These are different from canker sores in both placement & societal censure. For where one can hide a canker core, one cannot well hide a cold sore, especially in such situations where the blisters of a cold sore are marked by an arrow.
Indeed, there are other differences which will continue to make your gums & feel uncomfortable. We know - oh, we know - what caused cold sores - it's a viral infection, & that virus is called herpes - but with canker sores, as the Wikipedia article above notes,
"The cause is not entirely clear, but is thought to be multifactorial. It has even been suggested that aphthous stomatitis (canker sores) is not a single entity but rather a group of conditions with different causes. Multiple research studies have attempted to identify a causative organism, but aphthous stomatitis appears to be non-contagious, non-infectious, & not sexually transmissible."
That last bit should make most folks with canker sores happy, as there is very little that, it seems, is not sexually transmissible. Both birth & death, for example, seem to be direct results of sex. Leaving sex out of sores that can happen in or around your mouth is a delight in such a context.
What are we to do, then? Are there foundations we can support? Are there 5K runs or long walks against these conditions? Why don't we speak out, why must we keep our mouths shut?
Oh you know.
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