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Mouth / Throat Ulcers and Type 1 - HELP!

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Hello there,
(for info - I'm 24, been Type 1 for 5 years)
ABout 2/3 months ago I had two huge and very very painful ulcers on the back/top of my mouth - just above where the little dangly thingy (don't know the proper name for it!) hangs at the back of the mouth - so everytime I swallowed I was in intense pain. My doctor gave me a spray for it which numbed it (for about 60seconds) so I could eat - but also when I was suffering from this (it lasted about 2/3weeks) I was suffering with high readings in the mornings. I thought this was down to my dosage and spent the following weeks, fretting and experimenting with chaning dosages etc - eventually it settled down again - when the ulcer had gone.

Now the uclers are back again - and what a surprise, my morning levels are through the roof - so it would seem that this ulcer is some kind of infection that is driving my levels up??

Has anyone ever experienced anything like these ulcers before? How did you deal with them, and the high blood sugar levels? Especially during the night - they just keep going up and up and up! And the pain - the pain is unbearable.
Are these ulcers going to be returning every 2/3months?? Is the cause of them the diabetes?

Thanks in advance for any help
 
Hi ,
Infections any where on/in the body will raise bs levels, and your Dr obviously isn't doing his/her job by not investigating further. I have no idea what these lumps are, but i do sympathise. Go back to your Dr and ask for a referral to ENT (ear, nose and throat specialist) they are usually far more thorough,
Take care,
Suzi x
 
I'm coming into this a bit late, but someone might find the following helpful:

I have a condition call Oral Lichen Planus, which involves frequent small sore blisters (not really ulcers) on the mucus membranes of the mouth, accompanied by very tiny, quite long random ridges across the inside of the cheeks.

There is no known cause for this, but it is thought to be stress-related. I developed it about 13 months ago, during the most stressful house move I have ever done. I was also diagnosed Type II just after this started, with fasting blood glucose at 9. I haven't asked whether it might be related to the diabetes.

There is no cure; apparently it can (and should) just go away of its own accord. It can be aggravated by eating smoked foods, cheese and almonds, also very spicy foods.

Mine does seem to be getting better now that I am much less stressed, but (eg) smoked mackerel will make it flare up again.

This is the mouth version of a condition called Lichen Planus, which can occur elsewhere on the body as small subcutaneous lumps. I don't know much about this (haven't got it!) but there's plenty of info if you Google.

Viv 8)
 
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