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Cold sores and oral herpes should disappear when you use these proven techniques. Read this short article now. In it you will find top first aid tips for getting rid of any oral herpes cold sore.

Are you suffering from a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes? Then you want help, not hype. You want effective methods to stop the pain and quickly heal your cold sore.

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.

- THREAT OF INFECTING AND DAMAGING THE CORNEA

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.

- COLD SORES AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Scientists have noticed some protein similarities between Alzheimer’s and active cold sore outbreaks. Nothing to worry about at this early point. However, when the herpes virus is active, it could be doing other damage we have yet to discover.

You can reduce the pain and healing time with these cold sore first aid tactics. They have been well proven over time and are medically sound treatments.

1. FIRST AID METHOD FOR REDUCING COLD SORE PAIN

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 is the best remedy for reducing swelling and pain. Frozen, wet tea bags work very well and provide some anti-viral activity. Fever, headaches and swollen glands can be helped with aspirin or ibuprofen.

2. FIRST AID FOR CLEANING THE COLD SORE

Removing as much of the herpes simplex virus from the wound area as possible is important in treating your cold sore. It will reduce the risk of spreading the disease and will help to lower the virus population hiding in 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 CLOSING THE COLD SORE WOUND FAST

There are topical treatments that will greatly speed new skin growth over the cold sore.

Aloe Vera is an amazing healer of wounds. Use only the gel from a live plant leaf. Aloe Vera is easy to grow and a true first aid plant. Do not waste your money on bottled Aloe Vera for healing a sore. You will be disappointed.

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

Apply a hot tea bag to the cold sore as often as possible. It is most effective to warm it up in water, not microwave. Between tea bag applications, put a zinc-based gel on the sore. Or you can rub a wet zinc lozenge on the area.

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.

Once the sore has burst open, ice will still reduce the pain, but will slow down healing. At this point, if you want pain relief, use ice. If you want fast healing, apply heat and a numbing agent like benzocaine.

Keeping the scab soft and pliable is an important first aid measure. It will prevent painful cracking of the scab. This prevents constant need for re-healing of the crust. Olive oil (extra virgin) works great.

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.

It is not magic. Each person gets cold sores for different reasons. You may have to do some testing of methods until you identify what works for you. When you do, you will enjoy a beautiful life without cold sores.

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