Cold Sore Treatments

Cold sores or fever blisters as they are also known are caused by the virus, herpes simplex type1. This virus generally lies inactive in the nerve cells of the body. It will become activated when certain conditions occur. When it is activated it moves out of the nerve cells and into the mouth and nose area where it will form blisters. Several factors, such as common cold, stress, anxiety, exposure to excessive sun or wind can trigger the activation of the herpes virus. Though the virus itself cannot be eliminated, it is possible to cure cold sores.

Therefore the best treatment for a cold sore is to stop providing an environment in which it can live. Stay healthy and try not to have a fever, get an infection, catch a cold, travel by air, and expose your skin to the sun. Avoid stress and trauma, keep your immune system strong, may attention to food allergies and beware that during menstruation you are more vulnerable. Sometimes these things cannot help but happen, but if you treat your cold sore as soon as it develops, you can prevent a full-blown episode.

The following methods of treating cold sores will make healing faster, reduce the pain, avoid the sore from coming back and also prevent the spread of the virus.

When the pain caused by your cold sore becomes unbearable, you can relieve yourself of the pain by taking aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen, which are known to be effective painkillers. Avoid eating food which can cause it to be itchy and like salty foods. If itchiness occurs it’s best to apply petroleum jelly to soothe and help it to heal.

Licorice contains glycyrrhizin acid, which is known for its ability to inhibit the herpes virus and prevent it from spreading further. Read the labels to make sure you are buying real licorice. Extract of olive leaves is an excellent antibiotic and it will decrease the pain and discomfort. Apply a cotton ball soaked in milk to the cold sore. Not only will it soothe the area, if apply right at the beginning of the cold sore it accelerates healing of it immensely. Garlic is a strong natural antiviral. Take garlic capsules daily to reduce the intensity of the cold sore or place cut garlic clove directly on the cold sore to help along healing.

The virus lives in your toothbrush, so replace it after blister have formed and the cold sore healed completely. Exposure to sun and wind should be avoided. When you hang out cover your lips with high factor sun block. Using scarf hide your nose and mouth in windy weather. Handle stress, since it is a trigger for cold source. Should practice yoga, meditation, relaxing, reading, touch therapy for relaxation. During stress, suck zinc lozenges, which helps you to handle it better, and it also boost up the immune system.

It’s quite easy to acquire a cold sore if you engage in kissing or share anything that comes into contact with the mouth of an infected person. To minimize your risk, always keep your hands clean. Wash them frequently with soap and hot water or utilize a hand sanitizer when this is not possible. While colds sores are extremely contagious but you can avoid them if you take precautions.

Cold Sore Treatments

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