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Cold sores are one of the most common cold sores affecting the face. Others include corneal and conjunctival herpes and oral herpes. Herpes is a viral disease caused by the HSV1 virus. If we are cured of it once, it does not mean that in times of low immunity, herpes will not return again. After the visible symptoms are cured, the virus usually stays in the body and is “dormant”.
Who can get sick? Do I have to be afraid?
Herpes labialis is not a dangerous disease. However, there are known cases when, as a result of poor treatment, it spread further to the skin of the face up to the eyes, which can be dangerous for the eyesight. Up to 80% of people are carriers of the virus. the entire population. However, only 50 percent of the carriers will ever experience symptoms of the disease.
Usually virus first time can become infected before the age of 5. Most of us are its carriers. The disease can reveal itself at any time, because the herpes virus resides in our body in a latent form.
How not to deal with cold sores
- Do not cover the lesions with powders and creams
- Do not try to mask the lesions in any other way, spreading the infection to the rest of the face
- Hands should be washed after touching the lesion, the wound should not be touched
- Skin care during herpes should be as much as possible natural
How can you get infected? When does herpes “attack”?
- You can get infected through a simple kiss
- You can also get infected by using the same everyday objects as the sick person, e.g. by drinking from the same cup
- Herpes labialis is very often revealed during the winter and spring solstices, when the body’s natural immunity is lowered
- Herpes labialis may also manifest itself in the course of another disease, which is also associated with a temporary decrease in the body’s immunity
- In a woman, the virus can spread activate during menstruation
How to treat cold sores?
Most people associate the treatment of cold sores only with home remedies or ointments bought at the pharmacy. However, herpes can also be treated using special tablets and vitamin complexes. Vitamins from group B naturally treat the symptoms of herpes and very quickly help in achieving the proper appearance of the skin around the mouth. You can do it at home B vitamins beat in a mortar or other way, then mix with natural cream. Such a specificity should be applied at night to the changed place around the mouth.
A very good drug to heal the changed place is also a zinc ointment, which dries the wound well. Drugs in the form of tablets work primarily antiviral, so they give the best and fastest results. Most of them, however, are only available by prescription.