What could it be about cereal that makes my mouth hurt
I love cereal for breakfast but it kills my mouth. The roof of my mouth becomes very raw, my mouth feels rather acidic, and my throat sometimes hurts as well. It seems not to matter what cereal it is. If I eat cereal, my mouth will hurt all day long. I'm assuming I'm allergic to something in it but I can't figure it out. It's probably not the wheat because I eat whole wheat bread and all kinds of wheat products with no problems. Milk is also fine by itself. Oatmeal also OK so I'm guessing it's not oats. Just cereal. I did notice that all my cereals in my house have a preservative called BHT and was thinking, that may be the problem, but I read online somewhere that allergies to BHT are extremely rare. But who knows. Does anyone else have this problem?
Answer:you might be right about bht,,,,but allergy is something docs don't understand completely,or else there would be cures for lupus,ms,myaesthenia gravis,hashimotos disease,crohns disease, colitis,asthma,urticaria,ear infections,,there'd be vaccines for all of this stuff.you likely have a n allergic reaction to bht,or legumes generally ,or maybe one of the legumes like peanut,almond,or oats,,on the net are 42 million websites for allergy,the docs whom i've cited in other answers about rashes,hives,etc,appear nowhere among these 42 zillion sites,,,,,,,,i get this reaction to peanut,which obviously i avoid .american academy of environmental medicine,,,,,,,clickem up on the web,get a referral to sonebody close by
Maybe you are allergic to nuts? Most cereals consist traces of nuts, because they are made on factory that also handles nuts...
The crunchy cereal is scraping the roof of your mouth. That's all. It's not an allergy, you are literally scraping the skin in the roof of your mouth with the cereal. Take smaller bites and let the cereal get a little soggy before you dig in, that should help. This happens with my kids, so I encourage them to take smaller bites, too. It worked. Oatmeal isn't scraping the roof of your mouth, neither does bread. It's just cereal scraping it. Been there, done that.