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Post by ouchy on May 9, 2007 19:34:40 GMT -5
Okay. So, I have oral (mouth!) fever blisters. Caught them when I was 5 from my brother when he was a baby. He caught them from his daycare. I usually only get an outbreak or two a year. I had my last outbreak back around Christmas. I've been under a lot of stress from my boss at work bc she's been bugging me about taking 2 weeks off (I've been too dizzy to drive and almost fainting.). She keeps calling me and one time even asked me what I thought about quitting, but she doesn't want to lay me off (even though she wants to hire my replacement) bc she doesn't want to pay unemployment benefits!!! She outright said that! Anyway, it's been stressful. The stress has seemed to cause a major fever blister outbreak! I have a HUGE cluster of 10 or 12 of them on my lip! I was hoping not to get any during my pregnancy. Luckily, I was infected when I was little. If this would have been my first outbreak ever, my baby could potentially be born retarded, blind, and deaf! It still doesn't make me feel good knowing I have an active herpes virus going on--again, ORAL herpes. Anyone else get fever blisters?
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Post by irishmuse on May 9, 2007 19:50:19 GMT -5
Owie! I've never gotten them. My man gets canker sores when he's stressed out, though.
That really sucks! I can't believe your boss is being such a b*tch! Arrrrrgh....well, may all the negativity she is giving you return to her threefold! Hopefully she'll get sick one day, and have no one feel for her...eh?
*hugs*
Try boiling cloves in a bit of water, then straining them out. Use the water to dab on the blisters. This is a great antisceptic as well as a pain reliever!
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Post by ouchy on May 9, 2007 19:56:52 GMT -5
^Thanks. I've been putting zovirax on it, but I may try that as well.
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Post by Nari on May 9, 2007 20:43:43 GMT -5
My 12 yr old gets canker sores real bad. When she has an outbreak, she doesnt get just one or two, at times there are 12 or 15 maybe more in her mouth at once. It makes it hard for her to eat or anything!
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Post by ouchy on May 9, 2007 21:09:46 GMT -5
Canker sores and fever blisters are commonly confused terms, and most people use them interchangeably; they're not synonymous.
Copied/pasted from MedlinePlus __________________________________
"Canker sores occur only inside the mouth and are not contagious. They sometimes occur as a result of trauma (biting the inside of the lip, burning the mouth with hot food), but may also occur without any known reason.
Fever blisters or cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 and are very contagious. Fever blisters often come back in the same location."
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Post by ouchy on May 9, 2007 21:11:01 GMT -5
They both suck, though! I now even have fever blisters on the roof of my mouth. I feel SOOOO icky!
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Post by irishmuse on May 9, 2007 22:14:24 GMT -5
oooo ouch! You can use the clove water stuff to rinse your mouth out too! That should really help...with the pain at least.
So "fever blisters" are like "cold sores"? I know cold sores and canker sores are two different things....I get confused with the fever blister phrase, though!
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Post by ouchy on May 9, 2007 22:47:39 GMT -5
^Ah. Yes. I think they're also called "fever blisters" bc they can occur after a person has a fever (Obviously the person would also have to be infected w/ the virus to get them.).
I get them mainly due to stress, but I've also gotten them after fevers, after my immune system went really low with pneumonia, after too much sun exposure, after eating too much spicy food, after eating too much citrus, and a few other triggers, I'm sure.
Daghghghg.
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Post by kb on May 10, 2007 3:41:37 GMT -5
This is fascinating, had no idea about any of these terms. Know them as mouth ulcers inside the mouth, and cold sores only. Had me so confused with the canker sores. Where on earth do all these terms come from? I really thought mouth ulcers and cold sores were universal terms, thats really interesting. Learn something new everyday.
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Post by ouchy on May 10, 2007 10:53:52 GMT -5
^As far as canker sores, I have no idea where the name came from. They're usually caused by trauma or bacteria (forming boiles). When it comes to "cold sores," I think people are embarrassed to say that they have Herpes, even if it's not genital Herpes, so they make up cutsie terms like fever blisters, cold sores, etc. I just say fever blisters bc I grew up calling them that. But in reality, it's HSV-1 (Herpes Simplex Virus, type 1).
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