Have posted in allergies about this but I don't think I've explained myself very well and am starting to look like a paranoid buffoon! It's long - sorry - but I'm trying to describe everything as fully as I can.
For a couple of weeks now my mouth has been feeling a little bit strange when I eat, and now my tongue, especially the tip, feels sore and itchy most of the time. Inside my lips I thought I had a couple of mouth ulcers coming, but they have not developed in the way they normally would. When I run my tongue around the inside of my lips they feel really lumpy, not smooth. I was reading some of the threads on here last night and had a bit of a lightbulb moment and realised it might be coldsore blisters rather than ulcers. I hadn't even considered this possibility as I don't suffer with coldsores usually so I've no idea what they feel like. Although I rarely fall ill, I am really exhausted at the moment, as ds has been waking approx every two hours at night for the last five months!!
I have also read on here that certain foods, including peanuts, can exacerbate coldsores. I had a bit of an odd peanut-related experience on Saturday and wondered if anyone had had the same? I ate a couple of Bamba snacks (they're like Wotsits, but peanutty) and within about ten minutes I had an odd sensation in the left-hand side of my top lip. It felt as though I had been hit, the best way I can describe it is like a throbbing pain, but constant iyswim? The 'throb' did not fade 
. There was no itching, tingling, swelling, wheezing etc etc, just the strange pain. This lasted about 4 hours if I remember correctly, and then faded. Later that evening, the same part of my lip started to tingle and itch faintly for about an hour. It happened again on Sunday morning for about half an hour and then nothing since. My lips are now dry with a little bit of chapping where the pain was originally but no sign of a coldsore developing. The place where I felt the pain corresonds with the site of the biggest blister on the inside of my lips.
So, a couple of questions - if you've made it this far! -
- would eating peanuts cause pain in the site of a developing coldsore?
- how long does it usually take a coldsore to develop?
- Is it possible to feel the symptoms of a coldsore coming and then not have it develop? I really can't see anything that looks like it might turn into a blister/scab on my lip.
A bit of background - ds has a tree nut allergy, and there are allergies in my family (although thankfully i have never suffered from any allergy-related problems) so the worry at the forefront of my mind is that I am developing a problem with peanuts. I know how rare that possibility is, but I do know that it is a possibility. I have to keep giving them to ds, however, in order to try to prevent him becoming allergic. Now I'm fretting! Any experiences that anyone can share would be greatfully received. Thanks for ploughing through 
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