If there is a cold on the face, then much becomes inaccessible. It hurts to smile, you can't kiss, and waiting for it to go away on its own is too long. Where does this unpleasant skin manifestation come from, and how can I get rid of it? Unfortunately, this is not a cosmetic issue at all.
What does a cold look like and what is it?
Once you sit in a draft, get a little chilled or get caught in the rain, painful bubbles filled with a clear liquid appear on the lip, under the nose or even in the nostril. Touches become painful, a pronounced edema appears, and these unpleasant sensations last for quite a long time. On the face, a cold first looks like a small pimple, more often - a few bubbles nearby. But soon they turn into painful sores.
Colds are called external manifestations of herpes, and in most cases we are talking exclusively about symptomatic treatment. The herpes virus is present in the bodies of most people, but if the immune system is normal, then externalmanifestations can not wait. That is why herpetic sores are called colds - the body, weakened by hypothermia, is no longer able to contain the virus that is constantly present in it, and now you can already notice the characteristic bubbles on the lip.
How to cure a cold on the face
If a cold has already appeared, then you need to worry about it not getting bigger. The problem lies in annoying debilitating pain, which is not so strong as to be exhausted, but at the same time the hands reach out to rub the painful bubbles. They are easily injured, an infection gets into the wound, and even more painful edema can quickly form. Because of this, a small sore can quickly increase, "spread" to neighboring tissues.
A pronounced cold on the face needs intensive symptomatic treatment. Combined methods of therapy work great - you need to prevent infection from entering the wound, reduce pain if possible and help the body cope with the raging virus. For this, both folk remedies and pharmaceutical preparations are used. For herpetic conjunctivitis, antiviral eye drops are prescribed.
The most effective folk remedies
If a cold is already noticeable on the face, lotions from warm tea, black or green, are great help. You can take a tea bag or moisten a piece of cotton wool with tea leaves. You need to check that the tea is warm, without sugar. tannins andtannins contained in tea reduce pain and relieve itching, soothe the skin and slightly dry the bubbles. Good help tea tree oil, infusion of pharmacy chamomile.
An unappetizing but very effective remedy is earwax. Fresh sulfur is applied to an itchy place even before the appearance of a pronounced sore. Surprisingly, after such a procedure, a cold may not appear at all. Ear secretions contain sulfur and silicon, it is these substances that prevent the manifestation of herpes.
Honey and propolis, which are often recommended as a panacea, can only be used if there is no allergy to bee products. You should not smear a cold with toothpaste, this can provoke an allergic reaction and seriously aggravate the situation. Although toothpaste may provide temporary relief, it is such an unpredictable remedy that it is better to prefer traditional methods of treatment.
Modern medicine
Pharmaceutical companies offer several types of antiviral ointments aimed specifically at eliminating the external manifestations of herpes. Creams "Acyclovir" and "Zovirax", other drugs of a similar type work best at the initial stage of skin rashes caused by the herpes virus.
If your face hurts with a cold, you need to take into account the localization of sensations. A characteristic “tickling” along the edge of the lips or on the mucous membrane of the nostrils with a high degree of probability indicates precisely herpes. If you have any doubts and an unusual place for pain symptoms, you should consult a doctor forclarification of the diagnosis and correction of treatment.
Cold on baby's face
The main problem with the treatment of children is that babies scratch sores, introduce infection, and the problem worsens at times. While the child cannot clearly communicate exactly where and how it hurts, it is possible to recognize and diagnose the disease only after a cold has appeared on the face. In this case, parents simply do not have time to apply preventive measures and engage in early treatment.
To remove sores as quickly as possible, you need to prevent scratching of herpes, if possible, or at least prevent infection. To do this, you need to use pharmaceuticals that not only eliminate skin manifestations, but also relieve obsessive itching, because of which the child scratches his face.
Other cold manifestations
It's not always about herpes. If the face swells with a cold, and the pain is localized not along the edge of the mucous membranes, but on the cheek, temple and distinctly “gives” to the eye, then perhaps there is inflammation of the trigeminal nerve. This serious disease, which can become distinctly chronic, occurs as a result of various negative influences, from trauma and infection to hypothermia aggravated by the herpes virus.
Hypothermia often leads to exacerbations of various inflammatory processes, usually people say that it's blown, and this explains literally everything: conjunctivitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, acne. The reason is not the cold itselfitself, it's just an additional provoking factor that reveals an already existing problem.
Where else do you get a cold?
Happy are the people who are under the delusion that a cold can "jump up" exclusively on the lip or under the nose. Much more unpleasant is genital herpes, which is caused by a type 2 virus. The mucous membranes of the genital organs and the tissues adjacent to them are just as susceptible to viral damage as the facial ones. Genital herpes can be transmitted through unprotected sex, so you need to understand the responsibility to a partner or partner.
Herpetic eruptions can appear on any part of the body, it’s just that the mucous membranes are the first to react to an increase in the concentration of the virus in the body, and if you don’t pay attention to this and don’t take care of the general state of the immune system, the condition will worsen.
Preventive measures
You can get infected with herpes in any way: both sexually and through simple household contacts. That is why it is difficult to find a person who would not be a carrier of the virus. But being a carrier does not mean getting sick, and if the immune system is strong enough, the symptoms of the disease may not wait. To avoid unpleasant skin rashes, it is necessary to strengthen the immune system, give up bad habits.
Self-medication can become more dangerous than no treatment at all. You have a cold on your face - how to treat it? This question is asked by thousands of people and instead ofa visit to the doctor, they begin to take antiviral drugs uncontrollably. This can have a positive effect, and the likelihood of skin manifestations is minimized. But at the same time, the virus becomes resistant to medications, and in case of an exacerbation, it will not only become more difficult to choose a therapy, the immune system can be seriously shaken.
If herpes appears on the lips more than four or five times a year, painful vesicles and sores appear on the genitals or just on the surface of the skin, then you need to undergo a full medical examination to rule out diseases with similar symptoms, and also make an appointment with an immunologist. Comprehensive treatment will equalize the amount of the virus in the body, achieve a serious improvement.
In other cases, it will be enough to use antiviral ointments when initial symptoms appear: characteristic itching and burning in the place where groups of bubbles will soon appear. Early use of herpes ointments prevents skin rashes.
