Sunday, September 30, 2012

Four Great Cold Sore Prevention Tips

By B.B. Retundo Rackly


Cold sores are really caused by a very contagious virus called Herpes Simplex-1.

You may have experienced blisters on your lips, in your mouth, on your nose or in your nose. These are all symptoms of the herpes simplex-1 virus. Sadly, once you get this virus, you can never fully get rid of it.

Once you have it, it becomes all about cold sore prevention. The following are four great tips to help you prevent a cold sore outbreak.

Tip 1 - The first tip is to not share any cup, water bottle or drink with anyone else. Even if you think that your friend doesn't have any visible blisters, it's possible that they are carrying the herpes simplex-1 virus and are just without current cold sore symptoms. You're better safe than sorry!

Tip 2 - Avoid sharing chapstick or anything that comes into contact with someone else's mouth is best avoided all together; lip stick, eating utensils, drinking straws, etc.

Tip 3 - The third tip may seem obvious, but needs to be shared. Do not kiss other people when either you or they have an active cold sore, even if it's on the cheek. The virus can be transmitted quickly and easily through intimate contact such as kissing.

Also be advised that even in-mouth sores that you can't see can be transmitted through kissing as the virus is present in the person's saliva.

Tip 4 - This tip is probably the hardest. Do not touch infected areas of your face or another person's face. If you do, you will have a higher likelihood of catching or giving the virus to someone else.

Skin to skin contact such as touching can easily transmit the virus. If you or someone has a virus, do not touch the skin, and if you accidentally do, wash your hands immediately. This will prevent you from spreading it to others or even spreading the virus on yourself to other non-infected areas.

Hopefully these cold sore prevention tips are useful in keeping this bothersome virus from being passed on to even more people.
 


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Finding The Natural Cold Sore Prevention Approach

By Lardingo Dardine


A slight throbbing in the lip is known all too well to sufferers before a full on outbreak of the puffy, painful forming of an unsightly blemish. Either triggers of unprotected sun exposure or the body being stressed can be the cause and are sometimes difficult to avoid.

A healthy immune system is key to natural cold sore prevention. Below, we are going to give you some prevention tips.

Boosting your body's immune system with your diet is an easy way to naturally prevent cold sores. Lysine, zinc and vitamin C are all effective in natural cold sore prevention. Zinc, as well as Lysine are often found in meats, seafood and eggs.

Vitamin C is easily available in many fruits including oranges, lemons and grapefruits and in vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes and more.

These greatly helpful nutrients can be easily obtained in supplements. Although food is the best quality, it is very difficult to get therapeutic levels of them through diet alone.

Echinacea is a great natural cold sore prevention supplement that can be found easily. As soon as you start feeling the symptoms of a cold sore, grab your Echinacea and take as directed. It also can be used to help with asthma and allergies.

Some people with the herpes simplex-1 virus don't always show symptoms, like blisters. So, when you're dining out at a restaurant. Always make sure your glass is clean and you use a straw to drink from, just in case there's viral cells on the glass from a previous patron that was carrying the herpes virus.

Kissing and sharing items like eating utensils and chap stick are common ways that the herpes virus gets transmitted from person to person. Your Mom probably told you not to share these things, and she was right!

Whether we realize it or not, your health depends on the simple choices you make. Avoiding these common mistakes is a perfect way to practice natural cold sore prevention.