Are fever blisters a real thing? Or is it herpes? I ask because 8yo has one on her lip - it never got raised, but now it's crusted over like a blister. She had a 104+ fever last...
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week, and neither DH nor I have ever had herpes, oral or genital. Is this likely a fever blister on her, or did she get herpes somewhere?
posted September 17th, 2014 at 7:29pm in
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- Aren't they the same thing? 9-17-2014 7:29pm
- OP: That's what I'm asking. I have heard the term "fever blister" and DD had a high fever for several days last week. 9-17-2014 7:30pm
- np yes, they are the same thing. just like a sun blister is the same thing 9-17-2014 7:30pm +1 like, -1 dislike
- Fuck, where did she get herpes from? 9-17-2014 7:31pm
- A huge percentage of the population has been exposed. 9-17-2014 7:32pm +1 like
- its a virus, you can get it from anywhere. i have had cold sores since i was at least 5, its no big deal. take her to the doctor there is prescription cream she can get that makes...(more) 9-17-2014 7:32pm
- it's not the same herpes as genital herpes but it is a virus that will recur forever. 9-17-2014 7:35pm
- but it can be transfered to the genitals so that does not really matter 9-17-2014 7:39pm
- yes, I just didn't want OP going crazy thinking her kid had been molested. 9-17-2014 7:41pm
- it's probably impetigo 9-17-2014 7:29pm +1 like
- How can I tell? 9-17-2014 7:30pm
- google image for pictures. it needs rx antibiotic ointment if it is. 9-17-2014 7:31pm
- Will do, thanks. 9-17-2014 7:31pm
- OP: Ok, that's what it looks like, though on a much smaller scale - those poor kids on Google images have it bad. She's been on antibiotics for days now -she needs a topical...(more) 9-17-2014 7:32pm
- yes, called zovirax 9-17-2014 7:33pm
- That's for herpes. 9-17-2014 7:33pm
- sorry, thought she had cold sores 9-17-2014 7:34pm
- OP: I don't know. It looks like impetigo more than a cold sore, based on Google images. Ugh, guess a doctor needs to look at it. 9-17-2014 7:36pm
- either way you need to see a doctor to get either of those creams 9-17-2014 7:37pm
- her recent illness strongly favors impetigo. 9-17-2014 7:37pm
- Impetigo is bacterial, it's not herpes 9-17-2014 7:34pm
- yup, bactroban 9-17-2014 7:33pm
- I responded above. i have been getting them for 30 years, never heard of bactoban is that new? use zovirax in cream form, now in pill form 9-17-2014 7:34pm
- herpes and impetigo are not the same thing. herpes is a virus, and impetigo is a bacterial infection. 9-17-2014 7:36pm
- oral antibiotics won't do anything for it, you need the topical medicine 9-17-2014 7:33pm
- get her off oral antibiotics, they will just screw up her gut and do nothing for this. Whatever dr. put her on them sucks. Go to someone else. 9-17-2014 7:38pm
- my kids both got a virus that gave them a cold sore. I have never had cold sores. it went away and haven't seen any sign yet in two years 9-17-2014 7:42pm
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