Crohn's disease

Hello , I'm glad you've found our community here, although I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis and complications. A lot of people don't realize, but mouth and teeth issues are not uncommon with an inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn's. You might be interested in a couple of articles we have about this. One of our advocates wrote about her experience in this article, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/impacted-teeth. And another advocate wrote about some of her tips for mouth symptoms (and sores) here, https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/living/crohns-disease-mouth-sores. -- Warmly, Christine (Team Member)

Hi . On top of the excellent information from Christine I want to ask if your doctor put you on folic acid along with the methotrexate. I ask because folate levels can become low while on methotrexate and lead to multiple side effects, with mouth sores being one of them. Methotrexate is a very common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (my wife was diagnosed with a severe form of RA at age two and took methotrexate for years). On our sister-site for this condition one of the contributors wrote here about getting rid of methotrexate mouth sores: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/living/methotrexate-mouth-sores. Hope this information is helpful. Best, Richard (Team Member)