My son is 15 years of age, when he was
about 2 he scraped his top lip while
playing outside. He did get a little bit
of infection while it was healing. He is
an athlete and plays baseball, football.
His sores were getting pretty bad when he
had day games. Now he is snowboarding,
and in two days he has sores inside his
top lip, and the entire skin on his lips,
the skin up to his nose, the sores have
moved inside his nostals all the way to
the bridge of his nose, it has now moved
to the outside of his nose and is
spreading up the top and sides of his nose
it is about an inch away from the bottom
of his eyes. All this has happened since
yesterday afternoon, we did take him to an
insta-care, our doctor won't be until
monday. He is taking 1gram of valtrex
and has a cream the doctor prescribed.
My question is there anything I can do to
stop the spread of this, or help with the
swelling and help him so he is not so
uncomfortable.
It is hard to answer your question without
seeing the lesion. Can you sent me some
photo? According to the prescribed
medicine, your doctor probably assumed
herpes lesion. If it is herpes there is
nothing you can do but to follow your
doctor's instructions.
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Rosie H
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Posted: 04-21-08 13:00pm
try not to touch the lesions and make sure
to wash your hands each time you apply the
cream. Maybe you could use Q tips to apply
the cream to the sores. Use a new Qtip
each time to avoid spreading the virus to
other parts of his skin. The only releive
is zinc/lip balm or baking soda. For
gential herpes soaking in a tub of baking
soda and water does wonders. maybe you
could soak a warm washcloth in water and
baking soda and apply it to his face. Its
a temporary releif but it feels so good.
The baking soda can also help dry the
sores out and keep then nice and clean.
