Oral Cold Sore Triggers

When an outbreak occurs it typically lasts between 2 and 21 days, depending on

a number of factors (after you read this it should never last much more than 24 hours for you: Cold Sore Home Remedies – What I’ve Tried and What’s Worked), including the state of your immune system, any vitamins and supplements you might be on,

how you externally treat it, and any prescription anti-virals you may be taking for it. Outbreaks can almost always be linked back to some change in conditions that weakened your immune system for a period of time thereby allowing the virus to come out of remission and attack: excessive exposure to UV (sunlight), sudden temperature changes (i.e. cold weather, hence the name “cold sores”), other illnesses, poor diet and lack of exercise, and, more than any other, stress.

Spreading Oral Herpes – Did Grandma Infect You?

You most likely got cold sores when you were a small child, and in this case the most likely way in which you received them was being kissed by a close relative who was infected with oral herpes and happened to be shedding the virus at the time (they may have had an active cold sore, but not necessarily as you can still shed the virus even while not displaying any symptoms of the disease). Oral herpes is most often transmitted when there are visible sores on the person’s face, however the period immediately before a cold sore emerges is a stage during which the person is asymptomatically shedding the virus and is therefore capable of infecting other people even though there are no outward signs of the disease.

Although many people infected with HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus) develop typical visible symptoms such as lesions and sores, the majority of those infected with HSV (both HSV-1 and HSV-2)  either go

undiagnosed or display no physical symptoms of infection (they’re asymptomatic) and in many cases the very first symptom a person will have of their own infection is the horizontal transmission of the virus to a sexual partner or the vertical transmission of the virus from a mother to a newborn at term in the form of

neonatal herpes which can be very dangerous and is often lethal to the newborn.  (Source: Bio-Medicine.org)

Prescription and OTC Treatments for Oral Cold Sores

Prescription anti-viral medications for herpes work by interfering with viral replication, thereby slowing the replication rate of the virus and giving the immune system more of a chance to shut the virus down before it can cause problems. The three main prescription anti-virals are:

• Acyclovir (Zovirax): The most popular and usually first-prescribed cold sore anti-viral medication, this will shorten the duration of the pain by up to 1 day, and can reduce the healing time required for your first (ever) outbreak of herpes by 1 to 2 days.

• Famciclovir: This medication is occasionally used to treat the herpes virus that causes cold sores, as well as genital herpes (it acts on both the HSV-1 and HSV-2 strains), and studies have shown that it works as well as Acyclovir in the treatment of oral cold sore outbreaks. Possible side effects include itching, fever, headache, fatigue, nausea, or diarrhea.

• Valacyclovir: Valacyclovir was approved by the FDA solely for the purpose of reducing cold sore duration in people who are 12 years of age or older, and it’s also been noted that Valacyclovir is absorbed much easier than the other available anti-viral medications such as Acyclovir.  Possible side effects include allergic reaction, headache, skin rash, insomnia, dizziness, and fatigue.

(Source for oral anti-viral info: WebMD)

I’m sure many of you have heard of an OTC (over-the-counter) topical ointment drug called Abreva: Docosanol is an OTC topical anti-viral cream marketed by Avanir Pharmaceuticals under the brand name of Abreva–it was the first OTC anti-viral approved in

the U.S. and Canada, its method of action is preventing HSV from fusing to cell membranes, thus preventing entry of the virus into the skin. In my experience it is mildly effective on its own, but very effective if used in combination with a proper home treatment course like what I’ve found here:

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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1. It’s been found through experience that some people’s immune systems are very sensitive to a chemical found in white
   

   flour called “gluten”, and consuming it can lower your immune response which can thereby trigger an outbreak of cold sores (almost all cold sore outbreaks can be directly correlated to some decrease in immune function for some reason), so simply changing your diet so

   you avoid wheat gluten can reduce your incidence of cold sores by up to 90%.

