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 …