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Cold sore or ??

I had a hangover on Saturday, food poisoning Sunday, began a fever on Monday and had the beginning of a cold sore. I tried some every recommendation and it helped with pain. But when I put alcohol on it, it instanstly dried out and started shrinking. I thought cold sores take days to heal. Is this a cold sore or not?
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No, but I have gotten rashes from wearing cheap lipstick or lipliner and sometimes I get on after staying in a hotel. Those disappear in a day or two without a huge scab live I have now.
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have you ever had cold sores before?
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The "cold sore" became visible Wednesday. By Thursday morning I gave up on the recommendations I had read aboutbecause it just seem to make it bigger. I cleaned it with alcohol and 2 hrs later it was half it's size.  24hrs later(with regular alcohol cleaning) it's almost completely gone.

So was it a cold sore or something else?
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