2. Taking l-lysine as a preventative measure helps enormously, and I’m not the first one to discover this–take 500mg once a day to help prevent cold sores and 500mg 3 times daily during an active outbreak, it will shorten the duration of the cold sores!
3. Another couple of great supplements are
   

   Vitamin C and Vitamin B-12. B-12 has been shown specifically to help combat the herpes virus, and Vitamin C is an obvious choice since it boosts your immune system and the sooner your immune system gets back to 100% the sooner the outbreak will end.

4. It’s stupid-simple, but I’ve found something that will reduce the duration of an outbreak significantly plus it reduces pain, swelling, and irritation: just melt an ice cube over the cold sore for about 10 minutes every 2 hours or so, works wonders.
5. Applying witch hazel to the cold sore by q-tip once every two hours after you ice it to death also helps, this is something me and my friends have all tried and all agree is definitely having an effect on the cold sore, so I’d highly recommend you try it and see how it works for you.

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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The herpes virus remains dormant in the sensory nerve cells of your face until an outbreak, and no, sorry, there’s no cure: once you’ve been infected,

you’ve got it for life. There are various treatments for it, for more details on that check out: Cure Cold Sores? Known Treatments and Remedies. It’s almost always going to be the type 1 strain (HSV-1) of herpes that causes oral cold sores, however cases of

HSV-2 causing them have been documented, so it’s possible, although rare.  However, 1 in 6 cases of genital herpes are causes by HSV-1 (genital herpes is usually associated with HSV-2), so that’s somewhat more likely, although the old axiom that if it’s above the waist it’s HSV-1 and if it’s below the waist it’s HSV-2 does still generally hold true.

How Did I Originally Get Infected? Or: WHY GRANDMA WHY?!?!

Studies have shown that, the vast majority of the time, oral herpes is transmitted most commonly in someone’s youth when they are kissed by a relative who’s infected and suffering from an active cold sore outbreak–yeah, that sucks. This is especially likely if you started getting cold sores when you were a small child, which would mean that you were infected when

you were very young and therefore most likely acquired it from close contact with an infected relative suffering from an active outbreak. If you acquired it later in life then something else is probably the cause, most likely that you acquired it from an intimate partner through physical contact i.e. kissing

someone with a cold sore.

(Source: http://www.herpes.com/hsv1-2.html )

Cold Sore Treatments, Medications, and Remedies

There’s a great variety of treatments that myself and my friends have tried over the years: most of us originally went the prescription-combined-with-OTC (over-the-counter) route where we were prescribed something like Acyclovir or Valacyclovir and then used an OTC cream like Abreva.  Over the years we’ve found (myself included) that the best those can do is to shave 1 maybe 2 days off of an outbreak, and that’s about it.  We’ve found, through trial-and-error between us over the years, that there are more effective remedies you can put together in your kitchen.  Not only that, but there are preventative measures that you can take which will often prevent a cold sore outbreak altogether, from supplements like l-lysine and Vitamin B-12 to overarching diet changes like avoiding white flour because it contains gluten which is known to weaken your immune system.  To get more information on this, I highly recommend you have a look at this:

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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Right, so there’s a cold sore on your schnoz then, I take it?  Well, you’ve come to the right place–although the most common place that cold sores occur is on the lip and right around the mouth, the second most common location is the nose (hey, you can also get them on your EYE, so feel better cause it could be worse), but you treat them exactly the same way you would a normal cold sore on your lip, here’s what to do:

There’s a variety of prescription and OTC treatments that you can try (see here for more info: Cure Cold Sores? Known Treatments and Remedies), however myself and my friends have been long-time cold sore sufferers with

over 100 years of combined experience with the disease and have tried almost every possible prescription, OTC, and home remedy treatment known to man, and we’ve found the available mainstream prescription and OTC treatments to be verylacking (at best they’ll shorten the duration of your

outbreak by a day or so, that’s about it).  Over the years we’ve found a few various supplements and home remedies that actually work better than anything available from the pharmacy or drug store…

• Start taking lysine if you’re not already, not only will it shorten the duration of your outbreak if you’ve already got one but it’ll also, at lower doses, help prevent one from ever occuring in the first place.  Suggested dosage is 1000mg 3 times per day during an active outbreak and 500mg per day as a preventative measure.
• Also, I’d recommend that you start on Vitamin C to help boost your immune system if you don’t already take it, and Vitamin B-12 has been showen to slow the replication of the herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores.
• Apply lip balm (I like carmex for this) to your cold sore AFTER
  

  you wash it (you should be doing this once every few hours to keep it clean and dry) to keep it from spreading to the rest of your face or to other people (the wax in the balm seals the cold sore and keeps the liquid containing the virus from seeping out).

