simple.
Until a player is eligible for free agency, he is on a one-way street in the NFL with any team that signs him to a contract.
The player is bound by that contract, but not the team, which can fire him anytime.
Although most NBA contracts are guaranteed, almost no NFL contracts are.
The thing to remember about NFL economics is that the money is there.
Someone is going to get it.
In Galloway's case, for instance, if it doesn't go to Galloway, it goes to Paul Allen, the billionaire who owns most of the team.
Or to Holmgren.
Spotty Record for Holmgren's Holdouts
It might be worth remembering that Holmgren's economic policies--which save the company money on the backs of its best players--don't always succeed.
Several years ago after Green Bay, then coached by Holmgren, won the Super Bowl, Packer All-Pro running back Dorsey Levens sought a raise during a long holdout.
When Levens, like Galloway, eventually came back, Holmgren called his number repeatedly in that first game--as if he had bulked up throughout the entire exhibition season.
Not surprisingly, Levens was shortly injured, and, lacking a sufficient running game, Holmgren that time lost the Super Bowl.
Fears that something similar will happen to Galloway aren't shared by Galloway, who says he has been working out religiously.
That has been received as excellent news in Seattle, where, as you saw in the Denver game Sunday night, he is the final piece they need to challenge Jacksonville for the AFL title.
One of football's finest coaches since Lombardi, Holmgren has fitted out the Seahawks with almost everything else, including an underrated quarterback, Jon Kitna, who has the talent and moxie to beat the Jaguars or any other 1999 team.
Can Defense Win the 2000 Title?
Miami Coach Jimmy Johnson's campaign to win the Super Bowl with a fast, tough defensive team and not much more--regardless of whether one Damon Huard or Dan Marino is in charge of the offense--ran into trouble Sunday in Buffalo, where, as the Bills won, 23-3, the Dolphins made only 60 yards running and 41 passing.
Two other NFL defensive powers of many years duration, Kansas City and Pittsburgh, also lost that day, and Jacksonville only won by the slimmest margin of the year, two field goals to one.
Jacksonville, of course, is more than a defensive team.
It has the talent to play offense too.
If the bottom-line question is whether big games can be won these days on defense, one answer is that it's impossible to come up with a winning 11-man defense on every play.
On any NFL afternoon, you aren't going to play perfect defensive football more than 80% of the time, although, if you do that somehow, you can still get blown out of the stadium on the other 20% of the plays.
When, by contrast, a good offensive team plays perfect football 80% of the time, it wins going away.
In his Dallas days long ago, Johnson did just that.
Soccer Players Told to Win NFL Games
The new Chicago quarterback, Jim Miller, played well enough to beat the Minnesota Vikings Sunday but was betrayed by his placekicker.
After Miller had thrown the ball for 422 yards to earn a 24-24 tie in overtime, the Bear specialist, Chris Boniol, blew the 41-yard game-deciding kick.
It was one of 13 missed NFL field goals that day, most of the misses following expert offensive moves that ultimately went for naught all over the country.
Today's NFL kickers are each of them specialists who never play a down as offensive or defensive starters or backups.
Instead, they're mostly former soccer players who have been imported to take charge of what are frequently the NFL's most important and most widely discussed plays.
In other words, NFL teams use football players to work the ball down the field, then in an attempt to win they bring in soccer players.
That makes about as much sense as using a cricket player to pinch hit in major league baseball with the score tied and the bases loaded.
In the NFL, starting-team blockers or tacklers once doubled as kickers, and there are many ways to do that now, and insist on it.
The principle is this: If the NFL required every team to use football players as kickers, better you should lose with one of your own than a soccer player.
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In this trying season for the Denver Broncos, Terrell Davis' replacement, rookie running back, Orlandis Gary, continues to hold up his end, outgaining, most recently, Seattle's Ricky Watters. In his first six games as the Bronco starter, Gary has also outgained Davis in Terrell's first six Denver starts in 1995.
Turnovers-are-overrated department: The 5-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who may yet win the NFC Central, lost six fumbles and an interception Sunday and still won the game, overpowering an AFC defensive power, Kansas City, 17-10.
When the plural of sports news medium seems to be media, why do football players and others talk about condominiums instead of condominia?
It's hard to understand what's happened to young Adrian Murrell at Arizona, where in other times he ranked with the NFL's elite running backs. It also surprised some people when Murrell's handpicked replacement, Michael Pittman, a second-year pro from Fresno State, was instrumental in running down Detroit's proud defensive team Sunday. On pass plays, Pittman produced 44 yards against the Lions, and on running plays he added 133 on 23 carries.


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President: Juan Orlando Hernández (2014)
Land area: 43,201 sq mi (111,891 sq km); total area: 43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 8,598,561 (growth rate: 1.74%); birth rate: 23.66/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.72/1000; life expectancy: 70.91
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tegucigalpa, 1.088 million
Monetary unit: Lempira
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- Military Coup Brings Instability
- Fire in Prison Kills Hundreds
- Honduras Becomes Focus in U.S. Drug War
- Juan Orlando Hernández Wins 2013 Presidential Election
Honduras, in the north-central part of Central America, has a Caribbean as well as a Pacific coastline. Guatemala is to the west, El Salvador to the south, and Nicaragua to the east. The second-largest country in Central America, Honduras is slightly larger than Tennessee. Generally mountainous, the country is marked by fertile plateaus, river valleys, and narrow coastal plains.
