Analyzing The Symptoms of Cold Sore
Many people experience an itchy and tingling sensation to the affected skin prior to the outbreak of the formation of the cold sore. Cold sores are swelling on the lips or at the edge of the mouth caused by an infection with the virus called herpes simplex or HSV. Those are the symptoms of cold sore. Sores often break open and weep clear fluid, then crust over and disappear after a few days.
Symptoms of the cold sore may contain fever, sore throat, sore mouth that makes your drinking, eating and teeth brushing uncomfortable and can be very painful. We can sometimes feel small lymph nodes in the neck or lower chin. Cold sores most commonly appear on the lips. They can also occur on your chin, nostrils or fingers. More often cold sores appear on your gums or at the inner lips of your mouth. Although it is very unusual they may occur inside the mouth and on other soft tissues such as inside of the cheeks or the surface under the tongue.
Symptoms of cold sore often are warm, tingling or burning sensation with tenderness to touch soon after. As the virus develops the part of the skin will becomes red. Then tiny fluids fill the bumps called vesicles form and join together. When the diseases worsen, these blisters leave fragile and tender ulcers that discharge fluids containing the herpes virus. They bleed sometimes especially when it releases the fluids (called weeping). We have to be careful in this stage of this disease because during weeping the infection becomes very contagious.
One form of HSV infection usually found among children 1 to 3 years. This type of HSV infection can cause high fever and blisters throughout the mouth that can affect your ability to eat. It can be severe for among children. They can become very sick with this disease, even though they usually do without long term problems.
You cannot develop cold sores when infected with HSV. They may be more severe than in later outbreaks if ulcers develop while they are first infected. The blisters can spread to any part of the mouth during the first outbreak of cold sores.
20 days after exposure to the herpes virus, the signs and symptoms may not start although it is more usual for sores to appear in about one week of contact. Cold sores are usually gone within about two weeks. The yellow skin forms, and finally changes to reveal a reddish skin that heals without scarring.
Without treatment, a cold sore normally clears up on its own. However, we still need to see the doctor especially when the symptoms worsen. We have to see the doctor when; symptoms of cold sore become severe, you are experiencing irritations of the eye, you have weak immune system and when your cold sore don’t heal within 2 weeks on their own. Also, avoid things that will trigger the herpes virus.
Again, here are the things we need to avoid that triggers the herpes virus that causes cold sores to return:
1. Too much exposure to sunlight especially the lip part. Often use lipstick with sunscreen protection.
2. Avoid having cold or fever.
3. Damage to the lips or gums.
4. Weak immune system. Herpes virus more likely occurs to those who have weakened immune system than those with strong immune system to have more severe cold sores. This can lead to life-threatening.
5. Cosmetic surgery or laser skin resurfacing.
6. Menstruation due to hormonal changes for women.
7. Pregnancy.
Once we feel the symptoms of cold sore, we need to pay attention and prepare careful medication that can avail either over the counter or other medical drugs sources. Anyone exposed to the virus of herpes simplex virus or HSV are at risk of developing sores. But some people who have the virus may not develop cold sores. The greater risks to develop a cold sore are only those people with weak immune system and the disease may last long.
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