Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis Points to Anemia and Celiac Disease

To All,

Try taking some Lysine and the Fat Soluble form of Thiamine (Benfotiamine) found in the diabetic section...

Both these nutrients have been shown to be low in those having recurrent mouth ulcers.

Here is the research on it....for anyone else still suffering from them.

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I used the Lysine (amino acid) regularly before I found out about Thiamine...now I hardly every need Lysine.

Here is the research on mouth ulcers with a Thiamine deficiency entitled "Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and thiamine deficiency"

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They summarized their finding by saying "Our finding suggests an association between thiamine deficiency and recurrent aphthous stomatitis." when 70pct of sufferers of mouth ulcers tested low in Thiamine...

quoting the research

"we studied vitamin B₁ levels in 70 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis and in 50 members of a control group. The vitamin B₁ level was determined as thiamine pyrophosphate effect on transketolase activity in red blood cell lysates. Low levels of vitamin B₁ were detected in 49 patients but in only two members of the control group"

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advise.

Posterboy,

I had these ulcers in my mouth all the time from early childhood until I was diagnosed at the age of 54.  My dentist was shocked when I went for a check up and did not have any in my mouth.  I explained about the gluten connection.  Sadly, this University of Texas trained dentist had no knowledge of this.  I took him several medical journal articles to review.  He started recommending patients with the ulcers be screened for gluten sensitivity, celiac disease and vitamin deficiencies.

I am thrilled to say I have not had one since January 2007.  It took about a week after going gluten-free for them to completely go away.

I find this fascinating because as a child and young adult, up until about age 27, I had recurring canker sores.  My canker sores always came in groups.  I nearly always had 2 or 3 at a time but during a bad case I would get 8 or 10 and the most I had at once was 16!  They hurt SO BAD!  Talking hurt, eating was near impossible.  They would take about 2 weeks to go dead and then another week to heal.  I remember taking Lysine but with no improvement.  I also always tasted metal in my mouth.  I saw doctors, dentists, dermatologists.  No one had answers.  We thought I might be allergic to tomatoes and oranges or anything acidic.  Then at around age 27 I stopped having outbreaks and the metal taste left.  I'm 51 now and wondering if my canker sores were celiac related?  Hmm... just thinking out loud.  Wow.

I would get those maybe 4 times a year back before I went gluten free in July 2019. And low B1 did show up on one of my blood tests. But I never had any tests done while I had the sores in my mouth...

Mine subsided before I went gluten free.  I wonder if my body went from giving me canker sores to tearing up my guts instead?  Maybe it's all related.  I'm so happy to hear yours went away after you went gluten-free!

I get cankers sores within ours of eating oats, no only in my mouth but in my rear end. I was getting them after eating Canyon Bakehouse gluten-free bread and later found out that they were using oats flower in the type of bread I was eating.  

I too had many canker sores in my mouth. I also lived on Pepto Bismol and never put the two together. I went to every doctor in Savannah, GA. I was one sick kid and not a clue what was wrong.