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Suggest Possible Treatment For Oral Herpes

Hello I had something that looked like herpes labial for about 2 weeks and early on my doctor prescribed some oralherp cream. After almost two weeks I thought it was getting worse because I had yellow crusts that kept falling and it was very dry and red and everything hurt I almost couldn't smile so I went back to a pharmacy to ask and the pharmacy said that it wasn't normal for it to last that long. They said that it was probably something that started as herpes labial but now looked like a bacterial infection and so they gave me a Cream called diprogenta.. I've been using it for two days or so but I feel like there are almost more crusts than before and It still hurts... I don't understand and it's very big and quite frankly ugly I just want it gone but is this cream good? I'm tired of buying useless creams... Are the crusts going to fall on there own or after a shower I should help them fall a little? Can I go in the sun with suncream? Please help it's been so long...
Wed, 14 May 2014
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With respect to your query, herpes labialis is a viral infection which resides in the ganglion nerve endings and outburst of these lesions occur when that particular subject is under stress or feling weak.these lesions start to appear at vermilion border of lip.before they appear one will have tingling and irritation at that particular site.coming to the treatment part, usage of anti viral drugs within the 24-48 hours before the lesions appear are effective and these drugs will simply decrease the viral load so that infection becomes less contagious and less severe. After this specific period drugs are of not much use and lesions will lasts for nearly 14-21 days.in your case these crusts wil slowly disappear if are viral but I don't understand for the second time why are you on aantibiotic cream so I assume you need once again you require proper clinical examination.I would suggest you go back to your doctor and get it checked.Hope this is goin to help you and understand these lesions.
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Suggest Possible Treatment For Oral Herpes

Hi With respect to your query, herpes labialis is a viral infection which resides in the ganglion nerve endings and outburst of these lesions occur when that particular subject is under stress or feling weak.these lesions start to appear at vermilion border of lip.before they appear one will have tingling and irritation at that particular site.coming to the treatment part, usage of anti viral drugs within the 24-48 hours before the lesions appear are effective and these drugs will simply decrease the viral load so that infection becomes less contagious and less severe. After this specific period drugs are of not much use and lesions will lasts for nearly 14-21 days.in your case these crusts wil slowly disappear if are viral but I don t understand for the second time why are you on aantibiotic cream so I assume you need once again you require proper clinical examination.I would suggest you go back to your doctor and get it checked.Hope this is goin to help you and understand these lesions.