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Nutritional countermeasures for oral ulcers

BY Carol Carey 2020-06-15

  When oral ulcers occur, most people''s countermeasures are to eat more fruits and vegetables (with vitamin C supplementation), but they are often not effective. Because the most closely related to oral ulcers is not the lack of vitamin C, but the lack of vitamin B2 (and other B vitamins).

   Which foods are rich in vitamin B2? Unfortunately, everyday foods are not very rich in vitamin B2. The attempt to find one or two foods with particularly high vitamin B2 content to supplement vitamin B2 is doomed to failure. The way to succeed is to have a balanced diet, that is, complete with fish, meat, eggs, milk, soy products, green vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains, etc. However, for many people, this method is equivalent to not saying.

  Directly supplementing vitamin tablets or pills is a quick and effective way. Vitamin B2 and other vitamins are easily available in pharmacies. Vitamin B2 deficiency often occurs at the same time as other vitamin deficiency. This is because vitamin B2 deficiency is mainly caused by an unbalanced diet, and an unbalanced diet is likely to lack multivitamins, not just vitamin B2, so it is best to supplement multiple vitamins at the same time. , Including vitamin B2, vitamin B1, vitamin B6 and vitamin C. The approximate doses are B2 (3 times a day, 5 capsules 1 mg each time), Vitamin B1 (3 times a day, 1 capsule 10 mg each time), B6 (3 times a day, 1 capsule 10 mg each time), Vitamin C (3 times a day , 1 capsule 100mg each time).

   The recommended dose of the above vitamins is relatively large, that is, it exceeds the recommended dietary intake (the recommended intake of vitamin C is 100 mg per day, and the recommended daily intake of vitamins B1, B2, and B6 is only 1, 2 mg), can play a role in the treatment of oral ulcers. For safety reasons, do not do this for a long time. It is best to use it for a short time, such as a week or two.

  If oral ulcers recur repeatedly or do not heal for a long time, it is necessary to think of the possibility of zinc deficiency, which can heal after zinc supplementation. Zinc deficiency affects the healing of wounds (that is, ulcers). A typical situation is that the lip mucosa is inadvertently bitten when eating, and a ulcer is formed instead of local healing. The method of supplementing zinc is to take zinc gluconate (there are oral liquid dosage forms and granular dosage forms) and supplement 10 to 20 mg per day (calculated as elemental zinc).

  If you can understand that oral ulcers reflect poor recipes (unbalanced), poor recipes are likely to lack multiple nutrients, not just vitamin B2, vitamin C, and zinc that we focus on, Then the following preventive measures are easy to understand: supplementing multi-vitamins and minerals (such as the good storage of the medicine standard, Jin Shierkang, 21 gold Vita, etc., as well as health foods, good preservation, Weijia, gold partner, Belijian, etc.).

Of course, even if you choose multivitamins, you should still pay attention to a balanced diet. Fish and egg milk, dark vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains, soy products are all complete, and drink plenty of water. After all, a balanced diet is the fundamental way to prevent oral ulcers.

  Finally, it is necessary to emphasize that refractory, relapsed, severe, and stubborn oral ulcers are mostly related to immune diseases, infections or comprehensive factors. It is not as simple as vitamin deficiency. Just supplement vitamins Nor can it be cured. You must consult a doctor in time and apply related drugs (including hormones). Even at this time, a balanced diet or multivitamin supplementation is still recommended.

In addition, even oral ulcers caused by vitamin deficiency can be cured with hormones. This reminds us that when oral ulcers occur, we must first improve the diet and vitamin supplements.


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