The following self test involves some questions that if answered
yes, may signify that you have a greater risk of developing
painful, annoying canker sores that affect about 20 percent of
Americans at one time or another:
- Do you frequently eat hot, spicy and abrasive foods?
- Do you have a high level of physical and/or emotional stress?
- Do you wear removable dental appliances that are ill-fitting
or worn?
- Do you have a poor nutritional diet?
- Do you frequently have gastrointestinal problems that cause
you to have difficulty digesting certain foods?
- Do you frequently have allergic reactions to certain foods?
- Do you have a medical condition that has compromised your
natural immune system?
- Are you near or in your monthly menstrual cycle?
- Do you have other family members who frequently have canker
sores?
