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Cold Sores:
Cold Sore Causes, Symptoms,
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What is a cold sore?
What causes cold sores?
What are the cold sore stages and symptoms?
How to heal a cold sore faster

How to get rid of cold sores fast
 

Are cold sores interfering with your life?

Are you looking for ways to heal cold sores fast and eliminate them completely?

HAVE YOU BEEN DISAPPOINTED with cold sore remedies and cold sore treatment advice or products you found at the store or on-line?

Then this web site was made for you. You will find information here that you will not find anywhere else - guaranteed!!  The more you know about cold sores, the easier it will be to cope with them successfully.

Whether you get a lot of cold sores, or just one or two a year, they hurt you in many ways, not least of which is the interruption in your social life. This web site was created to help you avoid the problems created by
cold sores. It will definitely help you heal and prevent cold sore attacks.

I know there are many articles and web sites providing information about cold sores. Unfortunately, much of it is inaccurate, misleading or designed to sell you some miracle oil or cream.

It is my intention here to share with you many years of factual research and empirical data so that you know the truth and can make educated decisions about them.

 Below are some questions that I frequently receive.


What Is A Cold Sore?

Cold sores, also known as fever blisters, are ulcer-like sores that normally appear anywhere above the waist. Most commonly you will get them on the edge of your lip or nose, however we have seen them nearly everywhere - arms, fingers, cheeks and even in the eyes.

(Important note: Always be very careful not to spread it to the eyes. It can cause permanent vision damage.)

Rarely do cold sores appear inside the mouth. A sore in your mouth is usually a canker sore. They are similarly painful and often mistaken for cold sores. Where cold sores are the result of a virus, and quite contagious, canker sores are not viral in nature and are not contagious.

Cold sores are quite painful because they usually form on the surface end of a nerve cluster. The cold sore is an ulcerated sore created by the viral destruction of a large number of nerve and skin cells during the replication process.


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What Is A Cold Sore?


What Causes Cold Sores?

The primary cause of all cold sores and fever blisters is the herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2. Sores caused by either type are identical in every respect. Type 1 is responsible for about 75% of all cold sores, and type 2 about 25%.

This virus is present in nearly 90% of the adult population. It is normally dormant (inactive) and hiding in the cells at the base of the facial nerves. Nearly 40% of those infected will never know it because they will never get a cold sore.

As long as the virus remains dormant, it will not create a cold sore. Certain events, such as illness, injury, stress or sunburn can cause your immunity to drop and encourage the virus to activate.

Once it senses the opportunity (since it lives in the nerves, it can sense the slightest change in your body) it travels from cell to cell through the nerve fiber to the surface.

When it arrives, each virus particle will choose and drill into a tissue cell or nerve cell and take complete control. Since this virus cannot parent its own offspring (like bacteria can), it reproduces by forcing the cell to clone it.

Once the victim cell is full, or exhausted, the virus destroys it to release its new virus particles. The mass destruction of cells by the herpes virus forms your ulcer like cold sore or fever blister.

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What Causes Cold Sores?

 

What are the Cold Sore Stages and Symptoms?

1. Dormant Stage
Symptoms - virus is inactive and hiding in the nerve ganglia.

2. Prodrome Stage
Symptoms - virus becomes active and migrates to the surface through the nerve fiber causing an itching, tingling or burning sensation at the target area.

3. Inflammation Stage
 Symptoms - virus has reached the surface and invades the cells there. This will cause redness, irritation and little pimple-like bumps called vesicles. Lymph glands under the chin swell and you may have mild flu-like symptoms - fever, headaches and the like.

4. Destruction stage
Symptoms - all the cells swell up and finally rupture, spilling out hoards of new virus particles. This massive destruction of cells causes an open, ulcer type sore that quickly crusts over. This is the most contagious and painful time.

5. Healing Stage
Symptoms - the scab eventually falls off leaving reddish new skin below. Active virus particles are still present under the skin. Your body is fighting the virus and replacing the destroyed cells.

The healing stage is the most frustrating stage. You feel fine but are still too contagious to kiss. This stage can last up to a week or two.

The total duration from beginning to end may be three weeks or more, depending on your cold sore treatment plan.

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How To Heal A Cold Sore Faster

Your body and immune system will heal a cold sore without any help from you. However, this could take a long, long time - often up to 4 weeks. That really is not acceptable.

You can heal a cold sore much faster - by 50% or more - by actively applying home cold sore remedies.

Something as simple as applying ice at the first tingle can stop the cold sore, or delay it from forming. Ice is beneficial in several ways. It reduces discomfort, helps discourage swelling of the tissue and makes it an unfriendly environment for the virus.

You can apply ice effectively through all stages except the healing stage. At that point, you need to apply heat. This hastens the healing process by bringing a rush of oxygenated blood to the area.
Other good topical remedies are garlic oil, extra virgin olive oil, tea tree oil, peppermint tea and zinc (in the proper form).
Topical cold sore remedies are the primary treatments used to fight and heal an outbreak. Most of what you read has to do with salves, oils or ointments. Because these are surface sores, it makes sense to use them.
However, if you really want to know how to heal a cold sore faster - much faster - then you should strongly consider using internal remedies along with topical treatment.
Although little talked about, internal cold sore treatment can boost the results of your best topical treatment by 50% to 80%. I am serious. Many people, in fact, use only internal remedies for total prevention. Everyone is unique and different, but it sure is worth a try. It will help you build your own cold sore treatment plan.

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How To Get Rid Of Cold Sores Fast

Nobody wants to endure a cold sore any longer than they have to, and rightly so. They really hurt you and interfere with a good social life.

Now, please do not be fooled. There are web sites that claim to have the secret how to get rid of cold sores in one day or overnight. It is simply not possible unless the sore has not formed yet. During the first tingling stage, yes, you can stop it, but once you see it, your body will take more than one day to repair the damage. Save your money and avoid disappointment.

If you really want to get rid of cold sores fast, you need to provide the nutrients that strengthen your immune system, remove the protein that keeps it active and apply a good topical remedy to the site.


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Cold sores, sometimes called fever blisters, are clusters of small blisters on the lip and outer edge of the mouth.
WEB MD- Cold Sores Overview

cold sores are caused by a viral infection that attacks the skin and nervous system. They're small, painful, fluid-filled blisters on the mouth
emedicinehealth.com

Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment, prevention of this common lip sore.  
Mayo Clinic

Cold sores (fever blisters) are caused by the herpes simplex virus
Animated Teeth . com

Cold sores (also known as fever blisters) are pretty common and lots of people get them. So what causes them and what can you do?
Kidshealth.org

X-Plain Patient Education Tutorial: Cold Sores
nim.nih.gov

both herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) cause herpes simplex.
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