Homestead Market Blog: Health Tips and Product Insights

Those CANKER SORES! If you've experienced these painful mouth ulcers, you are in good company. Each year 20% of Americans suffer from canker sores, also known as aphthous ulcers or recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). They frequently affect adolescents and women just prior to their menstrual periods. Women are twice as likely to get canker sores as men, and if your parents had them, you have a 90% chance of experiencing them yourself. Symptoms These mouth ulcers generally appear as sma …

Many Americans, actually 20% in fact, struggle with canker sores. Still more, if your parents had canker sores, you are 90% more likely to get them as well. If you are female, you are twice as likely to get canker sores as are men. This all seems incredibly unfair and painful.Canker sores can last from 10 days to months and leave scarring even after the canker sores have healed. We know that the pain from canker sores can prove to be frustrating, especially when they hinder eating, sleeping, and …