Democratic constitutional republic.
During the first millennium, Honduras was inhabited by the Maya. Columbus explored the country in 1502. Honduras, with four other Central American nations, declared its independence from Spain in 1821 to form a federation of Central American states. In 1838, Honduras left the federation and became independent. Political unrest rocked Honduras in the early 1900s, resulting in an occupation by U.S. Marines. Dictator Gen. Tiburcio Carias Andino established a strong government in 1932.
In 1969, El Salvador invaded Honduras after Honduran landowners deported several thousand Salvadorans. Five thousand people ultimately died in what is called "the football war" because it broke out during a soccer game between the two countries. By threatening economic sanctions and military intervention, the Organization of American States (OAS) induced El Salvador to withdraw.
Tensions Flare Between Honduras and Nicaragua
After a decade of military rule, parliamentary democracy returned with the election of Roberto Suazo Córdova as president in 1982. However, Honduras faced severe economic problems and tensions along its border with Nicaragua. "Contra" rebels, waging a guerrilla war against the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, used Honduras as a training and staging area. The U.S. also used Honduras for military exercises, and it built bases to train Honduran and Salvadoran troops.
In 1997, Carlos Flores Facussé of the Liberal Party was elected president. He began to reform the economy and modernize the government. In recent years, Honduras has faced high unemployment, inflation, and economic overdependence on coffee and bananas. In Oct. 1998, Hurricane Mitch killed some 13,000 Hondurans, left 2 million homeless, and caused more than $5 billion in damage.
In 2002, Ricardo Maduro became president, promising to lessen crime and corruption, but his hard-line efforts, growing increasingly more repressive, did not improve these problems. In 2006, a new president, Manuel Zelaya, also vowed to fight corruption and gang violence, but he promised to do so with a more humane approach. A free-trade agreement (CAFTA) with the U.S went into effect in April 2006.
Military Coup Brings Instability
On June 28th, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in a military coup. Zelaya had faced widespread criticism for attempting to extend presidential term limits by holding a constitutional referendum, which the Supreme Court had ruled was illegal. A group of countries, including the United States and Venezuela–an unlikely alliance, signed a resolution condemning the actions of the Honduran military and demanded that Zelaya be reinstated as president. The U.S. suspended military and development aid to Honduras after the coup. Roberto Micheletti, with the backing of the Honduran Congress, courts, and army, assumed leadership of the country. Zelaya, on the other hand, had the support of most of Latin America's leftist governments, including the leaders of Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Zelaya attempted to return to his country by plane on July 5, but he found a closed runway and well-armed Honduran troops on the ground waiting for him. In Sept., Zelaya secretly returned to Honduras, taking refuge in the Brazilian embassy. Micheletti responded by temporarily cutting off power and water to the embassy, suspending constitutional freedoms, and shuttering a television channel and a radio station. The moves met widespread criticism from within Honduras and abroad, and Micheletti rescinded his restrictions.
The U.S. brokered an agreement between Zelaya and Micheletti in late October that left Zelaya's reinstatement up to a Congressional vote, called for the establishment of a government of national unity and a truth commission, and required Zelaya to abandon a referendum on constitutional reform. The accord, however, fell apart within days, as Micheletti reportedly attempted to form a government that did not include Zelaya.
In November presidential elections, Porfirio Lobo, the candidate of the conservative National Party, defeated Elvin Santos, who represented the Liberal Party, 56% to 38%. Zelaya refused to recognize the results of the election. In December, Congress rejected a plan to allow Zelaya to return to office. Lobo took office in January 2010, thus ending seven months of political turmoil.
On May 28, 2011, nearly two years after he was ousted in a court- and legislature-backed coup, Manuel Zelaya returned to his home country. As part of a prearranged deal, prosecutors dropped corruption and constitution violation charges against the former president and Honduras was readmitted to the Organization of American States (OAS).
Fire in Prison Kills Hundreds
On Feb. 14, 2012, over 300 people were killed when a fire broke out at a prison in Comayagua. According to officials, the cause was an inmate setting fire to his mattress. The fire spread quickly, burning out of control for forty minutes. Most of the victims died in their cells, waiting for rescue. Some inmates busted through the prison's roof and escaped. In an attempt to rescue loved ones, relatives clashed with police at the prison gate.
With overcrowded prisons, the country has experienced other tragic prison fires in recent years. In 2003, almost 70 inmates were killed in an El Porvenir prison fire. More than 100 prisoners were killed at a prison in San Pedro Sula in 2004. Those fires, along with the latest one in Comayagua, have been considered some of the worst fires to in recent Latin American history.
