Cold Sore First Aid For Impossible Cold Sores
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Cold sores and oral herpes should disappear when you use these proven techniques. Read this short article now. In it you will find top first aid tips for getting rid of any oral herpes cold sore.
Are you suffering from a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes? Then you want help, not hype. You want effective methods to stop the pain and quickly heal your cold sore.
Embarrassment and pain are the two obvious reasons to heal a cold sore as fast as possible. But here are a couple more reasons most folks do not think about.
- SPREADING COLD SORE VIRUS TO THE EYE
The herpes simplex virus is very contagious. When you have an active cold sore on your face, there is a strong risk of getting it in your eye by accident. This often causes eye damage.
- COLD SORES AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Researchers have uncovered some proteins in Alzheimer’s are the same as found in cold sore activity. The investigation continues but it is certainly another good reason to heal them quickly.
Here are top first aid techniques you can use for your cold sores. These will reduce the discomfort and shorten the time of healing so you can get back to enjoying life.
1. FIRST AID FOR STOPPING THE PAIN OF COLD SORES.
Some over-the-counter cold sore remedies have numbing agents - such as benzocaine. These do reduce the discomfort and are well worth using. They are for comfort only, however, and will not heal the sore any quicker.
Applying ice or any cold object will greatly diminish pain and swelling of the sore. A frozen tea bag is better since it provides some anti-virus value. Headaches and swollen lymph glands can be handled with aspirin or ibuprofen type products.
2. FIRST AID FOR SANITIZING COLD SORES
The more herpes simplex virus you wipe away from the sore, the less chance of spreading the virus to other areas. And, you will lower the population of virus hiding in your nerve cells when the wound is finally healed.
Keep cleansing the cold sore area of excess virus using throw-away tissues or cotton balls soaked in alcohol or peroxide. Many folks use handy alcohol swab packets from the drug store for convenience.
3. FIRST AID FOR CLOSING THE COLD SORE WOUND FAST
Healing a cold sore quickly means speeding the growth of new skin to mend the wound. There are a couple topical treatments that will do this.
Aloe Vera is an amazing healer of wounds. Use only the gel from a live plant leaf. Aloe Vera is easy to grow and a true first aid plant. Do not waste your money on bottled Aloe Vera for healing a sore. You will be disappointed.
Whether or not you have a live Aloe Vera plant handy, you can use the next two cold sore remedies for quick healing too.
Warm up a tea bag in water and apply to the cold sore for 10 - 15 minutes at a time. Between tea bag usage, apply zinc sulfate or gluconate. Zicam is an excellent zinc gel for this purpose.
4. BONUS FIRST AID RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLD SORES
Get and use the best quality vitamin and mineral supplement you can find. Your sores will heal faster. You will get less cold sores in the future. And you will feel better than ever before.
Ice is a great remedy when the cold sore is forming. But, once the sore opens up, ice will slow down healing by driving blood away. Apply heat to bring more blood to the wound and speed up the healing process.
It is quite painful and takes longer to heal when the scab dries and keeps cracking open. Keep it soft by applying olive oil or other vegetable oil. This not only provides much more comfort but will shorten the healing process.
In conclusion, the best first aid is not to get a cold sore in the first place. There are ways to prevent cold sores that will work for you. Maybe the vitamin therapy is all you personally need.
Do not give up. A cold sore remedy that works for someone else may not work for you. Get to know the enemy. Try different things. Discover cold sore causing situations and foods in your life. Very soon you could be totally free from cold sores.
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