About 70% of the people in this world carry Herpes Simplex Virus I in their bodies. This virus can stay in the body for life. However, not all of them will encounter cold sore. Which means, whatever old sore remedies you decide to use, make sure that they can prevent the virus from reactivating. Once the cold sore is developed, the treatment must work to produce fast results.
The pain will come once the lesion begin to form. In a few hours, the blister will break. Then you will notice a scab being formed. The pain lasts for awhile but the viral attack can come back again. This is because the virus continue to remain in your body throughout your entire life.
Treating fever blisters early is the best way to deal with the symptoms. You can expect the worst attack during the first outbreak. Consequent attacks should be less severe. You can use oral cold sore treatment to ease the symptoms of the first outbreak.
Cold sores cannot be cured. The virus can spread easily. So, the following pointers should be useful for you to deal with the symptoms.
There are three categories for the fever blister medications. One category works on alleviating cold sore symptoms. The second group creates a non-conducive environment that restrict the growth of the herpes simplex virus. Last of the categories use potent ingredients to attack and eliminate the virus.
Docosanol is one of the ingredients used to stop the herpes virus from growing. Abreva is one of the topical cold sore treatments that contains Docosanol. When you apply it, the infection becomes less intense and don't last as long. This substance has to be applied many times throughout the day for it to work. For optimum results, immediately put it on when you start to have that tingling sensation.
You can get fast cold sore relief from over-the-counter. But you must know they only help you temporarily because they do not stop the outbreak from happening again.
Ingredients such as tetracaine, benzocaine, lidocaine, benzyl alcohol, camphor, and phenol act as numbing agents that help ease the discomforts of cold sore symptoms. They don't provide long term relief. But for a short period of time, you will feel relieved from the pain, the itching and the burning sensation.
Virucide is very effective treatment for fever blister and genital herpes. Put it directly onto your lesion and it will attack the virus. Zinc, lysine, phenol, and tannic acid are some of the substances that are powerful enough to eliminate the herpes simplex virus. They are all antiviral agents. They also stop the infection from spreading to other areas of the body.
Do not suppose that cold sore products with antibacterial components can fight the herpes simplex virus. However, they may help the wounds to heal faster by protecting the infected areas from bacteria attack.
You may find petrolatum and allantoin in certain cold sore treatments. Very likely you will find them in lip balms. They help to moisturize the scabs that are developed from the effect of cold sores. As they moisturize, the lesions around your lips are kept from turning hard. Meaning you won't get cracked lips that ends up bleeding. Probably more areas will be infected.
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