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Question about HSV1?

A week or two ago I began an aggressive skin treatment schedule to clear up some acne I had around my mouth and on my temples and forehead. I was using a face wash with salicylic acid 2% twice daily and a cream with benezol peroxide in it before bed. My skin became dry and irritated, as would be expected from what I did. I also got two large cold sores right on the corner of my lip-the area closest to the treated area. My question is whether or not this stress on my skin could have caused the outbreak of HSV1, or if it was just a coincidence. I remember getting a cold sore before, 7 years ago, so I know the virus was already in my system. Carmex has proved effective in treating it. Also, is there anything I can do to keep the acne treatments from causing this reaction, that is, if the two are related?

When you think of getting a cold sore you usually assume that you were recently exposed to something that has caused your problem. With cold sores this is not the case. Cold sores are not a sign of a recently acquired herpes simplex infection or another outside stimulus but instead a reactivation of herpes virus particles already living in your body. Cold sores occur when latent herpes simplex virus particles, which have been lying dormant ("asleep"), become reactivated.

The dormant virus particles come from a previous herpes infection. A person's initial herpes simplex virus infection, termed "primary herpetic stomatitis," does not usually take the form of a cold sore and therefore a person may not relate their initial exposure to the herpes virus to the recurrent cold sores that they get.

Treat Cold Sores Effectively - 3 Useful Tips

Are you struggling to treat cold sores effectively? Do you find yourself staring in the mirror and silently wishing you could just cut them off your face? If you are looking for highly effective cold sore treatment options, the following tips could give you a helping hand. They are designed to help you not only treat cold sores, but possibly help you reduce the frequency of your outbreaks as well.

Tip #1: Creams and lotions must be applied at the very first signs of an outbreak.

Some antiviral creams and lotions can in fact reduce the length of time you have to suffer with cold sores, but this only works when you start applying them at the very first signs of an outbreak is coming on. You have to catch the rough patch of skin or the slightly reddened, itchy skin in order to truly impact the virus and shorten the length of its reign on your face.

Also with these products you have to be extremely consistent. If you skip dosages or just do it a couple times throughout the week then you are wasting time and money as it will not help you very much.

Tip #2: Keep your immune system strong and healthy.

It is important for anyone with the Herpes virus to keep their immune system as strong and healthy as possible. A weak immune system will prevent the body from fighting off flare ups and will result in more frequent cold sores. Also, with a weakened immune system cold sores tend to last much longer. If you have noticed that your outbreaks last for more than a week or are coming extremely close together, chances are you could use a good immune system boost.

There are some supplements that could help with this, but mainly you want to focus on living a well balanced, healthy life which includes a nutrient-rich diet and frequent exercise. A leading cause of cold sores is deficiencies inside the body, so nutrition is vital to treating and preventing outbreaks.

Tip #3: Sun is often a trigger for cold sore outbreaks.

There are many different triggers which could make your cold sores come more frequently and present challenges when you are trying to treat cold sores. One very common trigger happens to be exposure to sunlight but fortunately it is quite easy to combat. Simply make sure that every time you spend time out in the sun you are wearing a suitable sunscreen.

It also helps to carry lip balm with a UV block and put it on just before you go outdoors. Do this even if you are just walking across a parking lot or into your home as small amounts of sun collect throughout the day and could trigger cold sores.

There are unfortunately many other potential triggers for cold sore outbreaks. If you can determine what your triggers are, you can come up with a personalized cold sore treatment plan that combats those triggers and eliminates future outbreaks! Since there is no permanent cure for the Herpes Simplex 1 virus, that concept may seem to be too good to be true, but it is completely possible to control the virus so that future outbreaks simply do not happen.

There are many other tips out there that will help you treat cold sores effectively, but consider changing your approach to eliminating the virus rather than just controlling it.

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