What should we know about cold pumps

What should we know about cold pumps.

A cold pump is usually called a painful rash around the lips, which starts with a pink itchy pleat, then tiny blisters appear, bursting and overlapping with a scabbard. It’s called Herpes labyl.

The cold pump is caused by the periodic activation of chronic Herpes simplex virus infection.

Herpes simplex virus is usually infected in early childhood but can be infected at any age

Infection occurs in contact with the saliva or cold pump fluid of a sick person. Young children become infected by playing with toys or from adults who have a cold pump, such as a mother with a cold pump kissing her baby or carrying an infection by hand if she has just unwittingly touched a cold pump and then touches the baby. Young people and adults become infected by kissing and using a common water bottle, a glass, a mug of UTM.

After infection, the virus lives in nerve ganglia and only appears in the end area of the affected nerve branches at the same location during the exacerbation. If a cold pump appears around the lips in different places, it means multiple facial nerves have been infected.

The herpes simplex virus is not durable in the environment and therefore cannot be contaminated in the pool by the daily use of household containers that have been washed cannot be contaminated either. Nor can this virus be infected by a dentist and dental hygienist.

When you first get infected with the virus, the disease starts with feeling unwell, increased body temperature, headaches, enlarged and painful lower jaw lymph nodes, before a painful rash appears throughout your mouth. The disease usually lasts 1 to 2 weeks.

Herpes simplex virus exacerbation, or cold pump, is caused by reductions in general or local immunity, stress, colds, overheating, sunbathing, including tooth repair and dental hygiene. So people who are infected with the virus may develop a painful rash after dental treatment and hygiene in their mouths next to their treated teeth. No need to worry, the dentist hasn’t infected you, it’s woken up in you dozing Herpes simplex virus.

As well as being on the lips, cold pumps tend to be in the mouth on gums around the teeth, on the palate and on the tongue. In these cases, a person has complaints about a painful gum, which is explained to themselves through injury or burn, with pain lasting only a few days. Not knowing that the aching gums are an infection of the Herpes virus can unknowingly infect other people.

Herpes simplex virus also affects genital mucous membranes, so you can also get infected through sexual contact.

In addition, the virus can be transmitted by hand to the mucous membrane of the eye, and in cases of reduced immunity the Herpes simplex virus can spread throughout the body.

The virus remains in the body for life, and in about 40% of infected individuals it periodically activates and manifests itself as a cold pump.

Globally, about 80 to 99 percent of the population is infected with the virus.

There are many different remedies available to treat cold pumps, but they all only help at the very beginning of the disease, while the tiny blisters have not yet appeared and burst, after which treatment is ineffective. The disease is taking its course, the Herpes simplex virus infection is self-limiting, meaning it will move on from itself without being treated or treated incorrectly after about 2 weeks. The treatment is basically focused on relieving pain and accelerating healing.

We recommend that you consult a specialist about your treatment options.

Patients with acute Herpes simplex viral infection, i.e. with a cold pump, may undergo emergency dental treatment, but do not recommend dental hygiene, periodontal treatment, elective teeth extraction and implant insertion surgeries.

In case you have a cold beans before your scheduled appointment with your dentist, it would be important to contact your doctor or alert the clinic staff so you can transfer your scheduled appointment to your doctor if necessary!