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How to Get Rid of Cold Sores
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Cold Sores
Riddle: How is a cold sore like a brother-in-law visiting from out-of-town for the week?
Answer: You can’t dispose of either of them easily; you usually have to wait until they go away.
What is a Cold Sore?
Unlike brothers-in-law, cold sores are not irritants brought on by marriage but are small, painful infections that attack skin and nerves, look like chicken pox, and are caused by the herpes simplex virus. They can appear on various parts of your body but usually show up on the lips and, less commonly, on the nose. They start invisibly with a tingling sensation, followed two days later by the red, fluid-filled pustules that we call cold sores or fever blisters or, simply, “those disgusting looking things.” And there they sit, painful to the touch, for a week to 10 days.
Unlike canker sores, with which they are often confused, they seldom appear inside the mouth.
During that 7-to-10-day period, the blisters break, ooze, and form a yellow crust. They thus get even uglier. The scabs then fall off, and the skin heals without scarring. During that period, the sores are communicable through direct contact with others (or with yourself) or through an intermediary like a towel or razor. So, if you can actually find someone who will kiss you on the lips during that period, refuse them that dubious privilege.
After that’s over, and your skin is back to normal, you might be fooled into thinking the virus causing the infection has died and gone off to virus limbo. No, it doesn’t. It becomes dormant in the skin’s nerve cells and can be reawakened quickly by such things as stress, menses, a fever, or getting a sunburn. The first infection by the virus usually occurs in childhood; once the virus enters the body, it remains there forever. The first outbreak is typically the most severe as no antibodies have been produced to resist it. Meningitis is a possible complication.
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I have gotten cold sores forever,they suck!Right now i have one on my lower left side of my lip and another on the right side.And i have a birthday party to go to tomorrow.Ahh!
NEVER EVER EVER EVER use Nail varnish remover…..I read a few reviews on here about how effective it was to put nail varnish remover on a cold sore so i did this the following day my lip was huge and my cheek was swollen for a few days the cold sore grew and took double the amount of time it should have to disappear. I have now got another one after not having a little visitor in over a year so I am extremely stressed however I have decided to just leave it for time to hea;l the more you mess the more stubborn they are!! Good Luck all you fellow sufferers!xxx
I’ve been living with cold sores since I was 12. My first outbreak was quite ugly from my top lip to inside my nose, yuk! If you feel an itch on your skin particularly around common areas you get cold sores than you can almost guarantee that it is one…..best measure is to get at it before it starts breaking out as it will reduce the severity of the blister, but if you don’t it will get worse before it gets better. The most effective treatment I have found so far that’s readily availabe is Zovirax - I don’t leave home without it!
i just got a cold sore and it KILLS and now i have 2 go 2 school on monday and i have to hide it all day AND be in pain
I know when a cold sore is coming because I feel a bump on my lip and the next day it comes and I got one today I haven’t had it for almost a year!
hi…
i i hav the worst cold sore and now its all dry and i’m really sad because i have to go to school and i don’t want anyone to see it but they can and its embaressing
i was putting tea tree oil on it but its just dried it out to much
how do i prevent them from scabbing?
I’ve gotten cold sores since i can remember. I’ve tried many different remedies and the best ones that i know of are:
1. Once you feel and outbreak coming on, put an over the counter cream on it ASAP. this will dry it out and prevent it from becoming to large. keep in mind: its most likely going to get worse to get better. don’t lose hope!
2. take lysine tablets. the tablet support collagen and tissue maintenance. take 3-4 a day durring an outbreak. lysine should also be taken as a daily vitimen for those who do suffer from cold sores (1-2 regularlly)
3. refrain from picking/popping. not only do the fulid inside of cold sores are most likely going to spread if they come in contact with other surfaces of you face, but picking at your sores increases the possibily of scaring.
4. once your cold sore is dried up and scabbing/ed over be sure to mostureize! cracking lips are less likley to heal then ones that are treated with a moistrizing agent. try: medicated mentha lip remedy/ or aloe vera
its been like 4 days using abrevia and i still have the cold soar what do i do??
rule number 1 put tooth past on it it will goaway in 45minz no shit…..
ok seriously this is THE BEST way to rid of the cold sore AND! you can have fun doing it.
it’s simple
go to the beach and play in the Ocean. Seriously its that easy! the salt water will dry out the cold sore in about half an hour to the point where its nothing but a small dot. Seriously it works.
