What Causes Cold Sores On Your Lips


What causes cold sores on your lips? First of all, you need to know that a cold sore is caused by the herpes virus and that there's fluid in the blisters.

 A cold sore can be annoying and painful but is hardly ever harmful. The herpes virus will remain forever in your body it can get reactivated at a later time that's why you can get a cold sore over and over again.

 Treatment

 So what causes cold sores on lips and can it be treated? You could use antiviral creams and tablets, the cream hasn't been proven to reduce the symptoms of a cold sore though.

Tablets could reduce the symptoms of a cold sore but only if you use them at a very early stage before the blisters have formed.

 There isn't any treatment to get the virus out of your body so what are the do's and don'ts? When you've got a cold sore don't touch the blisters, wash your hands regularly especially when you've touched the blisters by accident.

 Extremely Contagious

A cold sore is extremely contagious, the herpes virus that's inside the blisters can be transmitted through kissing or after you've touched them with your fingers.

 Affected Areas

 The virus can end up in the eye or near the genitals in that way, and blisters may form in those places. Once the blisters have dried up the virus can't be transmitted any longer.

 Do Not

Never hug a baby when you've got a cold sore, babies can get seriously ill from the herpes virus and can even die because of it, that's the reason why it's also called the kiss of death.

 Sunlight, reduced resistance, illness, menstruation or stress can activate the herpes virus so a cold sore can show up anytime.

 To avoid being exposed to the Sun use protective lip balm or sunblock on your lips to protect yourself against the Sun.

 Immune Resistance

 Keep your immune resistance up, eat healthy food exercise regularly and get a good night's rest. Some people find comfort in putting vaseline or zinc-oxide on their lips to ease the itching and pain.

See a Professional

 Consult your family doctor when the blisters haven't disappeared after 2 weeks or when the inflammation spreads.

 In the last case bacteria might have gotten into the blisters and caused a new infection, you will need immediate treatment from your family doctor.

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