Symptoms
Usually you will notice a feeling of tension in the affected area a few days before the first fever blisters appear. The fever blisters often appear on the lips. Here it can also lead to itching or burning.
Most people who suffer from fever blisters more often can tell this even before the corresponding skin symptoms appear. After a few days, the typical small blisters filled with liquid develop. These are preferably located on the lip, in the mouth or in the nose.
This is actually the most important symptom by which one can recognize that one is suffering from fever blisters. As the disease progresses, the blisters burst open. Often a superinfection with bacteria of the skin occurs and then a purulent crust is formed.
After about 14 days, the spook is over. This course of disease is also typical for the clinical picture of fever blisters. Therefore, in retrospect, you can also conclude from the course of the disease that you were ill with fever blisters.
Diagnosis
The diagnosis of fever blisters is very simple. On the one hand there is the classic anamnesis. Already in the run-up one can feel an itching or burning in the area of the lips.
In the course of the disease, small blisters filled with liquid form, which also give the disease its name. At this stage it is almost a diagnosis of the gaze. The blisters contain a large amount of herpes simplex viruses. They burst open in the course of the disease and a purulent crust can form due to infection with bacteria.
Fever blisters on the lip
Fever blisters can theoretically occur in various parts of the face. However, the most common location is the lip. This is why the name lip herpes has become established in the population.
The course of the disease is typical. Affected persons take an unpleasant feeling of tension on the lip the day before. Then the fluid-filled blisters form, these contain large amounts of herpes simplex viruses, which are responsible for the infection with fever blisters.
The content of the blisters is therefore highly infectious and can cause another herpes simplex infection at a different place on the lip. Good hygiene is therefore important. It is also important to keep your distance from others, as this can lead to transmission of the herpes viruses.However, this is highly unlikely, as over 90% of people carry the virus in an inactive form due to early childhood infection. One should also treat the blisters with special ointments. These ointments contain drugs that inhibit the virus in its multiplication and thus accelerate the healing process.