• After you wash it apply some witch hazel or other alcohol (benzyl and isopropyl work as well) to the cold sore with a q-tip, you’ll be amazed at how much this will help.
• Melting an ice cube on it when it gets particularly irritating can really help to reduce the itching, and we also think it helps slow the development of the cold sore and makes it heal faster.

For even more information on home remedies, definitely check this out:

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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go (do each of the following steps together once every 2 hours):

1. Keep the affected area clean and dry by washing it with a damp washcloth and soap, being sure to use a new one each time and put the old one (which is infested with herpes now) in the laundry.
2. Melt an ice cube on it for about 10 minutes at a time, this helps with the pain, irritation, and itching by numbing it plus it slows down the virus metabolism and makes it harder for the virus to fight back against your immune system.
3. Start taking lysine at 1000mg 3 times per day along with Vitamin C and B-12, lysine has been proven to inhibit the herpes simplex virus while it’s active and to prevent it from becoming active when it’s dormant (cold sore sufferers like myself and my friends will often stay on a 500mg per day
   

   lysine supplementation program at all times to help prevent outbreaks, and we’ve found it to significantly reduce the frequency of them). Vitamin C helps boost your immune system, and B-12 has

   been shown to reduce the duration of cold sore outbreaks in various studies.

4. Apply either witch hazel or benzyl alcohol (which is kinda hard to get, others have found regular isopropyl rubbing alcohol to work as well) to the affected area with a q-tip–this sounds really simple and obvious since these are disinfectants, but we’ve found them to be surprisingly effective despite never having heard this advice from a doctor (I originally heard it from a fellow cold sore sufferer who posted the advice on an online home remedy forum, then myself and my friends tested it).

A little tip I would give you if the cold sore has already broken out and especially if it’s seeping fluid and you have children: after you’ve done the above routine immediately apply chapstick (I think Carmex is best for this) to it, as the wax in it seals in the virus to keep it from spreading to anyone else or any other part of your body (it is possible for herpes to spread from an active outbreak on your lip to your nose or even your eye and believe me you do not want that).

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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your face, hibernating there only to break out into ghastly red crusty leaky cold sores once every few months or so (for more information check out: Cold Sore Blister: What is it, and how to treat it?).

Janie’s Top 5 Tips for Quick Cold Sore Annihilation

1. Keep it clean and dry: wash it once every two hours with a wash cloth and soap, being sure to throw the dirty wash cloth in the laundry and use a new one each time to prevent further spreading.
2. Put some carmex (this is the best in my opinion) or other lip balm over it to keep the fluid from leaking out and spreading–the wax will act as a sealant.
3. Melt an ice cube over it for about 10 minutes every two hours after you wash it–this slows down the virus’s metabolism and makes it less likely to get worse and speeds healing time, plus it really helps with pain and irritation.
4. Apply witch hazel or rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) with
   

   a q-tip to it once every two hours–my friends and I have found this to usually be VERY effective at speeding up healing time (and if you do it early enough when it’s just a little red bump it will

   sometimes stop the cold sore dead in its tracks and keep it from ever emerging in the first place).

