What is this bump on my lip?!


Question: What is this bump on my lip?
So, there is this bump on my lip that I had a couple months ago that came back... The last time I had it, it made a big scratch-like thing on my lip that left a scar.
I popped it and it oozed clear stuff but then it stopped oozing after a while and it looks like it's healing but I want to know what it is.

Answers:

It sounds like a cold sore. Cold sores — also called fever blisters — are fluid-filled lesions caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. There's no way to make it go away quickly. Though you can't cure or prevent cold sores, you can take steps to reduce their frequency and to limit the duration of an occurrence.

Cold sores generally clear up without treatment within about two weeks.

Topical treatments that may help relieve your symptoms include:

Lidocaine may provide short-term pain relief.
Benzocaine (Zilactin) may protect cold sores from trauma and irritation.

Oral antiviral medications are available that may modestly shorten the duration of cold sores and decrease your pain, if started very early. These include:

Acyclovir (Zovirax)
Famciclovir (Famvir)
Valacyclovir (Valtrex)

Your doctor also may prescribe an antiviral medication to prevent a recurrence of cold sores, particularly if you:

Have very frequent bouts of cold sores
Experience significant, related illness during a cold sore outbreak
Have an identifiable trigger of cold sore recurrences — such as intense sunlight — and you anticipate exposure to that trigger.

Read about cold sores here.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/cold_sore…
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cold-so…




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