Symptoms of herpes on the lips
Herpes on the lips, as a rule, occurs in several stages:
1 Tingling and itching. Many people feel itching, burning, or tingling in the lips, a few days before the rash appears in this place.
2 Bubble formation. Small, filled with clear liquid bubbles usually form on the border of the red border of the lips and the skin around the mouth.
Herpes can also be localized near the nose, ears, or cheeks.
3 Weeding and crusting. Small bubbles can merge, then burst, leaving shallow open wounds, from which liquid oozes, subsequently covered with a crust.
Symptoms are different in the first case and subsequent relapses.
The primary episode can last from a few days to one month before complete healing occurs.
Relapses tend to appear in the same place each time and are usually not as severe as the first case.
During the first outbreak, some people also have:
- fever
- Painful aphthae (ulcers) on the gums
- Sore throat
- headache
- Muscle pain
- Enlarged lymph nodes
- Children under the age of 5 years can tolerate herpes aphthous stomatitis.
