Mouth Sores from chemo: When do they go away?
Any suggestions for mouth sores? Mine started a few days after my first infusion of Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide. Am using Magic Mouthwash consisting of lidocaine, maalox and benadryl with baking soda, salt and water rinse in between. Day 4 and no relief. For those of you who've had them, do they not go away until all infusions are complete? If so, I don't think I can handle it 🙁
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I am using Castor oil on my lips. Saturate them several times.es per day.
Sores, not blisters….
@deserthykr, this sounds very uncomfortable with your lips. Do you get sores on them? Do the blister?
So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for how to heal my lips? I am using Vaseline, Manuka, and an avocado healing cream from AOS Skincare, and nothing is helping. I lost 5.5 pounds this week!
I am sure this doesn’t help, but the magic mouthwash works fit me in 2-3 days.
Welcome to Connect, @ddawkins. I’m sorry to hear your husband is having mouth sores while undergoing chemo. Been there myself…when your mouth hurts, I swear everything hurts! Relief options can be hit and miss but there are several great suggestions in this discussion. So I hope your husband finds some relief soon. The mouth sores are generally temporary until the white blood count starts climbing after treatment. Has he lost his sense of taste?
If you don’t mind sharing a little more about his diagnosis, I’d be happy to connect you with other members who might be walking down that same road. It can be so helpful to have a support network with people who understand what you and your husband are going through.
What form of cancer does your husband have? Is he receiving monthly chemo?
My husband is also having a terrible time with mouth.
I saw where L glutamine is good to take for mouth also.
A little side track but, during the treatment I developed pimples on my face. Sometimes was told it's chemo rash, well, I finished treatment over a year ago and I still have pimples on my face. Good grief, 70 years old and have pimples, lol.. Best to all.
I finished the treatment over a year ago,, I used a mouth wash and gargled with warm salt water to help with the sores, Not sure how long after treatment they stopped.
Mouth sores stay awhile longer even after done with chemo several weeks