Cold Sore Cure – A Look At The Best Cold Sore Treatments
While it is true that there is no cold sore cure yet, there are numerous treatments available to control them. Although having a cold sore can be the pits, let’s take a closer look at some treatments that may help you fight off these nasty sores.
Over-The-Counter Products
This is most likely your first line of defense when it comes to treating a cold sore. What you will find with most all of these creams, ointments and liquids is that they are designed to relieve the pain that comes with having a cold sore. Read more
Cold Sore Treatments You Need To Know
Cold sore treatments are essentially categorized into two broad groups, over-the-counter (OTC) medications and creams, and home cold sore remedies. In this article, we will look at OTC medications as well as home remedies for cold sores available for our use.
In case you do not know, cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Even this virus has two types, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is the one that normally causes facial cold sores, though Type 2 has also been reported to cause sores on our face too even though it is mainly responsible for genital sores. Though huge investments have been poured into researching for a cure for cold sores, unfortunately, the medical industry has yet to be able to formulate a complete cold sore treatment to eliminate cold sores. What we have in the market are only medications and creams that can soothe the pain and bring itch relief and in some cases, quicken the healing process. Natural cold sore treatment seems to have answers to curing cold sores but as there have not been conclusive medical researches done in this area, only those who have benefited personally can testify of their effectiveness. Read more
A Look at Cold Sore Treatments
Cold sores usually disappear without any type of medication in about a week to ten days. Many people choose to wait out their cold sores, just ignoring them until they go away. Others decide that ten days is too long to have a large, painful, embarrassing facial blemish near their mouth and seek out medicine or other treatments to make the cold sore easier to deal with. There are many different types of cold sore treatment available, from antiviral pills to over the counter and prescription creams. Many people also use conventional pain relievers like aspirin and acetaminophen as cold sore treatment. Read more
Novitra Maximum Strength Cold Sore Relief – How Does It Compare?
So, you have another cold sore coming on? What do you do for cold sore relief? Well, if you’re like most people you grab one of the over-the-counter cold sore products. One of these products being sold in pharmacies is Novitra Maximum Strength Cold Sore Relief. So how does it stand up to all the others? Read more
Cold Sore Treatment – How to Get Rid of Cold Sores Fast
If you suffer from recurrent cold sore outbreaks you most likely are always on the lookout for any remedies that can help you get rid of cold sores fast. The HSV-1 (herpes) virus that is responsible for cold sore outbreaks, affects about 80% of the population. Once you are infected with the virus you can have recurrent outbreaks throughout your lifetime.
If you suffer from outbreaks only a few times in your life, or if you are repeatedly affected with outbreaks, you should be aware of the numerous remedies known to get rid of cold sores quickly. Without treatment, your cold sore can last up to about 12 days. For many people that is 12 days too many. So let’s take a look at some of the treatments you can use to shorten the duration of your cold sore outbreaks. Read more
Zilactin Cold Sore Relief – Is It Right For You?
As one who suffers from occasional cold sores throughout the year, I’m always interested in finding a cold sore remedy that works. So, how does Zilactin Cold Sore Relief compare to other medicines that are available?
Zilactin is an over-the-counter cold sore medicine that can be found in drugstores everywhere. Retailing for approximately $15, it’s not overly expensive. There are several different forms of Zilactin available and I want to share a review on two of them in particular. Read more
What is a Cold Sore?
Cold sores, otherwise known as fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the edge of the mouth and lip. Around the blisters, the skin can become inflamed and red. A clear fluid will weep out of the blisters if they break open and then, after a few days, the cold sore will scab over. It may take 7 to 10 days for complete healing of the cold sore.
The Herpes Simplex Virus or HSV causes cold sores and there are usually two types of the HSV. Herpes Simplex One usually results in mouth and lip sores and Herpes Simplex 2 will generally lead to genital herpes. Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can create cold sores or genital herpes if either type comes into contact with the skin. Read more
Valtrex – Cold Sore Medication Review
Do you suffer from cold sores? If so, then you certainly want a medicine that can shorten their duration for sure. Well, does Valtrex cold sore medication help in this regard? Here’s a review to give you some answers.
As a cold sore remedy, Valtrex by Glaxo Smith Kline may well be one of the better medications available. Valtrex is the actual brand name for Valacyclovir Hydrochloride. It comes in pill form to treat herpes, herpes simplex or cold sores, in addition to shingles and chicken pox. Read more
What Exactly is a Cold Sore?
Cold sores, also called fever blisters, are small wounds that appear on the lips or around the mouth. These sores seemingly appear at random and can be both painful and embarrassing. The reality is that the herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes cold sores.
Most people find the connection between herpes and cold sores to be very alarming, but it is not. There are two types of herpes simplex virus, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 usually causes cold sores and is found in most people. HSV-2 usually causes genital herpes and is much more rare. Sometimes HSV-2 does cause mouth herpes and HSV-1 can cause genital herpes, but it is uncommon and not seen very often. Read more
Cold Sore Treatment – Grandma’s Breakthrough Treatment Leaves Experts Clueless
About 50% to 80% of the American population carries the herpes simplex 1 virus. That is easily more than 100 million Americans that have suffered from unsightly red and painful cold sores at least once in their entire lifetime. Sad to say, even though medical research funds in the tune of millions have been poured into researching and finding a permanent cure for the herpes virus, it has been thus far a wild goose chase.
Prescription anti-virus products can at most bring temporary comfort to cold sore sufferers by reducing the itch and pain. Vaccines are still in the early experimental stage, and have not been fully developed to produce positive results. Read more
