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Hi, has anyone Experienced extremely dry mouth and lips to the point they state chat, with open sores, that won’t go away for months? When it starts out, it is mainly dry mouth and some tapping on my lips, but within days, the choppiness very worse and now I have open sores (starts out as a blister on the side of my mouth and sores on my lips). The dryness in my mouth is so bad that it is hard to talk or eat normally. I have attached some pictures for reference. This is actually not as bad as it… read more
Also my GI dr tested me for b vitamins and folic acid. She said low b vitamins can cause your mouth to hurt.
Certain medicines i take causes my mouth to dry and when my lupus flares i stay away from foods that make my mouth hurt because it cuts my gums and inside my mouth up. I use chapstick hydrating lip balm the coconut one and go through a tube a month and drink lots of water and suck on sugar free peppermint. I also brush my teeth more during flairs and dry mouth spells. I did test positive for sjorgens syndrome. Keep fighting
I took Evoxac also but stopped because it was so experience. If u can afford it it does work. I was able to qualify for SSD, so after that the problem was solved when I could stop working.
I know that muscle relaxers can cause severe dry mouth, they can make your gums recede from your teeth also. I put a antibiotic ointment on the side of my mouth that helps. much love!
Does sound like Sjogrens. Did they check it for viral? They make some meds for this. Can't remember names.
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