Do not use anything other than salt water and do not take it out. See the piercer as they will know about piercings whereas the GP will most likely tell you to take it out which will just trap the infection inside you and could cause a whole load of problems.
The salt water solution you should use is a teaspoon of sea salt (as it has little to no additives whereas table salt does and they can be nasty to fresh piercings) into a mug of boiling water. Wait for the water to cool down until you can just about bare it on your skin but it is still really hot and soak a ball of cotton wool and hold that on the piercing. The heat will draw out any infection that might be lurking and as the water has just been boiled it will be sterile. Do this twice a day for as long as you need too but genrally not over two or so weeks.
Good luck.
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