What Are Cold Sores?

What Are Cold Sores
and What To Do With A Cold Sore?
by Denny Bodoh

Cold sores, often called fever blisters, are highly painful blister like ulcers that usually occur on or near the lips or nostrils. They can also occur in other places, such as cheek, chin or finger tips.

Rarely do they appear inside the mouth. If they do, they will occur on the roof of the mouth or on the gums.

They are sometimes confused with canker sores.  Canker sores only occur in the mouth.

Cold sores are caused by a virus and are contagious, where canker sores are more of an allergy sore - painful but not contagious.

• The Cold Sore Virus-  
  
  The virus that causes cold sores is the herpes simplex virus - either type 1 or type 2. Most commonly, cold sores are caused by the type 1 herpes virus.
  
  Both types, however, can cause sores anywhere on the body. Cold sores are the end result of the herpes virus replication procedure.
  
  The virus enters your surface nerve cells and, in the process of creating new virus, will destroy the cell. It is millions of these destroyed cells that form the painful and weeping open sore.
  
  (Read more about What Is The Cold Sore Virus)
   

• Cold Sore Symptoms
  
  Here are some common symptoms in order of occurrence. You will feel a tingling/itching at the target site just prior to the outbreak. The area will then swell and several tiny, painful pimple like blisters will form.
  
  These blisters break and merge, causing the painful, weeping open sore. You will probably get a fever, headaches and swollen lymph glands under the jaw. The sore then crusts over and heals - amazingly without a scar.
  
  (Read more about Cold Sore Symptoms)
   

• Cold Sore Treatments and Cures

  There seems to be a lot of wild claims about cold sore treatments and cures going around the internet.  Like me, you may have tried some of them and found they don't deliver what they promise. 

  Fact is getting rid of a cold sore can be very easy.  Preventing them is even easier.  You don't need some "secret" cure. 
  
  I used to get about 4-6 cold sores per year before I stumbled on this quick and easy cold sore remedy.  I have not had a cold sore in over four years.
   

• Eliminate Your Cold Sore Problem Permanently-
  
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COLD SORE CURED
IN 2 DAYS
I was skeptical but desperate so I tried your cold sore remedy.  WOW!  My cold sore was gone in 2 days.  Never seen anything like it!  Even the red spot was gone.  For me, this usually lasts a month normally.  Thank you so much.
Gina Hager, Buffalo, NY
 

SAVED MY WEDDING
A week before my wedding I got the biggest cold sore of my life.  I was desperate!  I began your cold sore treatment 4 days before the big day.  Within 2 days the cold sore was nearly gone.  By the third day, my lip was PERFECT!  THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH.  You saved my wedding!  Linda B., Santa Cruz, CA


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