Cold Sores

[Tilly2]

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?

[Sqad]

"Lump on the roof of my mouth".........what sort of lump? hard? and how long as it been there?

I would gargle with Difflam which you can get from the chemist.

[Tilly2]

The lumps have been there since yesterday. They feel like blisters. Could they be cold sores inside my mouth?

[Sqad]

Ok ...no big deal.....yes almost certainly cold sore lesions in the mouth.

They will go.

[Tilly2]

Thank you. Will TCP or salt water help, Sqad?

[Sqad]

Neither will do any harm...;-)

[Tilly2]

TCP it is then. Thanks again.

[mrs_overall]

Find a horse, lift its tail and kiss its bottom.
It won't cure your cold sores but it will stop you licking your lips

[Tilly2]

Does it have to be a horse, mrs.o?

[mrs_overall]

erm, I guess not tilly. Which animal did you have in mind?

[gness]

A goat would do just as well, Tilly. x

[Tilly2]

This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase commonly heard in Stoke,'You can kiss my backside'

Didn't realise it was a cure for cold sores.

[Peter Pedant]

I think you are stuck with this Tilly.

we were using this as a lab agent in the seventies
see http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auid:293133

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)