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Gum sores
Gum sores. Gums (gingiva) are the soft tissue that surrounds the teeth. Gum sores are raw/painful lesions on that tissue.
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How to get gum sores?
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How do I treat gum sores?
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What is the definition or description of: Gum sores?
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Gum sores from chewing tabacco, first time though, normal?
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Absessed (sp) gums & gum sores?
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Is frequent gum sores an auto-immune problems? Would that mean my immune system is weaker?
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I've two really painful gum sores at the back of my mouth either side?
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Can using too much non-alcoholic mouthwash following a tongue piercing cause irritation and gum sores?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Pain on the inside of my bottom lip where lip connects to gum. No sores only red and sore on both gum and lip it only on bottom 2 front teeth only. ?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can it be that a cold sore causes someone to have swollen gums, canker sores, and causes tongue to have missing taste buds?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Hlo doctor If someone is sucking your penis and she is hiv+ with bleeding gums and sores in mouth can she transmit hiv to you?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Can bleeding in the gum and mouth sores in children be signs of teething?
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A 17-year old female asked:
First cold sores they are covereing my bottom lip and half the top throat hurts, gums hurt, cankor sores, all over. Can't eat. I'm miserable. Help?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I keep getting canker sores on corner of my mouth and now gums. Can canker sores/ulcers be a form of cold sores even though my usual cold sores for years are blisters that crust over?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Giant cell arteritis / vasculitis / artery inflammation - could this cause gum bleeding, mouth sores and lesions on tongue as well as lesions on skin?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I am experiencing mouth sores, gum swelling, tongue problems (quality: white patches) , abnormal vaginal discharge (quality: mucus and blood) and... vaginal blisters. I have one partner and he is not experiencing any of these symptoms ?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I usually get cold sores on the outside of my mouth. Usual clustered blister and they crust and fall off until healed. Only recently I'm getting lots of gum& throat canker sores. I never had herpes there.Is it true canker sores can be herpes simplex?
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A 30-year old asked:
I have white bubble-like sores on gums - is it herpes, should I be concerned?
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A 45-year old asked:
Why do you have gum irritation from canker sores?
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A member asked:
Can strep cause sores all the way to your outer lips? Sores on gums ands lips
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A 34-year old female asked:
My daughter is 9yrs. She keeps getting canker sores on gum line. Why is this and what can I do to ease the pain?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can Zicam oral spray cause canker sores and gum irritation?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What are difference between gum abscess and canker sores. How to identify tooth abscess? What are common symptoms of abscess?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I had incomplete root canal extracted.It took 9 injections. Have 2 canker sores upper gums lt& rt side 2wks postop. Tooth lower left.Pain so bad.Help?
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A 34-year old asked:
Toddler with tongue sores, swollen gums, stinky breath, and fever..What is it?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Can canker sores on gums of the teeth to swell up? Will it subside after the canker sore is healed?
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I've been taking clarithromycin for 4 days for bacterial tonsillitis. I've since developed swollen gums, ulcers and cold sores. What can I do?
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My 3yr old has two sores inside her mouth on her gums, are they canker sores or mouth ulcers she's not sick or no fever is present.
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A 17-year old female asked:
Mouth sores bleeding gums nose bleeds bruises head aches joint pain and fever over the past 2 weeks what's wrong with me?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have red, raw-feeling spots on gums and inside of my cheeks. White sores, too. Pain is gradually worse. Should I be seen very soon? By whom?
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