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Cold Sore First Aid For Impossible Cold Sores |
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Cold sores and oral herpes should disappear when you use these proven techniques. Read this short article now. In it you will find top first aid tips for getting rid of any oral herpes cold sore.
by DennyBodoh
Cold sores and oral herpes should disappear when you use these proven techniques. Read this short article now. In it you will find top first aid tips for getting rid of any oral herpes cold sore.
If you are a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes sufferer, you need help, not hype. You need effective ways of stopping the discomfort and getting rid of your cold sores.
Embarrassment and pain are the two obvious reasons to heal a cold sore as fast as possible. But here are a couple more reasons most folks do not think about.
- HERPES VIRUS GETTING IN YOUR EYES
The herpes simplex virus is very contagious. When you have an active cold sore on your face, there is a strong risk of getting it in your eye by accident. This often causes eye damage.
- MAY BE A LINK TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Scientists have noticed some protein similarities between Alzheimer's and active cold sore outbreaks. Nothing to worry about at this early point. However, when the herpes virus is active, it could be doing other damage we have yet to discover.
Here are some great first aid options for your cold sore. These are safe and medically sound methods to shorten duration and reduce the risk of new herpes events.
1. FIRST AID FOR STOPPING THE PAIN OF COLD SORES.
The drug store cold sore remedies do not heal the sores any faster, but they can help reduce the pain. Look for a salve with benzocaine or lidocaine. They deaden the nerve endings, thus reducing pain.
Applying ice or any cold object will greatly diminish pain and swelling of the sore. A frozen tea bag is better since it provides some anti-virus value. Headaches and swollen lymph glands can be handled with aspirin or ibuprofen type products.
2. COLD SORE FIRST AID REQUIRES KEEPING THE SORE CLEAN
Removing as much of the herpes simplex virus from the wound area as possible is important in treating your cold sore. It will reduce the risk of spreading the disease and will help to lower the virus population hiding in your body.
Keep cleansing the cold sore area of excess virus using throw-away tissues or cotton balls soaked in alcohol or peroxide. Many folks use handy alcohol swab packets from the drug store for convenience.
3. FIRST AID FOR GROWING NEW SKIN OVER THE COLD SORE WOUND
There are amazing remedies you put directly on the cold sore that will heal it extremely fast.
Aloe Vera is incredible for knitting skin over an open wound. It would be wise to have an Aloe Vera plant in your home. It does a great job only if you use fresh leaf sap from a live plant. Bottled gel is dead and does not work well.
Yes, the Aloe Vera plant is well worth your while. But the following cold sore remedies can be used with or without the Aloe Vera to quickly heal any cold sore.
Apply a hot tea bag to the cold sore as often as possible. It is most effective to warm it up in water, not microwave. Between tea bag applications, put a zinc-based gel on the sore. Or you can rub a wet zinc lozenge on the area.
4. ADDITIONAL FIRST AID TIPS FOR COLD SORES
The most powerful first aid is proper nutrition. Find and take the best vitamin supplement possible. Your cold sore will heal better. You will experience fewer cold sores. And you will look and feel as healthy as a kid again.
Once the sore has burst open, ice will still reduce the pain, but will slow down healing. At this point, if you want pain relief, use ice. If you want fast healing, apply heat and a numbing agent like benzocaine.
When the cold sore crusts over, it is quite painful when it cracks. Keep the crust soft by applying a vegetable oil such as olive oil. Vitamin E oil works very well for this also.
In conclusion, the best first aid is not to get a cold sore in the first place. There are ways to prevent cold sores that will work for you. Maybe the vitamin therapy is all you personally need.
It is not magic. Each person gets cold sores for different reasons. You may have to do some testing of methods until you identify what works for you. When you do, you will enjoy a beautiful life without cold sores.
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