Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Sore Mouth & Tongue

Ive been using colestoral lowering probiotic yoghurt drinks
for my colestoral and my mouth has cleared up must be the live cultures in it. Give it a try Mine feels great now.
Kevin

Yog is good. Plain yog is the best. Don't touch Actimel though nor any of those ones. Marketing hype and very little (trace) of the good buggles in it! ALSO, the Actimels of this world contain Aspartame... You don't want to go there - Aspartame and ALL artificial sweeteners are BAD for inflammatory arthritic conditions. (Plain *bad for anyone*, full stop! )

Straightforward plain yog, and IF you want to drink it, break down with a fork, pop in a bit of fruit and if wanted, an ice cube, enjoy.

BTW. On very hot days nowt better than a cooling 'lassie' drink - lassie is a yog drink with a pinch of salt and ice cubes, swooshed around with a fork, dead simple/straightforward. Yummy. Swore by it when I lived in India. Cools down the centre of the body. Terrific stuff.

Molly C (France)

Hey, Chele - thanks for this. I'm going to try and track some down.

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The only meds I take that could cause it are my inhalers for my C.O.P.D but I use a mouth wash after Ive taken them

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It could be the mouth wash that is causing the problem. It's great for killing bacteria, but kills the good along with the bad

Last year I decided to increase my dental hygene by using mouth wash, and it caused a severe candida (thrush) infection in my mouth. Was in pain for two weeks!

Get your GP to take a swab, it could be oral thrush.

Hope this helps!

Emma.

Hi Emma
Its definitely not thrush I have great experiance of that Im diabetic.I take your point on the mouth wash though. I will leave it out and see if it makes a difference.
Thanks
Kevin

For those that get mouth ulcers - I have found that Kenalog oral paste works really well at stopping them in their tracks if you get it on soon enough, or at least stopping them getting bigger and helping them to heal. The active ingredient is Triamcinolone Acetonide, and in looking that up I have just found out that it it is a corticosteriod.

I'm diabetic too (Type 1)!! I think there should be health warnings on mouth wash, especially if you have diabetes. The idea is great, but your body does need the good bateria too. Thrush is a pain when you are diabetic, especially when female (I'm sure you can understand what I mean )!!

The fact that you seemed to improve with natural probiotics does point to thrush. Hope leaving out the mouth wash helps!

Emma.

Hi Emma
I can assure you it can be just as bad when your a man thats how I know its not thrush very painfull.
Kevin

Kevin,
Kind of sounds like thrush-yeast infection in your mouth. The burning when eating or drinking anything is how I feel when I get it. Meds cause it esp prednisone. Sugar will really make it burn if that's what it is. Can cause sores, bumps and "peeling" in the mouth. My doc usually gives me diflucan for it or mycolex tablets that you suck on and taste like yuck. TNF's can cause it too, along with the dry mouth. Someone else suggested Biotine and that does help. Alcohol can cause it or make it worse. Hope it gets better! Peace&Light