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Originally Posted by NoSoup
I was under the impression that the sores were caused by the Herpes Virus - just like cold sores, but inside the mouth...
Am a completely misinformed?
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You're right -- and wrong. Thing is, there are two kinds of mouth sores: cold sores (aka fever blisters) and canker sores. Cold sores are the ones that occur outside the mouth on the outer lips (and can also appear elsewhere on the face). Canker sores appear only inside the mouth, on the tongue and on the inside lining of the lips, mouth, and throat. Cold sores are caused by herpes. Nobody's really sure what causes canker sores; maybe a lot of things.
I got this info from an NIH page, but for some reason my browser isn't letting me cut and paste info or even the URL. :-\