Cold sores and oral herpes can be healed very fast with these first aid tactics. If you will let me, I would like to share with you these medically sound ways of curing your oral herpes cold sore.
Do you suffer from cold sores, fever blisters or oral herpes outbreaks? Then it is help you need, not hype. You can use these proven first aid tips right now to quickly eliminate your painful 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 extremely contagious. You can easily start a new infection by spreading it with your fingers. If you get it in your eye, it could be quite damaging to the cornea.
- ALZHEIMER’S AND COLD SORES
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.
A few drug store cold sore treatments contain ingredients that will numb the cold sore. Benzocaine and lidocaine are common for this. They do help with comfort, but they do not help to heal the sore faster.
Ice is the best remedy for reducing swelling and pain. Frozen, wet tea bags work very well and provide some anti-viral activity. Fever, headaches and swollen glands can be helped with aspirin or ibuprofen.
2. FIRST AID FOR CLEANING THE COLD SORE
Removing as much of the herpes simplex virus from the wound area as possible is important in treating your cold sore. It will reduce the risk of spreading the disease and will help to lower the virus population hiding in your body.
Keep sanitizing the cold sore and surrounding area with hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol. Use tissue or paper towels to do this and then throw away. You can get handy single-use alcohol swabs at the drug store.
3. FIRST AID FOR CLOSING THE COLD SORE WOUND FAST
There are amazing remedies you put directly on the cold sore that will heal it extremely fast.
A top favorite is live Aloe Vera gel - fresh from the leaf of a live plant. Do not mess with the bottled stuff. Bottled gel is pasteurized and has lost the active enzymes that help healing.
Whether or not you have a live Aloe Vera plant handy, you can use the next two cold sore remedies for quick healing too.
Heat up and apply a wet tea bag, preferably with mint in it. Between 15 minute tea bag sessions, apply zinc to the wound. Zinc gel can be found cheaply in a great product called Zicam for colds.
4. BONUS FIRST AID RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLD SORES
It would be wise to take a daily dose of the best quality vitamins you can afford. Your cold sores will heal much faster and occur less frequently than ever before. And you will feel much healthier every day.
Once the cold sore opens up and starts draining, you should not use ice. The sore is now in the healing mode. Ice will relieve the pain, but slow down healing. Use heat to hurry-up the healing at this point. You can continue to use those numbing remedies.
Keeping the scab soft and pliable is an important first aid measure. It will prevent painful cracking of the scab. This prevents constant need for re-healing of the crust. Olive oil (extra virgin) works great.
Preventing a cold sore is much easier than healing one. Agressively seek out a cold sore prevention program that will work for you.
Because you are unique, you may have to do some homework and experiment with a few remedies. If you do, you will be amazed how quickly you will find lifetime freedom from cold sores.
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