Cold Sores are caused by a virus
called Herpes Simplex, also known as HHV-1 or HHV-2
(Human Herpes Virus), both can be transmitted when
the person infected is producing the virus. The
symptoms are watery blisters in the lips, mouth,
genitals, also can be seen on hands, eyes and nose.
Once the virus infects it remains hiding from the
immune system in the nerves, that´s why the
reactivation may occur when the situation is
favored. Investigators are working on the vaccine,
but it is not ready yet.
Nothing can be more aggravating than a painful,
itchy, and irritating herpes. Have you ever had one
of those cold sores inside your mouth that make you
wince in pain when your tongue hits it, or one that
makes eating a pure displeasure because of the pangs
of pain it emits, or the ones on your mouth that
make you look like an ogre with its bad appearance
and painful presence. Nothing is more annoying than
having a cold sore last days and days on end with no
sign of disappearing.
They appear on the bottom or top of the lip or
worse, inside the mouth. The best way to get rid of
cold sore is to take 4500 mg of oral Lysine, one
pill in the morning and one pill in the evening,
this drug can be found over the counter in
pharmacies.
Also you should take an antiviral medicine in the
moment that your first symptoms like itchiness and
redness appear, such as acyclovir or pamcyclovir for
at least five days.
The other best way to get rid of a cold sore is
to apply topical antiviral creams, that reduce the
replication of the virus, like Abreva that can be
found over the counter.
You also want to maintain your lips moist, so you
can get nightly and daily applications of creams
with menthol, like Carmex or Blistex. Doing this
daily will help heal the cold sore and make the pain
and itchiness disappear. Applying these products is
the best way to get rid of a cold sore as they close
up the gaping blister that is starting to open up
and release discharges.
Anesthetic creams can offer you relieve when you
are experiencing itchiness and pain, such as
prilocaine, lidocaine, benzocaine, tetracaine,
Cold sores are not only painful and annoying but
they can be accompanied with fevers at night, that´s
why you also may take some analgesic medication like
acetaminophen or ibuprofen that will help relieve
the fever and pain.