Try using these 3 steps…always works for me when i get them
1.) apply ice to the sore, hold it on until you can’t bare it anymore.
it works for me
2.) Use hydrogen peroxide it dries out the sore and the sore should be smaller by the next day.
3.) Finally use aloe vera..it cools the sore and prevents it from coming back.
HOPE IT WORKS
urrghhh, these cold sores are dire.
i think this is my first lot, ive got one on each side of my lip and like 4 or 5 jus outside my mouth, rank.
ive been putting loads of vaseline of them cos i thought it was just chapped lips but reading these posts and the article there obviously cold sores.. lysine is the best or wot?
I just got my secound cold sore ever today, but i’m glad this one isn’t as bad as my first one. my first one was actually a fever blister. but this time i kinda knew what to expect because i looked up what to do last time cuz obveslly i’m going to get them for now on. so this time as soon as i felt the tingle i put abreava on it and then put an ice cube directly on it. for about 2 hours straight, that made the sweeling stop and the redness go away. now i’m just constantly putting carmex on it and later tonight i plan on putting proxied on it (i just learn that it would help dry it out on here) and it seems to be doing good. its way small and dosn’t tingle or hurt anymore. like i said i’m way more satisfied with this then the fever blister i got the first time because i didn’t know what to do and it just got worse.
I’ve learned alot on this site and plan on using these diffrent techniques and see what works best for me.
:] thanks for the tips
LYSINE, LYSINE, LYSINE!
got one of these badboys on the wednesday. no “hello, nice to meet you” tingle on my lip, just woke up and there it was! so i used zovirax (similar to any other coldsore cream) for about 24hrs, and as usual it wasnt doing anything in a hurry. so i checked this website and got myself some lysine cream from holland and barratts for 2.99 (the tablets were expensive and wereaimed at constant sufferers) 3 days later, HALLULUJAH!! its literally gone. so my friends, get yourself some LYSINE CREAM stat!!!!!!
I’ve gotten cold sores seen I was a baby. Only 2 of my other siblings get them, but out of my whole family I get them the worst. I get cold sores about 3 times a year. When I get them I usually get 5 or more all around my mouth. Anyways I put Peroxide and Abreva on them about 5 times a day. I also take a lot Lysine tablets. I’ve heard that green tree oil is really good. To prevent cold sores i would suggest to not get to much sun exposer. Stress is supposed to cause them and don’t eat to much citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, grapefruit ect.
i like abreeva a lot that always helps. But recently my mom told me to put hydrogen peroxide on it to help dry it out and it works like a charm! def give it a try. i just put some on a q-tip apply it to my lip.
The dose of lysine should probably be 3 grams per day. The tablets are available in 500 mg and 1000 mg (1 gm) size. You don’t have to take the whole dose at once, but I do. The tablets are big and hard for me to swallow, so I chew them up - they don’t taste good but there are worse things. Chase the chewed tablets with gummy candies, especially the sour ones, to get rid of the taste.
This is both preventive and expedites healing. If you are in a situation that promotes cold sore emergence - stress, pms, excess sun, fatigue, other viral illness, etc., start taking the lysine and stop the &*##@ things before they start!
Lysine is an amino acid - a protein building block. It isn’t toxic at these doses, doubt you could stand to take enough of it to do harm.
This preventive/cure was discovered serendipitously during a study of something else at Johns Hopkins. I don’t recall the details, but that’s where the 3 gram dose comes from. If you google it you can probably find out.
If you don’t get to the lysine in time, Abreeva really helps.
My doctor recommends and will prescribe for me Valcyclovir, 2 grams one time at the first sign of a cold sore. It works, but that stuff is crazy expensive!
I get cold sores 3-4 times a year. Ive tried so many things, but using pure oregano oil and abreeva really does work. My cold sores dont even get that big and in a week its almost gone!
i had blisters ever since i was a toddler but every time i go through the tingle stage i pop some carmex on and itll be gone so quick but yu gotta keep applyin it nd it never turn into a blister