Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canker sores can be caused by acidic or spicy food, braces, or vitamin deficiencies. Alona Siniehina/Getty Images Canker sores are ...

Have you ever woken up to find an annoying red or white bump inside your mouth or on your tongue? It might just be a canker sore, also known as an apthous ulcer. Here's more information about why and ...

A canker sore—a painful white ulcer inside the mouth—might be brought on by stress. Or the wrong toothpaste. Or certain foods: tomatoes, peanuts, cinnamon. Or an iron deficiency. Or an allergy. Or a ...

A white tongue is surprisingly common and usually harmless, but it can feel alarming if you don’t know what’s behind it. In ...

As mouth ulcers heal, their whitish color will fade, and any surrounding redness will start to go away. You’ll also feel less pain and burning. This could happen over 1–4 weeks. Mouth ulcers are sores ...

A mouth ulcer that does not heal within two weeks should not be ignored, as it can be an early warning sign of mouth or ...

Ever notice white patches on your tongue or redness in your mouth or throat? It could be oral thrush, a common fungal infection. These patches may feel sore and tender, and scraping them could ...

Mouth cancer can appear on the lips or anywhere in the mouth, including the tissues inside the cheeks, the tongue, and the gums. Mouth cancer may look like red, gray, or white patches of skin, thick ...

Lip ulcers are cold sores, and canker sores are a type of mouth ulcer. Both can cause pain and discomfort but typically clear up without medical treatment. Lip ulcers are another name for cold sores.

Mouth cancer affects 1 in every 50 adults in India. Doctors warn that ignoring persistent tongue blisters could mean missing the first signs of this deadly disease.