Honduras Becomes Focus in U.S. Drug War
With Mexico cracking down on narcotics barons, the United States turned its focus to Honduras, setting up three new bases in the country: one in the rain forest, another in the savanna, and the third on the coast. The locations for the bases were chosen based on cocaine smuggling routes from South America to the United States. The new, forward bases were patterned after the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan, giving troops secure, but small spaces. Due to strict rules of engagement, American soldiers are not allowed to participate in combat in Central America. In fact, U.S. troops are only allowed to fire in self-defense so the mission in Honduras was designed for a limited number of soldiers to partner with local police forces and foreign military.
In mid-May 2012, protestors in Ahuas rioted in the streets and set fire to government buildings. They demanded that all the U.S. drug enforcement agents leave. The protest was over a dispute involving an anti-drug operation on May 11 which killed four innocent people while they were fishing. Two of the people killed were pregnant women. The protesting began after the mayor of Ahuas, Lucio Baquedano, and others accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the local police of killing the four people. Security officials for both the U.S. and Honduras disputed the accusation, saying that the operation had seized 1,000 pounds of cocaine and resulted in the death of two drug traffickers. U.S. officials added that only Honduran police had fired weapons. Despite these disputes, human rights organizations and Honduran officials called for a further investigation into the May 11 operation.
Juan Orlando Hernández Wins 2013 Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held on Nov. 24, 2013. Juan Orlando Hernández won, beating second place candidate Xiomara Castro by 250,000 votes. A member of the National Party, Hernández was President of the National Congress of Honduras from Jan. 2010 until June 2013 when he left to focus on his presidential campaign.
Hernández, a lawyer and businessman, studied legislation in Spain and public administration at the State University of New York. He gained attention in Honduras when he was described as a "cipote malcriado" (badly brought up kid) by Liberal Party leader Rafael Pineda Ponce. Hernández took office on Jan. 27, 2014.
See also Encyclopedia: Honduras
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Honduras
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica http://www.ine-hn.org/ .


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Implantable defibrillators have a built-in tiny reed switch that is activated whenever a magnet is placed over the device. The presence of a magnetic field near the reed switch causes it to close and tells the device to temporarily suspend tachycardia detection and therapy.
For as long as the magnet is over the device, no shocks are delivered to the patient in case of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or fibrillation (VF). Once the magnet is removed, the switch opens again, restoring the device's ability to deliver shocks.
This is a particularly useful feature during surgical procedures where electrocautery is used. Electrocautery and certain other types of surgical tools may cause the ICD to deliver unnecessary shocks due to oversensing.
Figure: magnetic reed switch.
Last week, Boston Scientific announced that the reed switch in some of their ICDs might get permanently stuck. It goes without saying that a jammed reed switch in your ICD would not be good, since it would preclude the delivery of potentially life-saving shocks.
Boston Scientific says that the affected ICDs were manufactured during 2006 and 2007 and include the CONTAK RENEWAL models 3 and 4, and the VITALITY DR HE. Affected devices are no longer available for implant, but there are still about 34,000 people out there with these devices.
To know if you have one of these devices, go to Boston Scientific's online "Device Lookup Tool" and enter your device's model and serial numbers. These numbers can be found in your medical device ID card.
Boston Scientific says that the risk of harm is remote and that no deaths or injuries have been reported. A PDF of this current advisory can be downloaded here.
Boston Scientific ICDs (and CRT-Ds) can be programmed to recognize a magnet or to ignore it altogether. So, in the unlikely event that your device's reed switch gets stuck, your doctor can program the ICD to ignore the defective switch and the device will no longer inhibit tachycardia therapy.
Also, it's good to know that the ICD will emit audible tones (synchronized to your heart beat) whenever the reed switch is closed or in the event it needs to tell you something is wrong. So, if the device is beeping, have it checked out right away.
More information, including copies of the letters to physicians and patients can be viewed and downloaded from the Heart Rhythm Society's web site.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – With an outstanding defensive effort, the Georgia College men's basketball team (8-11, 4-8 PBC) beat Peach Belt Conference (PBC) West Division rival Columbus State University (10-10, 5-8 PBC) 59-51 Saturday in the Centennial Center.
The Bobcats held the Cougars to just 30 percent (17-57) from the floor, forcing 18 turnovers and recording a season-high 13 steals.
Senior forward Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) paced the Bobcats with a game-high 16 points to go with eight rebounds. Junior guard Aaron Robinson (Lawrenceville, Ga.) flanked him with a 13-point effort.
Freshman forward Robert Armstrong (Norcross, Ga.) was a boxscore filler, scoring eight points with seven rebounds, five steals and three blocks.
The Bobcats shot 48 percent (23-48) from the floor. The Cougars kept it close with second chances, out-rebounding Georgia College 43-27.
Rory Miller and Jahmad Saleem netted 15 points each to lead the Cougars.
The win puts the Bobcats at 4-8 in Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play positioned seventh in the PBC West, with the top four advancing to the playoffs in mid-March. Georgia College is just one game back of fourth in the loss column.
The Bobcats are back in action Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8:30 p.m. eastern, traveling to the University of Montevallo.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.