Cold Sore First Aid Care For Your Worst Cold Sores

June 16, 2008 |

by Denny Bodoh

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.

If you are a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes sufferer, you need help, not hype. You need effective ways of stopping the discomfort and getting rid of your cold sores.

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.

- 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 some great first aid options for your cold sore. These are safe and medically sound methods to shorten duration and reduce the risk of new herpes events.

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.

Ice deadens the pain and reduces the swelling. Frozen tea bags work great too, and provides anti-virus nutrients. If you develop fever, headaches, and swollen glands under the jaw, you can use a remedy such as aspirin or Advil.

2. COLD SORE FIRST AID REQUIRES KEEPING THE SORE CLEAN

Reducing the quantity of herpes simplex virus is very important for successful treatment of your cold sore. It is the best thing you can do to prevent spreading the virus to other parts of 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 GROWING NEW SKIN OVER THE COLD SORE WOUND

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 incredible for knitting skin over an open wound. It would be wise to have an Aloe Vera plant in your home. It does a great job only if you use fresh leaf sap from a live plant. Bottled gel is dead and does not work well.

You do not have an Aloe Vera plant available? Then use the following combination of cold sore remedies.

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.

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.

When the cold sore crusts over, it is quite painful when it cracks. Keep the crust soft by applying a vegetable oil such as olive oil. Vitamin E oil works very well for this also.

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.

About the Author:

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