Cold sore - Page 2

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

Ask your medical provider to prescribe Zovirax topical ointment; I'm never without it. This acyclovir cream applied 4x a day as soon as you feel the tingle or see the puffiness, usually stops the blister from forming or reaching that ugly stage.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

Abreva works if you start using it before you get a cold sore. My lip tingles & itches a tiny bit before I get one. I apply the abreva. I never get the cold sore.

I'm not sure how well it works once you already have a cold sore but I would try it. It's expensive but worth it IMO.

I haven't had one in years Thanks to Abreva. I always buy another tube of Abreva when I run out even if I don't need it yet. I won't be without it.

If you have tea tree oil it will help since it kills bacteria. If you have some put it on a q-tip with some coconut or olive oil.

LindaSal · ‎05-15-2014

Agree about Abreva. Even though it's pricey the tube is usually good for a couple years.

DH gets them often so he feels them coming on and immediately applys it, day or two all symptons are gone. We are never without it and I always take it with us on vacations.

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

@ILOVEDOGS wrote:
@SilleeMee Thanks for the info! I just ordered from EBAY.
Unfortunately I've had cold sores since my late teens. I remember who I caught the virus from, my surgeon. I remember him when I was in the hospital emergency room and his lips were covered with them, YUCK. I don't get them often now but stress can trigger cold sores and lately I've been under too much stress so it won't hurt to have handy.

Don't you have to kiss someone to get it from them? I am truly asking I really don't know.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

@spumoni99

No, kissing is not the only way to transmit this virus. Most of us cope with this for our lifetime after recovering from chicken pox; the virus remains in our body and flares from time to time.

sandy53 · ‎03-12-2010

I haven't gotten cold sores since menopause, but before that I used to get them often. What worked best for me was as soon as I felt the tingle I would take several lysine tablets. Then I'd take more lysine over the next day or two. That usually kept the sore from erupting.

It seemed like someone in my family would get sick and I'd get a cold sore. Sometimes sun exposure did it. Now with good sunscreen for lips it is easier to prevent those.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@SharkE When. feel one developing on my lip..I start to ice it...I hold an ice cube on the area many, many, times per day. For me it helps the sore not get so ugly looking and someimtes I have noticed it does not form into a huge sore on my lip.

Sun exposure can also make those buggers appear.

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

@RedTop wrote:
@spumoni99
No, kissing is not the only way to transmit this virus. Most of us cope with this for our lifetime after recovering from chicken pox; the virus remains in our body and flares from time to time.

The Shingrix vaccine has good results. I have had that vaccine and the one before.

LavernLuvsShoes · ‎07-13-2021

Carmex - Has always worked for me - One small tin lasts forever.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

There's a genetic component involved with a person's ability to get cold sores or not. I studied this in college. There is a window of opportunity for the body to make antibodies against the virus then after the window is closed, the body is unable to make the antibodies. That window opens at a very young age, somewhere in the toddler years and when exposed to the virus at that age then the body produces antibodies against the virus but only if the body has the genetic makeup to make them to begin with. Those who were exposed during the window of opportunity, who have the genes to make the antibody, will never get cold sores. It's a very interesting process involving immunity.