In the absence of additional clinical features, recurrent ulcers that resolve with complete healing are suggestive of an idiopathic cause. Age at first onset is important diagnostically; recurrent ...

For decades, people with stomach ulcers were advised to eat frequent small meals and consume bland foods. The thinking was simple: more food meant more stomach acid neutralization, which should ...

2 Herpetiform ulceration, a rare subtype of aphthous ulcer, presents with 5–100 tiny, grouped, or scattered aphthous lesions in the absence of HSV.3 This may occur in patients with Behçet disease, ...

Vaginal ulcers (also vulvar or genital ulcers) are small sores that form on your vagina, the passageway connecting your uterus (womb) to the outside of your body. They can also form on your vulva ...

Yet another subtype is herpetiform ulcers, which resemble but differ from herpes. The common denominator of these more problematic mouth ulcers is that they hurt more and last longer than the ...

These mysterious and painful lesions impact 1 out of 5 people By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD, FAGD, Columnist, The Times Yesterday, when I told my husband what this month’s column would be on, he looked ...

A dentist shared 4 easy tips to know what causes mouth ulcers and how to prevent them from happening again. Learn more about mouth ulcers here. Mouth ulcers are small sores that form on your gums ...

It’s also a way of identifying some internal diseases. For example, many of us will be familiar with the pesky mouth ulcer. They’re very common and often found on the internal lining of the ...

Oral lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) include aphthous-like ulcers, herpetiform eruption of vesicles and erosions and other findings. Reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) has ...