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Best Treatment for Cold Sores?
I woke up this morning w/ a ~2 cold sore blisters. In the course of a day, it tripled to 6. What's the best and fastest way to get rid of these?
Also, how do you get cold sores?
The best remedies are....
Put Ice on the cold sore or take a silver spoon, wet it and put in the freezer for a few minutes then place on the sore. It will help reduce size and heal quicker. Another trick take an aspirin crush it and add a lemon drop to make a paste then place on the sore and wait till it dries, leave it overnight. =) And it works for real!
Also use CARMEX for cold sores it works wonders just make sure when applying you use a qtip or the tip of your clean finger and dab on top of the sore, and dont place the same finger on the lip balm...that way you don't transfer the bacteria.
And last but not least take two aspirins. It will help reduce the redness and swelling.
What Causes Cold Sores....
The virus that causes cold sores is known as the herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of HSV, type I and type II. Cold sores are usually caused by type I. Herpes simplex infections are contagious. The virus is spread from person to person by kissing or other close contact with sores or even from contact with apparently normal skin that is shedding the virus. Infected saliva is also a means of transmitting the virus. People are most contagious when they have active blister-like sores. Once the blisters have dried and crusted over (within a few days), the risk of contagion is significantly lessened. However, a person infected with HSV can pass it on to another person even when a cold sore is not present. This is because the virus is sometimes shed in saliva even when sores are not present. Despite popular myth, it is almost impossible to catch herpes (cold sores) from contaminated surfaces, towels, or washcloths.
After the first infection, the virus enters the nerve cells and travels up the nerve until it comes to a place called a ganglion. There, it lays quietly in a stage that is called a "dormant" or "latent" period. At times, the virus can start multiplying again and travel down the nerve to the skin, causing new cold sores. The exact way this happens is not clear, but it is known that some conditions seem to be associated with recurrences, including
fever, colds, or the flu (this is why some people call them "fever blisters"),
ultraviolet radiation (exposure to the sun),
stress,
changes in the immune system,
hormonal changes, such as menstruation, and
trauma to the skin.
Sometimes there is no apparent cause of the recurrence.
Colds sores have a tendency to recur in more or less the same place. Such recurrences may happen often (for example, once a month) or only occasionally (for example, once or twice a year).
