Symptoms of herpes on the lips

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Labial herpes is a kind of herpes simplex. Herpes simplex is a skin and mucosal disease caused by herpes simplex virus. The natural host of HSV is human, which can cause systemic damage and a variety of skin and mucosal diseases. Oral cavity, skin, eyes, perineum, central nervous system and so on are easy to invade parts of the virus. When the lesions are mainly located in the lip, it becomes labial herpes. Both children and adults are affected. The disease is self limited, but it can recur. What is the symptom of lip herpes? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of herpes on the lips

Prodromal stage: the incubation period is 4-7 days. After that, acute symptoms such as fever, headache, fatigue and discomfort, muscle pain, even sore throat, swelling and tenderness of submandibular and supracervical lymph nodes appear.

Blister stage: any part of the oral mucosa can produce clusters of small blisters. The blister wall is thin and transparent, which will soon burst and form superficial ulcer. Erosive stage: the erosive surface gradually shrinks and heals. The whole course of the disease takes about 7-10 days. But without proper treatment, the recovery was slow.

After the healing of primary herpes infection, 30% ~ 50% of cases may have recurrent damage. General recurrent infection site in or near the lips, it is also known as recurrent herpes labialis. When the lesion recurred, there were many clusters of blisters, which always occurred in the original location or near the location.

matters needing attention

We should have a good rest and eat a high-energy, digestible and nutritious diet. Take a multivitamin supplement. Oral mucosa medication: 0.1% ~ 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution, compound boric acid solution, 0.1% ethacridine solution; Antibiotic paste, such as 5% chlortetracycline glycerin paste or 5% tetracycline glycerin paste, was applied locally; Local application of 0.5% Dyclonine paste can relieve pain; Xilei Powder, Yangyin Shengji powder and watermelon frost powder can be used locally; Chlorhexidine gluconate, lysozyme tablets, warfarin tablets, etc; ACV eye drops were used locally.