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Blisters in mouth & lips - treatment suggestions?
I am half way through radiation treatment and now have massive number of blisters in my mouth and lips.The blisters are likely down my esophagus also. I have lidocaine 2% plus a magic mouth wash and I am using Juven for Wound Healing. The lidocaine helps some but the mouth wash goes away quickly. It takes Juven approx. 1 month to start working. Does anyone have suggestions for treatment that worked for themz?
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I used a simple salt and warm water rinse, occasionally adding a bit of baking soda. It seemed to help a lot, rinsing about four to five times per day.
Those mouth sores can be nasty some days. Ice chips or cubes help as well, as a temporary relief from pain.
Sorry you are experiencing this already. It can be torture some days.
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3 ReactionsHi @pat80
Not sure what kind of cancer you had but I had 35 rounds (7 weeks) of Photon radiation for a total of 70Gy (Gray) and 3 rounds of Cisplatin chemo for tonsil cancer back in 2008 but no surgery and I did research then and found in an England Journal of Medicine that honey could help soothe the throat pain from the mouth sores/ulcers you will get. I did shots of real honey not the ones you find in your local grocery store which most all are synthetic and don’t have the same benefits. It definitely took some of the edge off for me. This honey is often quite thick so dilution with some warm water or tea would enable it to coat and soothe the throat.
I would only use MANUKA honey (it’s from New Zealand) which you can find on Amazon that scores at least UMF 15+ and MGO rating of 500+ are considered potent enough for medicinal use- UMF ranges from 10 to 25, the higher the rating, the more potent the benefits are, and of course, the more expensive, the honey. Also, the higher the rating the thinner the honey and better tasting- I use UMF 18+ and 700+ even now for many health benefits it offers and my most recent cancer treatments I received. In addition, I heard very good things about Red Light therapy, which uses infrared light from a wand in the throat has worked well for many. Someone also said MuGard is proven to reduce mouth and throat soreness associated with oral mucositis (OM).
Good luck on your journey. It will get better.