Cold Sore Treatment Tips - For All Oral Herpes Cold Sores

Cold sore treatment is necessary for millions of folks.

The herpes virus that causes cold sores infects nearly 90% of the world population today. Because of this large number of victims, cold sore treatment options are abundant at your local stores.

These over-the-counter cold sore treatment remedies are primarily designed and sold for comfort - and they do a good job for that. But they do little to heal cold sores any faster, or prevent them. Comfort is great, but the quicker the healing the better.

Below are several well-proven cold sore treatment tips that I would like to share with you right now. These work against any cold sores, fever blisters or oral herpes outbreaks. Give them a try.

1. LYSINE.

You may have heard of lysine. It is a very effective cold sore treatment for many folks. Some drug store remedies contain lysine as a topical cold sore treatment. It does not absorb well this way.

Lysine works best when you use it as an internal remedy for oral herpes and cold sores.

Lysine effectively neutralizes arginine, another amino acid. Arginine is the main protein necessary for the herpes simplex virus to replicate - which creates the visible cold sore. Lysine pushes it out of your cells so it is not available to create new virus.

Your key to successfully healing and preventing cold sores with lysine is to flood your cells with it. Eating high lysine foods, such as fish and dairy products will help. Avoiding high arginine foods is also wise during an outbreak.

The easiest and most convenient way to get lysine, however, is to use lysine capsules. You can more easily control the dosage - and you don't have to give up the foods you love.

Most people who use lysine for an active cold sore treatment take about 5000 to 7000 milligrams spread throughout the day. Don't worry - lysine is a very common and safe amino acid.

These same folks often take 500 milligrams daily between cold sores as a preventative.

2. TEA.

Tea has many beneficial nutrients that help in healing a cold sore. You can use black tea or try herbal teas with mint or lemon balm. Drinking the tea helps, but it is a much better cold sore treatment if applied directly to the wound.

Soak a few tea bags and freeze them. Apply this frozen tea during the early stages of your cold sores. As soon as you feel the warning signs of a new outbreak (tingling, itching, burning sensations) hold a frozen bag to the area. This quick action can actually stop the herpes activity.

You will benefit by these frozen tea bags up until the sore breaks open. At this point healing begins and applying cold now will slow the healing process. Now you need to apply hot tea bags to get rid of cold sores quickly.

Do not heat the bags in the microwave. This will destroy the healing properties of the tea. You can boil the water in the microwave first if you wish, then put in the tea bags. Or you can use the stovetop.

3. CALCIUM.

Calcium is the main mineral used by your body to keep you in a healthy alkaline state. When alkaline, your body is high in oxygen and resistant to virus activity. When acid, your body is low in oxygen and susceptible to infection and disease.

Your pH balance is a measure of your acid or alkaline state. Seven is neutral, above seven is alkaline and below seven is acid. Cold weather, stress and certain foods are the main reasons your body might tend toward the acid side - and the main triggers for cold sores.

As a cold sore treatment, make sure you are getting plenty of calcium every day with food and supplements. For some folks, this has made a huge difference in their cold sore relief.

I hope this sample of cold sore treatment tactics helps you as much as they have helped thousands of others.

And keep searching and trying new things. Quite often you will find that combining several will be the best cold sore treatment for your particular needs.

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