by Denny Bodoh
It is essential to treat cold sores or oral herpes quickly and correctly for fast relief. Read this short article and you will discover medically sound first aid methods you can use for eliminating your oral herpes cold sore.
If you are a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes sufferer, you need help, not hype. You need effective ways of stopping the discomfort and getting rid of your cold sores.
Pain and embarrassment are the primary reasons to get rid of a cold sore. But there are a couple of additional risk factors that you should keep in mind.
- HERPES VIRUS GETTING IN YOUR EYES
The herpes simplex virus is extremely contagious. You can easily start a new infection by spreading it with your fingers. If you get it in your eye, it could be quite damaging to the cornea.
- ALZHEIMER’S AND COLD SORES
Researchers have uncovered some proteins in Alzheimer’s are the same as found in cold sore activity. The investigation continues but it is certainly another good reason to heal them quickly.
Here are some great first aid options for your cold sore. These are safe and medically sound methods to shorten duration and reduce the risk of new herpes events.
1. FIRST AID FOR COLD SORE PAIN RELIEF
Some over-the-counter cold sore remedies have numbing agents - such as benzocaine. These do reduce the discomfort and are well worth using. They are for comfort only, however, and will not heal the sore any quicker.
Ice is the best remedy for reducing swelling and pain. Frozen, wet tea bags work very well and provide some anti-viral activity. Fever, headaches and swollen glands can be helped with aspirin or ibuprofen.
2. FIRST AID FOR CLEANING THE COLD SORE
Removing as much of the herpes simplex virus from the wound area as possible is important in treating your cold sore. It will reduce the risk of spreading the disease and will help to lower the virus population hiding in your body.
You can do this by constantly cleaning the sore with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. Always use a cotton ball or tissue and throw it away when you are done. You can get handy foil wrapped alcohol pads at the store.
3. FIRST AID FOR CLOSING THE COLD SORE WOUND FAST
There are amazing remedies you put directly on the cold sore that will heal it extremely fast.
A top favorite is live Aloe Vera gel - fresh from the leaf of a live plant. Do not mess with the bottled stuff. Bottled gel is pasteurized and has lost the active enzymes that help healing.
Whether or not you have a live Aloe Vera plant handy, you can use the next two cold sore remedies for quick healing too.
Warm up a tea bag in water and apply to the cold sore for 10 - 15 minutes at a time. Between tea bag usage, apply zinc sulfate or gluconate. Zicam is an excellent zinc gel for this purpose.
4. FINAL COLD SORE FIRST AID SECRETS
The most powerful first aid is proper nutrition. Find and take the best vitamin supplement possible. Your cold sore will heal better. You will experience fewer cold sores. And you will look and feel as healthy as a kid again.
Once the cold sore opens up and starts draining, you should not use ice. The sore is now in the healing mode. Ice will relieve the pain, but slow down healing. Use heat to hurry-up the healing at this point. You can continue to use those numbing remedies.
It is quite painful and takes longer to heal when the scab dries and keeps cracking open. Keep it soft by applying olive oil or other vegetable oil. This not only provides much more comfort but will shorten the healing process.
Finally, look around and find a cold sore treatment program that will actually prevent future cold sores for you. Preventing a cold sore used to be quite difficult but now is very easy.
It is not magic. Each person gets cold sores for different reasons. You may have to do some testing of methods until you identify what works for you. When you do, you will enjoy a beautiful life without cold sores.
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