Cold Sores

Cold sores also called fever blisters are quite different from canker sores, cold sores are fluid filled blisters that appear on or around the lips and sometimes on the nostrils or chin, where canker sores are ulcers that occur in the soft tissue inside the mouth.  Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus, and they're contagious. Canker sores, are not contagious, and occur only in your mouth.

Cold sores, are caused from certain strains of the herpes virus simplex type 1. Herpes simplex virus type 2 is usually the cause for genital herpes. However, either type of the virus can cause sores in the facial area or on the genitals. Once you've have had an attack of cold sores, the virus lies dormant in your nerve cells in your skin and may emerge again at any time as an active infection at or near the original site. You may experience itching, tingling, burning, and heightened sensitivity at the site preceding each attack. Fever, menstruation, stress and exposure to the sun may trigger a recurrence.

Cold sores are common. Though you can't cure or prevent cold sores, you can take steps to reduce their frequency and to limit the duration of an occurrence.Generally, cold sores don’t leave scars. On average, lesions last 7-10 days if left untreated.

You can take steps to guard against cold sores, to prevent spreading them to other parts of your body or to avoid passing them along to another person:

1. Avoid kissing and skin contact with people while blisters are present. The virus can spread easily as long as there are moist secretions from your blisters.
2. Avoid sharing items. Utensils, towels and other items can spread the virus when blisters are present.
3. Keep your hands clean. Wash your hands carefully before touching another person when you have a cold sore.
4. Be careful about touching other parts of your body. Your eyes and genital area may be particularly susceptible to spread of the virus.
5. Avoid triggers. If possible try to avoid or prevent conditions that stress your body, such as getting a cold or the flu, not getting enough sleep or staying in the sun for long periods of time without applying sunblock.
6. Use sunblock. Apply sunblock to your lips and face before prolonged exposure to the sun — during both the winter and the summer — to help prevent cold sores.

Grace Melgarejo

Grace Melgarejo Author of Cold Sore Freedom in 3 Days learned how to get rid of cold sores, she suffer for over 7 years of trying every popular method to remove these constant irritations, she finally found a different and effective solution to this common problem. Amazingly, it was all-natural, very inexpensive, and easy to implement.

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