Guide To The Causes And Risk Factors For Cold Sores

Eczema

Eczema can cause patients to experience flareups and recurrences of cold sores. One of the problems with this is there's a chance of developing a rare, serious infection. If individuals have open wounds caused by dry and flaky skin, and the virus that causes cold sores enters the wound, it can spread through their body. This is a condition called eczema herpeticum. Young children and infants with eczema are more prone to this infection than adults. Signs of the infection usually appear around five to twelve days after a person comes into contact with this virus. Patients may experience a rash, itching and watering blisters, a quickly-spreading and painful rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, and other flu-like symptoms. If the blisters aren't treated, they might crust over, bleed, and begin to resemble open sores. The pain tends to be intolerable by the time the infection reaches this stage. To diagnose this infection, a doctor will examine a skin sample under a microscope to determine whether it's consistent with the look of eczema herpeticum.

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