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

Recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU) is the most prevalent oral mucosal disease in humans, estimated to affect between 5% and 50% of the general population. The minor manifestation of the condition is the ...

Systemic diseases involving immune and nutritional deficiencies have been associated with aphthous ulcers. [5] Oral ulcers have been reported in patients with cyclic neutropenia and agranulocytosis ...

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

A painful inflamed lesion on the oral mucosa, which often seems to be burning at the periphery: every third individual has at one point had such a lesion -- an aphthous ulcer. Often they resolve after ...

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

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

This paper reports two patients with a history of minor aphthous ulceration who developed severe pain related to osteitis and sequestrae resulting from overlying ulceration. This was a 45-year-old ...

Epidermal growth factor, used to manage diabetic foot ulcers, may also be used to effectively treat oral ulcers in diabetes patients, a new study has found. EGF has been found to stimulate cell growth ...

My 12-year-old son has had ulcers in his mouth two or three times in the last few years. What causes them and how can I treat them — they are very painful when present. The two most common causes of ...

A painful inflamed lesion on the oral mucosa, which often seems to be burning at the periphery: every third individual has at one point had such a lesion—an aphthous ulcer. Often they resolve after a ...