To take my son to the doctors for a potential ‘cold sore’ *image attached*

[ItsMyGoldenHour]

My son has had what I thought was a cold sore for 46 weeks. We’ve used cold sore treatments and if anything it’s getting bigger. Will I be laughed out of the doctors for taking him in for this? Does this look like a cold sore? I’ve never had one so I assumed to start and now I’m not so sure?!

46 weeks? Or 4-6? Yanbu

I’m not sure what that is but it doesn’t look like any cold sore I’ve ever had. I definitely get it checked out

I’m not sure if it’s a cold sore but I would take them to the drs, especially as they’ve had it so long

46 weeks? Please take him to the doctor.

Maybe its some kind of cyst - doesn't look like a coldsore. Id go, or at the very least ask a pharmacist to have a look.

That isn’t a cold sore

That doesn't look anything like a cold sore, cold sores are usually crusty, blistered swellings. Definitely take him to a doctor

Pretty sure that's not a cold sore. Definitely take him to the GP

That’s not a cold sore, defo get him seen

That is not a cold sore. Agree with everyone saying that you need to get that checked by GP.

46 weeks so 10 months?! Yes definitely get that looked at, doesn't look like any cold sore I've ever seen.

Thanks everyone was meant to say 4-6 weeks. At first it had gone crusty but not sure if that is because he kept picking it! And at that time the pharmacy said it looked like a cold sore so will defo get him to docs!

GP asap. That's not a cold sore.

Also it wasn’t protruding like that previously this is the last 24 hours.

Not a cold sore. Looks like a granuloma or cyst. Take to gp for sure.

That's not a cold sore. GP ASAP.

Definitely the GP.

It looks like a venous lake to me. Take him to the GP.

Please get that checked out asap.

I've never seen a cold sore like that but cold sores can really vary in their appearance and sometimes manifest themselves in surprisingly weird ways (I speak from experience!) so I wouldn't rule it out.

However, it still definitely needs a GP to take a look at it because there are many different things it could be (personally I think it looks like a granuloma). Also, even if it is a cold sore, it's obviously a very extreme presentation of one and he might need some antiviral tablets to suppress it. Poor boy, it must be so uncomfortable - it looks really sore.

Take him to the dentist

Not a doctor, but this looks like a pyogenic granuloma. I had one on my finger earlier this year, it wouldn't go away; it would reduce, then grow again. It was finally removed by a dermatologist, a very simple office procedure.