Cold sores.... can anyone help?!
Question: Cold sores!.!.!.!. can anyone help!?
I get them!. I hate them!. I don't know what triggers them!. I know that stress, chapped lips, sun, fevers or being sick, can all cause them to pop up, but I can't seem to figure out what triggers mine!. I get at least 5 a year, nothing helps them go away, not abreva, or any of the other 10's of things I've tried!.
SO, my question(s) is: why do I get them!? Does anything really work to make them go away!? AND, is it normal that my whole face is sensitive when I have a coldsore on my lip!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
SO, my question(s) is: why do I get them!? Does anything really work to make them go away!? AND, is it normal that my whole face is sensitive when I have a coldsore on my lip!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Cold sores are outbreaks of oral herpes, usually caught as a child!. The normal culprit virus is herpes simplex 1!. Once you have it, you have it for life - some people just siffer more with it, while a lucky 80% of infected people never get cold sores!.
Have you just started getting cold sores recently, orhave you got them since you were a kid!? Most people catch it as children, and by adulthood only have it very mildly (it normally gets less active with time)!. If you have caught it as a teenager or adult though, the virus is normally pretty active for the first couple of years!. Also, hormones are a trigger, so teenagers, and adult women, tend to get cold sores more often, often around menstruation!.
Triggers are different for everyone, so I can't tell you what the triggers are for you!. Mine is being run down and sick, not eating well, drinking alcohol to excess or otherwise not taking care of myself!. If I eat well and avoid sweets and chocolate, I never get outbreaks, because it is obvious that if you are very healthy your immune system is too and is better at suppressing the virus!.
Once you get one, NOTHING you can put on it will make it go away!. It is a virus, and needs to run its course until your immune system gets it under control again in 3-6 days!.
Yes, it is normal for your skin to feel sore!. The herpes virus that causes the sores lies dormant in your nerve ganglion, and when it activates it can feel sore all down the nerve path, across your cheek for example!. You may find that it is sore on one side of your face!. If you are really unlucky, you can experience a mild fever with a cold sore as well!.
When it comes down to it, some people just have more difficulty controlling the herpes virus than others!. There doesn't need to be that noticeable a trigger!. My boyfriend gets them really often, but I have friends who haven't had one in 10 years!.
I have genital herpes hsv-1 - the same virus as probably causes your cold sores - which I caught from my boyfriend (the one with frequent cold sores) giving me oral sex!. When you have oral herpes type 1 genitally it is supposed to be really mild, but like you I get at least five outbreaks a year!. I don't know why I get them more often, I just do!. It doesn't seem fair because my sister has it too and only gets an outbreak once every few years!. I can't see she is healthier than me!. The longest time I ever went without one was when I gave up alcohol and anything containing sugar for 6 months and ate lots of veg!. But I couldn't keep it up!.
If they are a problem for you, the one thing I would recommend taking when you feel the warning signs is valtrex, which you may need to get from a doctor!. Valtrex is an anti-viral and if you take it as soon as you have a warning sign a cold sore is coming, it makes it go away again!.
Being an oral medication, it acts from the inside!. It is expensive though!. There are generic alternatives such as acyclovir and valacyclovir!. The recommended course if you are getting a cold sore is two a day for five days, but I find I can get away with a 1-2 day treatment of 2 a day which saves money!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Have you just started getting cold sores recently, orhave you got them since you were a kid!? Most people catch it as children, and by adulthood only have it very mildly (it normally gets less active with time)!. If you have caught it as a teenager or adult though, the virus is normally pretty active for the first couple of years!. Also, hormones are a trigger, so teenagers, and adult women, tend to get cold sores more often, often around menstruation!.
Triggers are different for everyone, so I can't tell you what the triggers are for you!. Mine is being run down and sick, not eating well, drinking alcohol to excess or otherwise not taking care of myself!. If I eat well and avoid sweets and chocolate, I never get outbreaks, because it is obvious that if you are very healthy your immune system is too and is better at suppressing the virus!.
Once you get one, NOTHING you can put on it will make it go away!. It is a virus, and needs to run its course until your immune system gets it under control again in 3-6 days!.
Yes, it is normal for your skin to feel sore!. The herpes virus that causes the sores lies dormant in your nerve ganglion, and when it activates it can feel sore all down the nerve path, across your cheek for example!. You may find that it is sore on one side of your face!. If you are really unlucky, you can experience a mild fever with a cold sore as well!.
When it comes down to it, some people just have more difficulty controlling the herpes virus than others!. There doesn't need to be that noticeable a trigger!. My boyfriend gets them really often, but I have friends who haven't had one in 10 years!.
I have genital herpes hsv-1 - the same virus as probably causes your cold sores - which I caught from my boyfriend (the one with frequent cold sores) giving me oral sex!. When you have oral herpes type 1 genitally it is supposed to be really mild, but like you I get at least five outbreaks a year!. I don't know why I get them more often, I just do!. It doesn't seem fair because my sister has it too and only gets an outbreak once every few years!. I can't see she is healthier than me!. The longest time I ever went without one was when I gave up alcohol and anything containing sugar for 6 months and ate lots of veg!. But I couldn't keep it up!.
If they are a problem for you, the one thing I would recommend taking when you feel the warning signs is valtrex, which you may need to get from a doctor!. Valtrex is an anti-viral and if you take it as soon as you have a warning sign a cold sore is coming, it makes it go away again!.
Being an oral medication, it acts from the inside!. It is expensive though!. There are generic alternatives such as acyclovir and valacyclovir!. The recommended course if you are getting a cold sore is two a day for five days, but I find I can get away with a 1-2 day treatment of 2 a day which saves money!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I get them too, there is not much you can do about them!. Taking L-Lysine will help! I have taken that for years!. Also, try staying out of the sun, the sun is a big trigger for me!. If you are in the sun, use sunscreen and lots of it!. Also, if you feel one coming on, I mean as SOON as you feel it, rub some rubbing alcohol on it and it will either go away or not be as bad as it could be!. There is stuff out there that helps but nothing makes them go away overnight!. I use Campho-Phynique (sp!?)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i get them alot to but i can sinply answer your question!.!.!.!.put saltwater on it to go away!.!.!.!.stress chapped lips sun fevers or sickness can ALL cause them and no its not normal for your whole face to be sensitive
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hope i helped :PWww@Answer-Health@Com
take some Oil of Oregano internally (capsules)
apply some Oil of Oregano (tinture) to the distressed site!.
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apply some Oil of Oregano (tinture) to the distressed site!.
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