I've had chronic lip swelling and weeping, top and bottom, for 6 weeks now. They start with the standard HSV-1 symptoms: tingling, burning and itching. But, immediately following these feelings my lips begin to turn bright red, swell 2-3 times their normal size and weep. Large bumps that look like they’re under the skin become apparent, but they don’t look like a standard blister. Although, my dr seemed to think they do look like blisters.
Anyhow, once swollen my lips will weep yellow fluid anywhere from 1-3 hours, then they both completely crust over with a yellow film. After about 24 hours the crust begins to fall off and they're start shrinking back down to their normal size, but remain red. They'll stay this way for a couple days, and then the process repeats itself. It's been going on like this for 6 weeks!
After the first few onsets, I was treated for HSV-1 with a 2mg Valtrex treatment, which helped for a couple days and then it was back. I was then treated for Impetigo with topical and oral antibiotics, which did nothing. Then, I was put on suppressive antiviral therapy, Valtrex 500mg 2x a day. That seemed to help for 4-5 days, but I just had another flare this morning.
Any ideas what could be going on or how I can fix this? I'm a business professional and have been forced to give presentations with my lips 3x their normal size and weeping. I can't wait this out and need to find an answer, but so far three separate dr's haven't been able to figure it out….