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Over the last two weeks I have had a succession of cold sores travelling around my lips. None of them have been too bad as I zap them with Zovirax as soon as they appear. I currently have two, one on my top lip and one on my bottom lip but on opposite sides of my mouth.
Yesterday I felt a lump on the roof of my mouth and today I have a long ridge of blisters which seems to be expanding as I type!
My questions are, shall gargle with dilute TCP or salt water and will it do any good?
Yesterday I felt a lump on the roof of my mouth and today I have a long ridge of blisters which seems to be expanding as I type!
My questions are, shall gargle with dilute TCP or salt water and will it do any good?
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The nature of latency means that the same area should be affected by recurrent cold sores - the big thing in the seventies was that if you transplanted the skin somewhere else would the rash follow?
And it didnt - it reappeated in the original site (showing latency in nerves)
and yours seem to be spreading.
Think Herpangina.
I think it may be worth a trip to your GP to discuss whether oral acyclovir is necessary. I have to say I took it myself when I was immunosuppressed and it seemed OK.
and yes I think they may be cold sore blisters in your mouth (but they are meant to be painful)
we were using this as a lab agent in the seventies
see http://
The nature of latency means that the same area should be affected by recurrent cold sores - the big thing in the seventies was that if you transplanted the skin somewhere else would the rash follow?
And it didnt - it reappeated in the original site (showing latency in nerves)
and yours seem to be spreading.
Think Herpangina.
I think it may be worth a trip to your GP to discuss whether oral acyclovir is necessary. I have to say I took it myself when I was immunosuppressed and it seemed OK.
and yes I think they may be cold sore blisters in your mouth (but they are meant to be painful)