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[nny]

WHAT THE EVERLOVING WHAT????

Um. Somehow there has been a massive evacuation of skin on one side of my mouth, just above my left canine-y thing, and now I am in hilarious amounts of pain while trying to drink some orange juice. I CANNOT APPLY PLASTERS TO THIS! MY FIRST AID IS USELESS!

D:

IN CONCLUSION, OW.

Comments

[seticat.livejournal.com]

If you've ever had a cold sore, the same virus can cause a similar sore on the inside of your mouth as well and sometimes the mucous membrane with slough.

Just a thought...

[florahart]

salt water rinsing will help. orange juice will not (acidic).

in the US you can get stuff called anbesol or orajel, which is--hang on, I have some. *looks* active ingredient: 20% benzocaine. It's a numbing agent. temporarily useful, but better than all ow all the time. problem: it also may tend to numb your tongue leaving you unable to say the word Romulans

[polkadotskirt.livejournal.com]

you can get gels with anaethetics in them, like lidocaine or another -caine. They're mainly aimed at people with ulcers (which I get in clusters when ever my immune system has ANYTHING ELSE to think about, it's always the first sign I'm going to get a cold or other minor ailment). Anyway, one of those gels should do it, just ask any pharmacist. I think mine is called ambigel or something like that.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I once got one in the UK called "Rinstead", which was a 'caine plus clove oil - stinky as all get out, but it did the job.

[tacittype.livejournal.com]

Something else that helps that sort of thing but will sting like a bitch - corsodil. It comes as a mouthwash or as a gel, I find the mouthwash easier. You can get it in Asda, but should also be at any other supermarket or chemist. I use it for wisdom-tooth related swelling, my buddy Jim uses it for ulcers - works a treat for anything mouth-related that needs some help healing.

[ladyflowdi.livejournal.com]

::points up:: What they said :( OW.