Best Natural Remedies for Cold Sores
Cold sores are small, painful, fluid-filled blisters that usually occur on the lips, gums, or roof of the mouth. They're caused by the herpes simplex virus and are contagious. There may be pain or tingling one to two days before the cold sores appear.
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Causes of Cold Sore:
Cold sores are painful, fluid-filled tiny blisters that appear on the lips and around the nose. They usually appear in association with a cold-hence the name. It is caused by one of two highly contagious viruses:Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2. When the body is stressed, or its immune system is compromised, the body becomes an easy attack of this virus.
Symptoms:
Warning symptoms of itching, burning, increased sensitivity, or tingling sensation may occur about 2 days before lesions appear.
* Skin lesion/rash located around the lips, mouth, and gums
* Small blisters (vesicles), filled with clear yellowish fluid
Home Remedies for cold sores
Apply an ice cube to the sore point for a few minutes at a time.
Lysine – A lot of today’s over the counter medications for cold sores contain lysine. Basically, lysine is able to inhibit the HPV virus’s ability to replicate itself. When you increase your lysine intake, you can reduce the recurrence of cold sores and at the same time dramatically reduce the pain, swelling and discomfort when cold sores do break out. You can easily find lysine in dairy products like milk and also in yoghurt.
Apply a tea bag for few minutes on the blisters, repeat this every hour. One can also consider pressing a warm tea bag on the blisters for approximately 30 minutes.
Vaseline – Vaseline is one of the petroleum-based cold sore remedies capable of soothing the cold sores with preventing cracking and dryness. It is also helpful in protecting your cold sores against bacterial infections.
Prevention of cold sores
* Get a new toothbrush after you had cold sores.
* Wear a hat and use a sun block on your lips if sun appears to trigger cold sores.
* Take 500 to 1000 milligrams of amino acid daily. Or eat foods such as kidney beans, and corn.
* If stress seems to bring on cold sores find ways to relax exercise and practice yoga or meditation.
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