5. Start taking lysine at 1000mg 3 times per day along with high doses of Vitamin C (follow directions on the bottle), lysine has been proven (and in my and my friends experience, it works) to speed healing time for cold sores and to go a long way to prevent them in the first place (see here for more info: Lysine: Cold Sores Treatment? Dosage and How-To…

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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1. Immediately start taking l-lysine supplements (most drug stores carry it, along with places like GNC) to the tune of 1000mg three times per day until about 5 days after your cold sore is
   

   gone, and then I’d personally recommend you continue on at 500mg daily to help prevent cold sores (myself and others feel that this really helps prevent 80-90% of cold sores that you would’ve otherwise gotten–we’ve all seen a big

   decrease in occurrence rate while on this supplement). For more detailed information about lysine and it’s effects on cold sores see: Lysine: Cold Sores Treatment? Dosage and How-To…

2. Start taking Vitamin C and Vitamin B-12 immediately (follow label guidelines for dosage)–Vitamin C supercharges your immune system which helps immensely since it’s been proven that almost all cold sore outbreaks occur during a short phase of decreased immune deficiency, and Vitamin B-12 has been shown to help combat the specific virus that causes cold sores, Herpes Simplex Type 1 aka “HSV-1″ (to learn more about that see: What Is A Cold Sore? Basics of What A Cold Sore Is).
3. Ice the cold sore once every two hours, just melt an ice cube on it for about 10 minutes.  This slows down the virus’s metabolism, as well as soothes the pain and itching.




4. Apply witch hazel to the cold sore using a q-tip once every two hours as well, benzyl alcohol may work better but it’s also harder to find.  Some people also say that isopropyl rubbing alcohol works as well.
5. Keep the cold sore clean and dry by washing it once every two hours using a wash cloth and soap–do not touch the cold sore, throw the dirty wash cloth in the laundry and use a new one each time to keep from spreading the infection.

Oftentimes you will find that if you follow this procedure, especially if you do it early enough, the cold sore will be gone or reduced greatly in size by the next day.

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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Prescription and OTC stuff can help to a small degree, but frankly I’ve found the home remedies to be more effective, plus theres nothing really out there as far as preventative measures go that’s prescription or OTC so if that’s what you want you’ll have to go the homemade route.  About the best the prescriptions and OTC stuff seem to be able to do is shorten the length of your outbreak by one, maybe two days if you’re lucky, that’s it.

I’ve found that if you feel the tingling sensation of an

oncoming outbreak that you usually get where the cold sore’s going to emerge a couple days before it actually does (people who have had cold sores before a few times know what I’m talking about), then 80-90% of the time you can actually prevent that cold sore from ever emerging if you take appropriate

action fast, here’s what to do (do each one of these steps once every 2 hours):

1. Wash the affected area with a wash cloth and soap, being sure to throw the wash cloth in the laundry and use a new one each time since the old one will be soaked in active herpes simplex 1 virus.

2. Take about 10 minutes to melt an ice cube on the affected spot, this numbs any pain and slows down the virus’s metabolism.

3. Apply either witch hazel or benzyl alcohol (benzyl alcohol is rumored to be more effective but more difficult to find) with a q-tip.


I’d also recommend you take L-Lysine at 1000mg 3 times per day for about the next 5-7 days along with plenty of Vitamin C (boosts your immune system) and Vitamin B-12 (has been shown to help with cold sores).  For more information on using lysine on cold sores check this out: Lysine: Cold Sores Treatment? Dosage and How-To… See here for more detailed information on home remedies and treatment options:

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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is precisely what they do, in my experience), and possibly reduce the pain and discomfort by a small amount.  Prescription creams do the same thing, essentially, only not as well (yup, pretty much).  Abreva is ok, I will say that it does definitely help with the pain and discomfort, sort of a numbing sensation, but actually (and I know this sounds stupidly obvious) I’ve personally found that ice, of all things, works better at this: ice the cold sore once every two hours and that will go further to reduce the pain and inflammation than anything else I’ve tried (just melt an ice cube on it over about a ten minute period).

