Blisters on lips & in mouth.....bad breath...16m

[SlightlyMadSpider]

Been feverish since Thurs. Today recorded temp of 39.4
Dr at walk in could find no obv cause - probably viral.
Had blisters on tongue, gums and inside of lips since Thurs. Much worse today. Prob 4-6+ blisters.
I had a coldsore about 10-14d ago.
I had an horrific sore throat which started Fri.
Oh and she has horrific bad breath and we are struggling to get anything in her motuh let alone a toothbrush.

So could it be

1. coldsores
   
2. hand foot & mouth w/o the foot & mouth
   
3. Throat infection spread to mouth
   
4. mouth ulcers as a result of being run down cos of virus?

[gess]

ds3's breath was terrible when he had oral herpes as well.

Herpes is not innocuous- it's a bloody evil virus, it triggered ds1's severe autism! (although not oral- he had eczema herpeticum).

I even rang NHS direct (which i never do) when ds3 had it because I was concerned after our previous experience. He was fine though, few days and it went as quickly as he came.

[SlightlyMadSpider]

Can someone help me!!!!!!!!

I have a child who is running riot!!!!!

She had 6oz milk at 3am and a bowl of risce crispies at 5am, as well as milk and oatibix since...so we are doing much, much better fluids wise today.

On a serious note - she has gone and spread it to her thumb now. I am not sure if I can do anything to stop it spreading back to her mouth. Going to try and ring the GP again today.

[gess]

It will run its course. Unless she gets ill again or it infects eczema (or broken skin) it shouldn't be problematic. It's easy to spot eczema herpeticum- ds1 was covered from head to foot in blisters (actually not quite his feet were clear). If she gets that it needs treatment and quickly, but if its started in the mouth that shouldn't happen.

[SlightlyMadSpider]

It is at the point of broken skin - where she has been thumb sucking. Is that what you mean?

[SlightlyMadSpider]

(but she doesn't have ecxema though)

[gess]

No, ds1 went from clear skin to covered in blisters within 24 hours. I'll add some photos to my profile later if you want. I think it only happens when its the primary site of infection though (i.e. the virus enters the body for the first time via broken skin)- oral herpes is the normal response. I don't think you get oral followed by eczema herpeticum, but I could be wrong. If it did spread and you saw blisters coming up everywhere then I would get her checked out (and ask them to consider eczema herpeticum it gets missed because it's rare). It has the potential to be very serious, which is why I mention it, although as I said I don't think you get oral then eczema herpeticum, I think you just get eczema herpeticum. Not a medic though so could be wrong.

[SlightlyMadSpider]

Just googling it - it looks as though it is limited to those who suffer eczema in the first place - so I think we will be OK. Will definately keep an eye on it - thanks for hte heads up.

[SlightlyMadSpider]

Have been to see GP. She definately has a bacterial infection in her thumb (a manky bit from sucking) - so has antibiotics for that. He is not sure whether the blisters on her tumb (around the manky bit) are part of the bacterial infection or transfer of herpes from mouth so we have acyclovir for that just in case.