Cold Sores Home Remedies from Canada

Oral herpes (aka “cold sores”) is the most common form of herpes infection and is known as “herpes labialis”, which is the infection that occurs when the virus comes into contact with oral mucosa or abraded skin. Once you’ve contracted it you can never get rid of it–outbreaks decrease in frequency over time but once [...]

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There is no known actual “cure” for herpes of any type (if you’re unsure about what causes cold sores see: Cold Sores Causes) however there are many effective treatments for it that have been discovered via trial and error over the years by cold sore sufferers like yourself.  Myself and several friends have been experiementing [...]

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A cold sore is an outward symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Virus (usually Type 1, aka “HSV-1″, although HSV-2 can cause oral herpes) usually due to a decreased in immune function, a very common cause of which is exposure to cold weather hence the name “cold sore”. To the left you will [...]

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There is currently no known cure for cold sores (although there may be one soon, see the Time Magazine article at the bottom of this post), and once you’ve got it the herpes simplex virus stays in your body for the rest of your life, hiding out in the nerve cells in your face (check [...]

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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 can’t [...]

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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…” Ok, [...]

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