Canker Sores

[Steph1]

Does anyone here get canker sores when exposed to gluten infrequently? I had french onion soup at a diner maybe 10 days ago and it definitely had gluten in it. Definitely. I've had three canker sores since then. I am just wondering if anyone else gets them relatively easily. Before now I feel like they were much more sporadic never had them this frequently.

[Solandra]

YES! It's so annoying. I'll get them in the back of my throat and that's the worst. I have heard of canker sores being related to Celiac.

[KatyMi]

Yes, I used to get them all the time, since I was very little. I have been gluten-free for 6 years now and never got them anymore. Now I only get them when I eat gluten by mistake, within a week or less.

[cap6]

Before I was diagnosed I would get 8 or more at a time.  They were one of my "big" symptoms.  Nasty little things.  Now, 5 years later I still get one every so often (every few months) but, for me, they are not are a result of exposure to gluten.  Also they no longer ulcerate and are gone over night.  It's a celiac thing according to my doctor, 

[TGK112]

I was what I thought to be asymptomatic. But for several month prior to my diagnosis I kept getting canker sores. I'm guessing the lip balm that I kept putting on them was doing more harm than good! Since being gluten free - past almost three years - I now rarely get them  -- maybe once or twice a year. I have no doubt that they are related.