Cold sores come up around the mouth and they are very much transmittable and that is why you must keep away from direct contact with the lips. The virus that is the reason behind cold sores hit the children and old people fast as their immune system is low. Cold sores reportedly pop up at odd times. You should limit your actions during this period.
Some of fever blister symptoms are blisters occurring on the lips, inside the mouth, tongue or throat. This is also accompanied with fever and body ache and sometimes also swollen neck and lymph nodes. People suffering from a Herpes Simplex infection usually witness a few "outbreaks" a year.
To treat oral herpes, you can try a home remedy like placing ice on the sore before it erupts. This can also help to minimize the swelling. The area around the blister should always be kept clean and dry. Washing your hands before and after touching it is a must.
Tea Tree oil is another remedy which you can try. Just dab it directly on the infected area. It usually stings for a bit and then after a while, the pain becomes manageable. It also helps to keep the lesions dry so the healing time becomes faster.Since herpes is usually brought about stress and poor immune system, an alternative method of treatment includes intake of vitamin C and Zinc. Vitamin C is known to be one of your body’s top immune system booster. Zinc is also another supplement to keep your immunity strong against the herpes simplex virus. Both are over-the-counter products.
Common cold sore medicines include Benzocaine, Docosanol, Zovirax. However the $120 price tag for a 5mg tube that Zovirax (Acyclovir) comes under would be too high for many. Recently the FDA had also announced that Acyclovir has gone into short supply which means people will have to look for alternative medications as nobody really knows when the supply will come back to normal.
While Zovirax is considered to be one of the best solutions, it has demonstrated erratic results with some people saying that it can bring down the duration of an outbreak to just 2 - 3 days while others say that all it did was make the sores more painful and did nothing to reduce the time of the outbreak.
Famvir is also an accepted product on the market. However the medicine has proven to be effective ONLY if consumed before an outbreak, most people complain of sever symptoms such as weakness, nausea, pain in the sores and fever if they take it during an episode.
Till now, it is the best to use natural oral herpes remedies. This is because they are not overpriced. They also show fewer side effects. The best is indeed letting the problem get better all by itself and also take the basic safety measures so that you do not pass it to others. You badly feel to scratch or pick the top layer of the skin. You better not do it. This is because it will again take time to cure. Make the scabs fall away naturally.
