Ok so you’ve got a cold sore on your lip and you want to get rid of it fast, right? Ok, well lets determine a couple of things first: is it just the tingling sensation of what you’re sure is an oncoming cold sore or has it already developed yet? If it’s already developed then [...]
I’m going to give you a quick little treatment to try that my friend Alicia discovered on her own (and I’ve tried independently to find that it does often work, sometimes in under 24 hours), and then I’ll give you a few additional tips that I think will help speed things along and/or increase the [...]
Ok, so you or someone you know thinks they might be getting a cold sore, but they’re not sure so you want to see what they look like, right? Ok, well I’ve scoured the internet to find the best photos of cold sores at early, middle, and late stages of development for you, so let’s [...]
The Herpes Simplex Virus (usually the HSV-1 strain, although cases of oral infection involving HSV-2 have been documented, although rare) is what causes your cold sores, and as you probably already know, you can never get rid of the virus so therefore you’ll always continue to suffer from outbreaks of cold sores, although after [...]
First off, is the “cold sore” inside or outside the mouth? If it’s inside the mouth then it’s much more likely that it’s a canker sore, not a cold sore, and the two are completely different and caused by two completely different things. On the TOP left is a cold sore on the outside of [...]
Here’s a list of 20 various remedies that myself and my friends have tried and found effective to one degree or another, plus our personal comments and opinions on each one. I really hope that you not only find this list useful but actually go ahead and try some of these yourself and post [...]
You’ve already got a developed cold sore (I take it it’s already started to emerge at least as a red bump if not a full-blown blister, if not then see this for preventative measures that can stop an outbreak before it happens: Cold Sore Home Remedy), it hurts, it itches, it’s contagious so you [...]
So you’ve got a cold sore on your lip, eh? Well, that sucks. Sorry, I know that wasn’t helpful, but I’m used to it enough at this point such that that’s precisely what I think when I look in the mirror in the morning and see that I’ve got one developing: “well, that sucks…”
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A cold sore blister is the outward symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Virus–most likely the Type 1 strain, aka HSV-1, although 1 in 6 cases of oral herpes involve the HSV-2 strain, which is the one typically associated with genital herpes, see What Is A Cold Sore? for more info.
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(To the left is a picture of the Herpes Simplex Virus from a scanning electron microscope)
A cold sore is a blister on the skin, usually around the mouth, that is the primary (and usually the only) symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Type 1 virus (aka “HSV-1″). Something to point out [...]
