Cold Sores Home Remedies from Canada

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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Ok, now I’ve been dealing with cold sores for a few years now, and between me and my friends who simillarly suffer, we’ve found through good old-fashioned trial and error of just about everything out there (prescription, OTC, and what I call “kitchen concoctions” or home remedies) what works, what doesn’t, and what’s crap.
Prescription and [...]

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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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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, but [...]

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A cold sore blister is the outward symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Virus–most likely the Type 1 strain, aka HSV-1, although 1 in 6 cases of oral herpes involve the HSV-2 strain, which is the one typically associated with genital herpes, see What Is A Cold Sore? for more info.
They normally occur [...]

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