I know people will tend to be searching for treatment information for cold sores once they’ve already got one, but I’d like to go over a couple really effective preventative measures that will keep you from having to deal with an active outbreak 90% of the time when you would’ve otherwise had one.  Take lysine, not only during an outbreak but prior to one too: 1000mg 3 times a day during an outbreak, and 500mg daily as a preventative measure (go here for more information on l-lysine: Lysine: Cold Sores Treatment? Dosage and How-To…), also Vitamin C can help (not only with cold sores, but keeping you healthy in general as you probably already know) because it boosts your immune system and it’s been shown that cold sore outbreaks almost always occur when the immune system gets temporarily depressed for some reason (this is why illnesses like the flu or strep will often trigger an outbreak).  Also, once you feel

the tingle of an oncoming cold sore (most people will feel and recognize this a couple days before the cold sore emerges), immediately start washing the affected area and hitting it with witch hazel applied via a q-tip once every 2 hours, this will often stop it cold before

it has a chance to emerge (some people say that benzyl alcohol works better, but good luck finding some, it’s not prescription just kinda obscure).  For more detailed information on home remedies I highly recommend you see: Cold Sores Remedies – Personal Experiences with 20 Different Remedies.

It seems that researchers are closing in on the HSV-1 virus (the virus that typically causes cold sores, although the other strain, HSV-2, can cause oral infections):

Until now, research has generally concentrated on keeping HSV1 inactive — and preventing cold sores from ever showing up. But the Duke researchers took the opposite tack: figuring out precisely how to switch the virus from latency to its active stage. That’s important, says lead author Dr. Bryan Cullen, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke, “because unless you activate the virus, you can’t kill it.”

Go here to read the full Time article: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1819739,00.html

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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system). For specific information see this (I bolded the dosage information as I imagine that’s what you’re likely after):

“An imbalance in the amino acids lysine and arginine is thought to be one contributing factor in herpes virus outbreaks. A diet that is rich in the amino acid lysine may help prevent recurrences of cold sores. Foods which contain high levels of lysine include most vegetables, legumes, fish, turkey, and chicken. In one study, patients taking lysine supplements had milder symptoms during an outbreak, a shorter healing time, and had fewer outbreaks than patients who did not take lysine. Patients should take 1,000mg of lysine three times a day during a cold sore outbreak and 500mg daily on an ongoing basis to prevent recurrences. Intake of the amino acid arginine should be reduced. Foods rich in arginine that should be avoided are chocolate, peanuts, almonds, and other nuts and seeds.”

Source: HealthAtoZ.com

For much more extensive information on home remedies for cold sores I highly recommend you see this:

Something My Friend Concocted…

My best experience with home remedies is with something concocted by Grace, a close friend of mine, and I must say that this cold sore treatment has worked every single time for me (often inside of 24 hours), and even more impressive is I’ve seen it work on about 25 other people she’s tried it on, with very good consistency. She was so enthusiastic about her discovery that she has decided to turn it into an e-book, so I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I didn’t try to help her out a bit on my blog. One of the first women that we “experimented” on (she’s our close friend and was glad to give it a go), was Gretchen, who occasionally crosses the border from Wisconsin to come visit us, look at what she said:

“Grace,

I wanted to get a note to you to thank you for the information in your ebook. I must admit I was very skeptical when I read your instructions, but you were right on the money. My double bout with cold sores was gone after only 6 days. The best part of this entire program has been that to this point (3 months later), the cold sores have not returned. I can hardly believe it – thanks so much!”

Gretchen Rhodes, 47
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please go have a look at my friend Grace’s solution for the matter here: Cold Sore Freedom: Cold Sores Cured in 3 Days–I’ve personally tried this and it is currently my favorite method of handling my cold sores, and it’s not because it’s necessarily the fastest (I’ve found that if I drain, wash, and apply nail polish remover to a cold sore several times a day while keeping an ice cube on it the WHOLE day, about 50% of the time it’ll be gone in about 2 days, but it’s unreliable at best and you can’t do ANYTHING else that day but attend to your cold sore). It’s because it works EVERY TIME, often within the first 24 hours–3 days is more like the unlikely maximum, you’re much more likely to see it gone within 24 hours or so–and it only requires a few minutes of your time every day, so I highly recommend you give it a chance and if it doesn’t work then just get your money back, no harm no foul we’re all still friends, ok?

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