What are the signs of a cold sore?!

When you first catch the cold sore virus, you may have mild flu-like symptoms, including swollen gums, a sore feeling in the mouth, swollen lymph glands in the neck, and fever!. You don't develop cold sores when you're first infected, and only about a third of all people who catch the cold sore virus will ever develop sores!.

If you do develop sores, about a day before you can see any blisters, your mouth will likely tingle, itch, or feel warm in places!. Then you'll see a cluster of small blisters that will turn into a shallow, painful sore!. In a few days the sore will crust over and slowly disappear!. The whole flare-up lasts about seven to ten days!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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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,

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