Cold Sore 'quick fix' remedies...?

[muchlovex]

Good morning to you all,

I've had a cold sore since Saturday and yesterday I bought Zovirax. This morning I've woken up with a HUGE cold sore blisters and they've gone a little yellow (I know this sounds disgusting). I have never suffered from a cold sore, but this sure makes for it.

I am at work tomorrow so I am asking if anyone has any quick remedies.

[RATTER15]

No quick fixes really, just hide it the best you can with make-up assuming your female, if your male just live with it!

[Jemisa]

Yeah, you'll have that for at least another week. by the time its scabbed over and dropped off, thats how long it takes I'm afraid. Try not to touch it you don't want it to spread to another part of your face. - Sorreee

jem

[mccfluff]

nothing you can do, but don;t get zovirax next time go for supermarket version its much cheaper and has the same active ingredient aclovoir (sp). you can get patches as well but they don;t help with the cold sore just cover it up a bit.

also next time if you feel a tingling get the cream on then if you get it quick enough you can stop them coming up

horrible things :-(

[Connemmara]

i think there is a little fine plaster you can buy in pharmacy for cold sores you put it over the sore and a little make up. It will do you in the interim.

[TheOtherHalf]

I remember reading that a little tootpaste on the spot helps, but havnt tried it
I use Zovirax as soon as I feel the tingle and it does seem to stop it developing

[quincyqqq]

put plenty of salt ina glass
fill with luke warm water
gargle for a while
u should get relief for a few hours

[rowanwitch]

if Zovirax (acyclovir) has stopped working for you there is another antiviral cold sore cream called penistil i think....its expensive like zovirax was when it first came out but works for me now Zovirax doesn't..

[gingejbee]

Not sure about "quick-fix" but tea-tree oil in an alcohol base (eg vodka) dabbed on frequently at first signs seems to help, says OH.

[gingejbee]

The emphasis of any of these treatments is 'at first signs' - once developed, a cold sore takes as long as it takes.

[hottoddy2]

Zovirzax cream applied fast at the tingle stage is about the only effective remedy there is. The active ingredient in Zovirax is Aciclovir which slows the virus from replicating itself. If you put the cream on early enough, it can prevent the outbreak from erupting or speed up the time it takes to heal.

I don't know about the toothpaste remedy as suggested by another reply. I thought that was supposed to be for pimples.

What is interesting here is that you say "I have never suffered from a cold sore". So I would be very concerned about where you got it from - that is, WHO gave it to you so you don't get anymore!!

Do a little google research on the internet and you will find that a coldsore is just another name for the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and it is very, very contagious, usually passed on to others by kissing but it all depends on where the sore is on the giver and where the sore ends up on the recipient.

For example my daughter got a cold sore on her nose from her nursery care worker who had the virus on her thumb and gave it to my daugher when she wiped her nose. This same nursery worker gave it to several other children before this woman was finally discovered as the infection source. Thank GOD the nursery policy is for staff to wear gloves when they change the children's nappies otherwise the babies would have got the virus on their bottoms from this woman.

The virus has an incubation time of approximately 24 hours so you were infected about 24 hours before you got the very first symptoms. Think back 24 hours from the time you first noticed your first cold sore outbreak and try and work out how you got it. Did you kiss anyone? Did anyone kiss you? Did you drink out of someone else's cup? (That's how my friend got hers on the inside of her bottom lip). Or did you put something in your mouth or to your face that belonged to someone else? Given the timeframe of 24 hours you should b

[gina32]

cold sores lay dormant in all of us, just that some are unlucky enough for them to erupt, cold weather or hot weather can bring them out as can the body being "down so its not all to do with kissing someone

[gina32]

they cant be caught by drinking from a cup

[JMR27]

Mr jmr has suffered from the occasional outbreak of cold sores for years now. He used to use zovirax but the sore still took ages to clear up. He now uses l - lysine 1000mg - it's an amino acid in tablet form which you can get at Holland & Barratt. As soon as he feels the warning tingle he takes one of these tablets then takes another tablet over each of the next 2 or 3 days. This treatment either prevents the cold sore developing or clears it up in next to no time.

[muchlovex]

I think it's been caused by a spot i had on the exact same area as the cold sore has formed. I squeezed the spot as it looked ghastly.

Then, that evening I kissed my dog's head (I know this is unhygienic, but i'd only bathed her a few days prior to this)

Then about a day later this horrible cold sore has appeared. Suffice to say that I will no longer be kissing my cute pooch anymore.

[jno]

good grief, you may have given your dog spots! If it winds up looking like a Dalmatian, you'll have to shoot it.

[muchlovex]

Thanks JNO. I think my little pooch is just fine. LOL

[hottoddy2]

The cold sore virus lays dormant in 80% of the UK population. Ask any doctor.
20% of the UK population do not get cold sores because they have never been infected with the virus.

The cold sore virus does not magically appear out of nowhere. You have to be infected by someone who has an active cold sore outbreak to get the virus in the first place.Only then does it then go hide in your central nervous system and lie dormant to be reactivated at some later stage.

[anthony25]

hello i have suffered badly with coldsores since i was a child its annoying and very irratating i seem to have them when having a cold or the flu sometimes they get in my nose and its so annoying not sure why they occour really

[askyourgran]

On the right of my screen at the moment are adverts for cold sore treatments Virulite (as seen on TV) or zap them away with Hypotherm or Viranox also Herpes Treatment to eliminate outbreaks at www.lipmeds.com. How appropriate is that.

[bushbaby_de]

Boots sell a little tiny magic bottle called Dual Action Cold Sore Lotion. Its about £3 and you dab it on with a cotton bud throughout the day - it dries those little suckers up really quickly.