Oddbean new post about login | logout Mouth ulcers. I hate them. Usually they show up when I've been breathing through my mouth all night because my nose is clogged. Possible prevention: nasal spray at bedtime and a decongestant. Maybe my new CPAP will keep me humidified (I didn't wear it with a clogged nose, it felt too much like I couldn't breathe). Officially nobody mentions this as a cause... sources mention damage, hormones, genetics, SLS in toothpaste, a billion other things, but the obvious cause in my case (almost every time) is dry mouth from night-breathing by mouth. Why is this never listed as a cause? Am I really that unique?
I don’t know much about mouth ulcers. But breathing through your mouth can cause dry mouth. My dentist gave me some special mouthwash that keeps mouth … moist … and it helped other issues.
Mouth breather here, always waking up with desert dry mouth. I've been mouth taping for a couple years now, including a couple of hay fever seasons. Love it. Even with my allergies, somehow your body knows to keep one nostril open, or knows to breathe out of a corner of your mouth. https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ I think they are a virus that flares when immunity is weakened. Good, real, sleep, and healthy gut, are underrated keys to strong immunity. I've never done it, but maybe try a sleep tracker app?
Yes one nostril is usually open, but not always. So tape my mouth shut? Leave the corners open? Can I get some more detail without buying the book? They sure do seem like a virus that gets triggered. But I don't think anybody has found a virus, so I'm keeping an open mind. In any case, breathing through my mouth at night seems to trigger them.
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Yes, It starves them of the air they need.
Mouth ulcers are caused by viruses. Herpes related. They infect nerve cells and remain dormant for much of your life. Until they don't. Its probable an environmental trigger causes their activation (but not known), however an open dry mouth would cause more rapid cell destruction than a moist one , and like bolting in plants, may trigger the virus to 'bolt and spread.'.
They can be caused by HSV-1 or cytomegalovirus or vericella zoster. But most aphthous ulcers don't shed any virus, and the literature is quick to point to traumatic injury to the oral mucosa. But in my case I can (rarely) feel them coming on before they break the surface, so injury to the oral mucosa is not the cause. Maybe mine are viral, maybe they could determine that. They run in my family.