January 30, 2009 | The Clarion HGdlth ^
Faculty Column: Ask the school nurse
by Susan Martin
Registered Nurse
What exactly are canker sores
and is there anything I can do
about them? 1 get these often
and they are painful!
Signed, Sore Mouth
Dear Sore Mouth,
Canker sores are small, shal
low lesions (sores) inside the
mouth that tend to occur under
the tongue or inside the cheeks
or lips or at the base of the
gums. They can be painful
enough to make it difficult for
you to talk or eat. They usually
disappear within a week or two.
It is not certain what causes
these, but they canbe triggered
by certain foods, emotional
stress, certain toothpaste or
mouthwashes, or a diet lacking
in Vitamin B12, or other vita
mins and minerals. They are
more common in women and
occur more in some families
than others.
To prevent canker sores, you
should watch for foods that irri
tate the mouth, choose healthy
foods to prevent nutritional
imbalances, follow good oral
hygiene, and don’t talk and
chew at the same time. This
can cause small tears in the
your mom knew what she was
talking about!
You do not need to seek medi
cal treatment if you only have
these occasionally. If they are
large, you have several in a
short period of time, they do
not go away within 2 weeks,
are particularly painful, or if
by Radosav 'Backo' Babic
Business Editor
While many are still in fear
due to current economic crisis
and are trying to figure out
whether it will take only 2-3
years or maybe even longer for
the economy to “bounce back”
again, I am analyzing the things
from a different perspective
while tying to find the positive
sides of it. So far. I’ve found
only two.
Firstly, as the earnings de
crease and prices of products
and services decrease, indi
viduals no longer carelessly
waste their money on things
they don’t need. Everyone
tends to be more careful about
where they spend money and
are now able to find a distinct
line between needs and wants.
Many ignored the environmen
tal problems that the whole
cal treatments include mouth
rinses, nutritional supplements,
or oral medications.
I am happy to have you come
by the Clinic to talk about this
or any other minor medical
issue. This is a great time to
be educated about taking care
of the things that are safe to
world if facing for years, sim
ply because it doesn’t harm
them directly; nevertheless,
same individuals find finan
cial crises overwhelming and
upsetting. Hopefully now, as
the unreasonable consumption
is slowing down and custom
ers no longer spend a large
percentage of their incomes on
unnecessary “toys,” financial
crises may cause the slow
down of environmental crises.
Extremely high prices were an
excellent example: when gas
was $4 or higher, individuals
tended to be very hesitant to get
in car and drove only if it was
extremely necessary.
The second positive side
to the current financial crisis
may just be a hope for me, not
actually a reasonable state
ment. I am eager to finally see
many nations of this World get
together and work on an issue
ing which things need to have
medical attention. There is no
cost involved in coming to the
Chnic and I will enjoy talking
to you! There is no problem
too small to talk to the nurse
about.
Take care,
Susan Martin, RN
collectively. In this century,
when globahzation is playing
an important role in almost ev
ery aspect of our everyday lives
and when it has been preached
over and over again about the
significance of business eth
ics and ethics in general, I no
longer feel only as a citizen of
Montenegro, but as a World
citizen as well. I am also hop
ing I am not the only one who
feels this way. We should all
find, among us, the responsibil
ity to help each other in difficult
situations. That can vary from
helping a beggar in a street just
by dropping a few coins, to a
few nations getting together
while trying to build up the
economy of another country.
However, sadly enough, in
times of crisis, as we are all fac
ing right now, many countries
tend to strictly focus on the
issues going on their “neigh
borhoods,” while completely
ignoring what’s happening on
the other hemisphere. As the
world is constantly getting
smaller and flatter, we wfll aU
soon enough, I hope, realize
that we are all on the same
boat...at least when it comes
to the global (and key word
is: global) economic crisis or
environmental issues. So if we
are suppose to share the Earth,
then why not make it better for
all!!!???
membranes of the mouth—so
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