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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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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Ok, we’re going to go through a quick process I use every time I start getting a cold sore or can feel an outbreak coming on, plus a couple of little tips you can try out for yourself and see if they work for you (home remedies are finicky–they consistently work great for some and [...]

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Alright let’s quickly go over my favorite methods to heal a cold sore with (you think Jack Bauer over there gets cold sores? lol).  Myself and my friends have personally experimented with literally hundreds of various remedies over the years due to our displeasure with the relative ineffectiveness of available prescription and OTC medications and [...]

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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 hundreds of various [...]

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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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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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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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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 [...]

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