How To Get Rid Of Cold Sores Fast
Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2007
by Victor Newton
Cold sores are very contagious, especially in the first 2 or 3 days after an outbreak. Cold sores are extremely common; it is estimated that, in the United States, 80%-90% of the population has been infected by the cold sore virus by the time they are 50 years old. These sores are highly contagious until they heal. Transmitted by kissing an infected person or sharing eating utensils, towels, or razors, cold sores are usually confined to the mouth area (particularly on and around the lip).
Putting on sunblock lip balm and sunscreen on the face before going out in the sun may help prevent cold sores from reappearing in kids who tend to get them. For most kids, the sores go away on their own without any special treatment from a doctor. Some kids may take acetaminophen or ibuprofen if their sores are painful. Actually, it's a good idea to not even touch active cold sores. They normally go away on their own within 7 to 10 days. To make yourself more comfortable when you have a cold sore, you can apply ice or anything cool to the area. Cold sores always seem to occur at the worst possible times.
Symptoms are usually most severe 8 hours after the outbreak. Symptoms may include: tingling of the lips small blisters on the lips and mouth that enlarge, burst, then crust over itching and irritation of the lips and mouth soreness around the lips and mouth. Symptoms that develop after the original infection are generally severer than those that appear in later episodes of the disease. There are many nonprescription medications that provide some relief from the symptoms. The medicine does not eliminate the virus from the body, but it can decrease the number of days you have symptoms and speed the drying up of the blisters. Within 10 to 14 days from the first symptoms, cold sores usually heal, flake away and disappear.
More than 60 million people suffer from the contagious disease caused by herpes virus in every year and to get rid of cold sore fast you need to try some of the following conventional and medicinal approaches. Some people have used Witch Hazel for everything from bug bites to head lice, well, it happens to show promise in the form of a cold sore home remedy as well. Next on our cold sore home remedy tour is a nice warm tea bag. Certainly you are going to feel silly setting around sucking on a tea bag, but some folks have claimed that with this method of cold sore home remedies, the cold sore will actually disappear overnight.
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More commentsWhat I do is get acotton swab and put rubbing alcohol on it. Hold against the cold sore for about 5 mins (it will dry up fast) then do it again. then put toothpaste on it for over night when you go to sleep. Popping or squeezing the sore will make more appear becuase the puss thats inside is contaminated with the virus. If you are to pop or squeeze one then ice it for while first to slow down the production of the virus.
Abreva is supposed to be used in the first stages.i use lysine it comes in a tube it kinda looks like boogers ahha.you can't get rid of cold sore in one day.its like when your sick your body has to take time to heal.Just be patient 90 % of people get them
Ugh, i got a fever, dizziness, and eye pain 4 days ago. 2 days ago i get a little cold sore on the side of my mouth, today half my lips is covered in cold sores :( . Fortunately it isn't that itchy. I got cold sores like 3-4 months ago :/ . Sucks i got it again.
i went the the beach got sun burnned my lipss were red too. The next day i go to the pool. at night i see like two coming and i put blistex like 100 times but it didnt work over night my whole top lip was swollen and i got like 2 hug ones and through out the day i got one on my bottome lip and now that lip is a little swollen and the worst parts is that i got one like a weekago that was healing and now thiss pluss i was about to go to canada with my cousins this saturday cause they invited me and noww if this doesnt come of im not going i hateee my lifee:( does anyone know how the get ridde od them quickkk!
I have a date on friday with a girl and i just got a stupid cold sore :l i guess ill use the needle method "/
Thank you ppl . Hope your cold sores go away :)
toothpaste has always worked for me, get a pea sized amount when you first feel the tingling and cover the area with toothpaste, if that fails use aftershave or perfume works a treat and dries the coldsore up within a few hours :)
I have one and its really big and red. totally embarresing.. im going to school tomorrow so im gonna try to use the alcohal on it then toothpaste. You guys have great ideas.(:
I tried toothpaste last night and it made it smaller but now I am keeping salt on it for like 5 minutes! Lets hope this works!
i have a cold sore... I've been hideing it from everyone at school so ill like put my top lip over it like I'm biting my lip (its on the bottom lieft side of my lip) it sucks . There imbaresing and ppl r immature so there all like "ew yu have herpes" -___- but thanks I'm going to ice it now and put salt and tooth past on it . I hope it work. Even I alittle bit would make me happy .
I have a cold sore and its embarresing but im willing to try anything tp get rid of it thanks for all the ideas really appericiate it thanks :)
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