Cold Sores Home Remedies from Canada

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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<–(See? Even pretty people get cold sores, and on their noses no less…)
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 [...]

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So you’re looking to concoct something in your kitchen to combat the dreadful cold sore of doom huh? Well, you’ve come to the right place . I myself, and about half a dozen of my friends (cold sores are especially prevalent in Canada due to the cold weather), have experimented with literally [...]

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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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Many people swear by L-Lysine as not only a preventative measure against cold sores but also as an actual treatment that can shorten the duration of an outbreak once it occurs. I’ve personally taken lysine and I really do think that it helps to shorten the length of the outbreak by up to a day [...]

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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 your [...]

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