Dear Dr.Samuel My nephew had an operation because of cancer of tongue . After the operation he had a biopsy of his tongue and now there are a deep ulcer in his tongue that i think it is because of bad biopsy . Would you please tell me how he can treat it . Thanks a lot . Nooshin
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Try to follow these things for better healing. 1. Avoid hot and spicy food.2. Avoid herd to chew food.3.  Chat Doctor. 4. Start multivitamin containing zinc and folic acid.  Both these are useful in better healing of ulcer.5. Apply lidocaine gel to the ulcer base. So than pain can be reduced.