Cold Sores Home Remedies from Canada

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 [...]

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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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(To the left is a picture of the Herpes Simplex Virus from a scanning electron microscope) A cold sore is a blister on the skin, usually around the mouth, that is the primary (and usually the only) symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Type 1 virus (aka “HSV-1″).  Something to point out is [...]

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