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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Pustules and now ulcers?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Pustules and now ulcers?
by Renee35, Aug 26, 2006 12:00AM
I went out and purchased a yeast cream like you recommended. I started putting it on yesterday. My new sypmtoms have me really freaking out now. Yesterday I felt another raised area it felt like a lump and then I noticed a white lesion there, it is painful. The area is very red and it has a large lump with a lesion on top. Kind of like a canker sore? This morning I when I woke up I noticed that my lips were really sore and when I looked I saw another 8-10 of these lesions only they are really small, but they do hurt. I do plan on calling another derm. on MOnday and being seen by someone different. I mean I have had this rash with these pustules on my lips for over a month now. I am just concerned about my new symptom. My lips are very red now could this redness and ulcers be because of the creams the derm. put me on? I know he said one was to peel the skin. Or is this a symptom that could go along with a possible yeast infection? Or lastly is this something serious that is just another thing added to whatever has taken over my lip?I have had a canker sore before and this hurts like a canker sore, but it doesn't look like the usual canker sore. These are towards the inside of my lip but they are still on my lip I thought you get canker sores inside the mouth. could this be these pustule things turning into something else? At least before it didn't hurt.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Aug 27, 2006 12:00AM
, Aug 27, 2006 12:00AM
To be honest, I can't see anything is your description that should make you worry at all, much less freak out. It seems to me that you're associating a lot of things that have nothing to do with each other. The spots on your lip could hardly be pustules--those don't affect the lip, and wouldn't last a month.
By all means see another dermatologist, or call your former one and ask about potential irritation from whatever was prescribed. But while you wait for more reassurance, I really think you should chill.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
By all means see another dermatologist, or call your former one and ask about potential irritation from whatever was prescribed. But while you wait for more reassurance, I really think you should chill.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
