Treating A Cold Sore
What You Should Do to Get Rid of Cold Sores
Cold sores can hinder your everyday activities by seven to 14 days. Herpes simplex virus is what causes of cold sores. Cold sores are sometimes mistakenly labeled as canker sores. Canker sores are small and white bacteria that thrive in the mouth while cold sores are blisters that are red in color and usually appear around or on the mouth.
These viruses lie dormant inside the nerve cells and can only cause cold sores when triggered by anxiety, stress, excessive sun exposure, or cold.
So how should you be treating a cold sore? You can cure cold sores by first, recognizing if it is really a cold sores or just simple canker sores. Second, you must identify how you get the virus.
But as the cliché goes, prevention is always better than cure.
Because cold sores are caused by virus, the very basic thing to do is to prevent the virus from spreading. You can help in containing the virus whether you are the victim or a possible victim. Just follow these few tips:
1. Avoid contact with cold sores victims. If you are the victim of this disease, keep the cold sores to yourself. Prevent its spread through lessening the extent of your physical contact with other people. This disease is extremely contagious. If you have no cold sores, you must avoid sharing personal belongings like towels or cups with people having cold sores. Kissing should also be prevented. You should also wash both of your hands very often especially after touching cold sores victims and take your hands away from your genitals or eyes if you touched a cold sores victim.
2. Wear sun screen. Put sunscreen on your lips so you may avoid sun-induced cold sores. Remember that exposure to sun is one of the factors that triggers the cold sore virus. Do not just use any sunscreen. Choose one with SPF 15 or higher.
3. Consult your doctor regularly. If you feel you're having cold sores, see your physician immediately. It would be better if you have a regular check up so you will be alerted if you are infected with cold sores virus.
4. Prepare anesthetics. If you are already a victim of cold sores, you should apply an anesthetic. You can buy this product over the counter. Choose an anesthetic ointment that contains benzocaine. This substance helps to numb the pain caused by cold sores at least, temporarily.
5. Lessen salty or acidic food intake. Salty food or acidic food can irritate the cold sore virus. You must avoid eating junk food or citrus fruits. Aside from irritation, these foods can add to the pain usually associated with cold sores.
6. Ready your painkillers. Cold sores are painful. You can use over-the-counter painkillers like aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen to at least reduce the pain cause by cold sores.
7. Have petroleum-based products. You can cover up cold sores using products that are petroleum-based. These are good as protectors against the spread of the cold sores virus. If you are a victim of cold sores, you must cover your lips with petroleum-based products to avoid spreading the virus. If you are not a victim, you should also put on this product to protect yourself from being infected with the virus.
There is always a way to halt cold sores virus from victimizing people. All that is needed is cooperation and proper knowledge about this disease and we can all get rid of cold sores.
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