dr's, cuts, cold sores, etc

sillystring · 13-07-2007, 08:56 PM

Okay, so about a month ago I had oral surgery to remove a cyst, they ended up having to pull a tooth to fully remove it since it was so large.... anyway, the day after, I ended up with this red painful blister near that area.... The dentist said it was just a cold sore, even tho I've never had cold sores before.... but from what I've read about them, no cold sore should be lasting a MONTH. I've tried over the counter cold sore stuff, and that hasn't even helped.

The good thing about it, is it has hurt so much that it hurts to even drink water or anything, so at least it gives me a good excuse for the dr as to why I've been continuing to lose so much weight lately... but, I'm really concerned about that area not healing and getting more and more painful. I'm thinking about going in to see the dr, but I'm not sure if this is something I should try to treat at home some more myself, or if I really should go see the dr. The biggest concern with seeing the dr is that I have LOTS of cuts all over my arms, and when they go to check my pulse and bp, I'd have to hide that from them... and I'm not sure how successful I'd be at that... so I'm really hesitant to go in until those are all healed. I tried calling the dentist to have him look at it, but he won't see me for another couple weeks :(

Aidee · 13-07-2007, 09:33 PM

Hmmm, cold sores are caused by a virus, and it would be quite the coincidence for the virus to strike right after surgery. Have you ever had cold sores around your mouth before?

Is the blister closed or open? Is it hard, or can you feel liquid inside it? What color is it? If its open, has it been leaking fluid out? Is the pain just at the blister, or does it spread?

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sillystring · 14-07-2007, 12:26 AM

Well, it's said that surgery can trigger cold sores, but I've never ever had a single cold sore at all before.... It does seem weird that I'd get one right after surgery, when I've never had it before, and that I'd ONLY have one, from what I've read it sounds like the first outbreak most people have a LOT of sores, but maybe that information was wrong?

I don't know if it's truely a "blister" but that's what the dentist called it... I think it's sort of hard- I can't touch it really cuz it's way too painful. I don't think there's liquid inside though.... it's a dark red, and it's been getting bigger lately, and the pain radiates a bit beyond the edges of the redness. Oh, and it's completely closed too...

I tried to call the dr, unless I want to walk in to urgent care, she doesn't have any appointments for a while either :( And I'd feel silly walking into urgent care for something like this (even if it is making my ED worse by giving me a good reason to not eat or drink anything)