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Definition
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Cold sores (also known as fever blisters) are usually
located outside the lips but it can also appear on nose, cheeks or fingers.
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Instead, canker sores usually occur inside the mouth, on the tongue or
inside the cheeks.
Causes & Symptoms
Cold sores are caused by a herpes simplex virus. They
are contagious and may last three to four weeks.
The first symptoms of herpes may include fatigue,
headache, fever, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck. Finally, cold sores will appear.
Nature Medicine and Home Remedies for Cold Sores
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 1: Take an ice
cube and put it in a tissue or a handkerchief so that you can hold it, and
apply it to the cold sore two to three minutes at a time, four times a day, for
two days.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 2 Put half a
teaspoon of red wine in a bowl and leave it there for several hours. When you
come back, much of the liquid will have evaporated. Apply what remains to the
cold sore for quick pain relief.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 3: Take four
cloves of fresh garlic a day as a natural antibiotic.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 4: Break off a leaf
of Aloe vera and dab the juice on the cold sore area to get rid of it.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 5: Mix up a solution
of spirits of camphor. Dabbing a little on the sore with a cotton ball will
help soothe the pain and dry it up.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 6: Place petroleum
jelly on a cold sore can keep it from cracking, bleeding, and spreading.
Home remedy for Cold Sores # 7 Apply
Vitamin E oil to a cold sore three times a day to get rid of it in a hurry.
Home remedy for Cold Sores #8: Make a paste
of three tablespoons honey and one tablespoon apple cider vinegar. Place the
paste on the sore three times a day to speed healing.
Home remedy for Cold Sores #9 Combine a
few ground walnuts with a teaspoon of cocoa butter and apply over cold sores.
Natural Cures Recommendations
Take the
amino acid, lysine, as a supplement, can help heal a cold sore or prevent one
from forming.
Eat more
potatoes, and brewer's yeast.
Eat three to
four servings of raw vegetables a day for the Vitamin B to facilitate healing
and stimulate the immune system.
Avoid exposure
cold sores to sunlight. Protect your
lips with a. sunscreen with SPF15
Eat two cups
of yogurt with live bacteria a day can help prevent cold sores from forming.
Take 400
milligrams of Vitamin C a day to help prevent cold sores.
Get a new
toothbrush as soon as the sore healed to prevent re-infection. If you feel a
cold sore coming on, get rid of your toothbrush immediately.
Avoid physical
contact (kiss) with anybody who has cold sore.
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