User talk:Gigi53

I am very interested in learning more about aphthous ulcers. I have been breaking out with constant aphthous ulcers for approximately 8-10 yearsl. The only time I am clean is when I have taken a steroid orally to clear them. Usually by the time I am finished taking the Rx...my mouth begins breaking out again. I currently use the dexamethasone mouthrinse daily (4x/day). I experience alot of pain....and my lymph nodes stay swollen and tender. I have seen an oral pathologist at Emory University in Atlanta and was told that it might be caused from some type of contact allergy (to something that I eat regularly). I have used SLS free toothpaste for sometime..with no real improvement noted. --- Something else I have noticed, is that many of the ulcers tend to be mirror imaged in where they breakout. I will have a lesion on the side of my tongue and as that one begins to heal I will break out with another on the other side of my tongue. Not sure there is any significance in this fact. --- I have experienced scarring in areas of lesions, and will sometimes feel discomfort throughout my GI tract (such as in my throat and in my chest. I constantly feel lethargic and achy (as with the flu).  Can anyone offer any suggestions, or where I might begin to find help?  Gigi