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Sore mouth

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Posted 30 Jan 2022 at 12:24

My husband has had his first chemo session and after a few yuk days he’s getting better other than a very painful mouth. He’s having soft foods and nothing acidic but any tips about medication or other ways he can alleviate the mouth pain?

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Posted 30 Jan 2022 at 14:43
Unless he has any heart disease, try chopping fresh pineapple into chunks and freezing it. Sucking frozen pineapple during the infusions reduces both the horrible metallic taste and also the mouth sores. If he cannot have pineapple, sucking on ice cubes is the next best thing.

There isn't a lot that helps once the mouth is sore except tried and trusted topical treatments like Bonjela, Igluu, etc. Ice cream is soothing on a short term basis, as is jelly.

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