What are the Symptoms of cold sores?

Answer 1

The first thing you notice is small swellings under the skin on the lips if they apear in or around the nose you will notice them when they start to feel hot and pmildly painfull. they are generaly irritating all the time eventualy they will turn ito a blister and break. At this point the temptation to run yourtongue over your lips wil be hard to resist and this can in fact spread it further. The best thing to do is get an anti viral creme to aply to the infections as soon as you notice them before the skin breaks and keep on aplying it to keep it suple. If you let cold sores dry out they will cause the surounding skin to crack and spread the infection further. Most importantly do not kiss any one or share eating utensils while you have active herpes legions. ---- == Initially a pain develops in and around the lips and mouth area. This may be very painful for some people. The pain may be accompanied by fever, swollen glands on neck, and sore throat. With the appearance of the blisters on the skin, the cold sores break allowing the fluid to come out. This creates a hard layer on the skin that goes away after some days. The children who develop cold sores tend to drool before its appearance. There are also several people who have the virus in them but do not get this problem.
Symptoms: Warning symptoms of itching, burning, increased sensitivity, or tingling sensation may occur about 2 days before lesions appear. Skin lesions or rash around the lips, mouth, and gums Small blisters (vesicles) filled with clear yellowish fluid Blisters on a raised, red, painful skin area Blisters that form, break, and ooze Yellow crusts that slough to reveal pink, healing skin Several smaller blisters that merge to form a larger blister Mild fever (may occur)