Your doctor really needs to see the ulcer in order to know what is likely to be causing this.<\/p>\n
If they are related to herpes infection, then you can treat with acyclovir.<\/p>\n
But aphthous ulcers (canker sores) can be caused by other things, including stress, lack of sleep, being run down, other illnesses, vitamin or mineral deficiencies – many of which are a bit similar to when HIV reduces your immune system – or accidental damage from biting, over-vigourous use of a tooth-brush or from hot food etc.<\/p>\n
They may or may not be related to your HIV. Generally, if you have a CD4 count over 300 and are on treatment, then this is just a regular ulcer and is unrelated to HIV.<\/p>\n
Some over the counter medications, including pastilles, mouthwashes (even rinsing with salt water) may help, but if they persist, go back to your doctor. Topical steroids are sometimes used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thank you very much for all the hard work you do.<\/p>\n
Your site has helped me understand some of the questions l fail to ask my consultant due to time limit and absences.<\/p>\n
My question is what causes recurrent mouth ulcers?<\/p>\n
In the last week I have noticed 2 or more ulcers in my mouth without any illness at all.<\/p>\n
I take my medication well and l have not suffered any side effects.<\/p>\n
These ulcers are becoming a concern and affecting me socially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-opportunistic-infections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}