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Cold Sore Remedies for Adults
I wanted to discuss with you some of the cold sore remedies for adults that can help you out a lot. A lot of people end up with this problem and really don’t understand what it is. It’s actually caused by a virus and the sores you get on your face are also known as fever blisters. You may have heard there was a relationship between cold sores and genital herpes. It’s true. Essentially what you have is herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and genital herpes is a herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Both the viruses are related, can easily be transferred between each other and cause relatively the same problems.
Easy cold sore remedies don’t really address the virus because there are no cures for the virus itself. Our antibodies fight off a virus by killing the cells that it infects. The problem in this case is that the HSV-1 virus will infect nerve cells. Your antibodies can’t kill off nerve cells because that could cause severe damage to your body. So most of the time there is a stand off between the cold sore virus and your immune system.
When you’re not experiencing an outbreak we typically refer to the virus as being dormant. It’s there, but it’s not doing anything. You end up getting outbreaks of cold sores is when your immune system weakens. Essentially the stand off ends because the herpes cold sore virus is able to over power your immune system and it will eventually spread until it reaches the skin. That’s when you end up with a physical blister on your lip area.
Out of all the cold sore remedies that you could be using, I think prevention is probably the best of all of them. The problem with a blister is that it is going to have to be there for a few days at least, which isn’t the most ideal thing for it. If you just happen to get it on a Friday night, you might be able to get rid of it by the time work starts on Monday. Prevention works so much better. It’s the best cold sore cure that you can do.
So what can you do as a preventative method for this virus? You just need to keep your immune system in a strong state. As long as your immune system is strong the cold sore virus will remain in a dormant state and will not be able to spread. Typically you will experience outbreaks right after you get sick or when you’re stressed out, which are times when your immune system are weak. The way that you get a strong immune system is through eating smart and getting daily physical activities. I’m not saying that you have to do this perfectly all the time, but you need to improve on it. Try to do this most of the time and you’ll literally prevent a cold sore from forming.
The cold sore remedies for adults that you should be trying vary a bit. I previously talked to you about the cold sore remedies involving ice. This is a pretty good way to go, but there is another particular remedy that I want to talk to you about. It’s the tea bag method.
I’m sure you’re well aware that tea has a lot of healthy properties too it, especially green tea. Another added benefit that you probably don’t know is that it is also very anti-viral. This means that it is able to fight out any sort of virus and at a bare minimum slow down the spread of it. This is quite beneficial since the cold sore virus can spread very fast and it is quite contagious.
Just start drinking tea on a regular basis. It will help filter into your blood stream and act in very anti-viral ways. You can also apply it topically to the cold sore, which is always good to do.
Cold Sore Remedies Involving Ice
There are a lot of people that get cold sores. Some end up getting them once a year, maybe once every few years. Than there are the other people the end up getting them all the time. It can be quite annoying and frustrating. Going to work all the time with a horrible looking fever blister on your lip is actually embarrassing. I don’t know about you, but I really just want to hide at home when I have one. This is the real world though and I have bills to pay, so I have to go to work.
I was forced to figure out how to cure cold sores because I was sick of having them all the time. I would have them nearly every month and they would hang around for nearly two weaks. It was embarrassing. Upon doing research I found that you can do a lot with ice. Your cold sores can be stopped or at least healed faster with the use of ice.
I have to give a little background on cold sores, so you can at least understand why. The blisters that you get on your lip aren’t caused by an infection or irritation. It is a virus that creates it and it is known as Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1). It lays in your body dormant most of the time. I know it seems sort of creepy having this sort of virus since the term herpes is involved. Well, your cold sores are technically herpes.
I’ll point out that a lot of people have this virus. Around 80% of the population have it. Some people will go their entire life without a single outbreak, while others will have it all the time. The reason for any outbreak of a virus is due to the virus spreading. Put another way, it is your immune system being weak, so the virus can spread. Cold sore remedies have to deal with the spread of the virus or it is going to be pointless.
Okay, so how does the ice act as a remedy for cold sores? You should be able to identify an outbreak before it ever surfaces. You’ll feel a tingling sensation on your lip. You might even feel stinging or pain. The point is that you’re going to feel it before you ever see anything visible. That means that the virus is on the move and it is spreading the cold sore. You’ll soon see it get on your lip probably within the next 24 hours.
Your immune system will always have antibodies coming to fight the virus, but obviously if it is spreading you don’t have enough antibodies to fight it. The cold sore remedies that involve ice basically revolve around putting ice right on the on the skin where you feel the tingling.
When you cool anything that is biological it is going to function at a much slower rate. Essentially the ice is going to slow down the cold sore virus and this allows your immune system to continue producing antibodies. This gives your body an edge when it comes to fighting the virus.
Another one of the cold sore remedies involving ice is using it when you actually have a blister that breaks out. It works the same way as I listed above. It slows down the spread of the virus, while your body is still creating antibodies to fight it. It gives your immune system the advantage over the herpes simplex virus and you should be doing. Not to mention that this particular cold sore remedy can be very soothing. Your cold sore could be very painful and have a lot of swealing. This will help reduce the swealing and take away a lot of the pain.
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