Cold Sores - Coping With Herpes Simplex 1
Todd Mumford
May 18, 2007
If the lips are feeling itchy and there is a tingling sensation, then it could be due to cold sores. This is a disease that is caused by the herpes simplex virus or the HSV. When this virus affects a person, small rashes appear on the skin – when the rashes appear on the genitals, the condition is referred to as genital herpes, and when the rashes are on the face, it is the cold sore. Also known as fever blisters, these rashes are either red or purple in color, look swelled, and is usually seen on the outer edge of the mouth or the lip. But they are found on the nose as well. Since the sores appear on the visible part of the skin, they can look really ugly and thus create other problems. Coping with cold sores so becomes an important issue.
The situation becomes worse when the sores open up and a fluid like substance comes out of it. The blisters look much like the one’s that appears with chicken pox, and they can cause pain as well. But the intensity of pain can differ from one person to another.
As previously mentioned, cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus, a closely related but different variation of the version that causes genital herpes (simplex 2)And because of the fact that a virus cannot be ever completely removed from the human body (it remains inside the system dormant), the symptoms of cold sores can just be eradicated, and so, the disease tends to come back again and again in the form of blisters. So the only thing a person can do is try to fight the symptoms and send the virus to the dormant stage – thus coping with cold sores assumes great importance.
Since the disease is caused by a virus, and because of the fact that a virus cannot be removed from the body ever, many tend to believe that a treatment is not at all needed. Lending credence to this belief is the fact that cold sores tend to go away themselves in time. So is treatment at all needed? The answer to this is ‘yes’.
Treatment will definitely remove the cold sores quicker. Also, cold sores can leave behind ugly looking scars in the face and this may look really bad. So why let this happen – after all, some great medicines that are based on natural ingredients are now available to quickly and efficiently remove the cold sores and bring back the old look again.
It can be tricky when the partner develops cold sores because the disease is extremely contagious. It can spread from kissing, drinking from the same glass, sharing the same towel, using a common towel or swimming pool and of course through sex. Well ideally it is better to avoid interacting with an affected person as much as possible – but that can become difficult.
So coping with cold sores becomes really important in such a case.
The situation becomes worse when the sores open up and a fluid like substance comes out of it. The blisters look much like the one’s that appears with chicken pox, and they can cause pain as well. But the intensity of pain can differ from one person to another.
As previously mentioned, cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus, a closely related but different variation of the version that causes genital herpes (simplex 2)And because of the fact that a virus cannot be ever completely removed from the human body (it remains inside the system dormant), the symptoms of cold sores can just be eradicated, and so, the disease tends to come back again and again in the form of blisters. So the only thing a person can do is try to fight the symptoms and send the virus to the dormant stage – thus coping with cold sores assumes great importance.
Since the disease is caused by a virus, and because of the fact that a virus cannot be removed from the body ever, many tend to believe that a treatment is not at all needed. Lending credence to this belief is the fact that cold sores tend to go away themselves in time. So is treatment at all needed? The answer to this is ‘yes’.
Treatment will definitely remove the cold sores quicker. Also, cold sores can leave behind ugly looking scars in the face and this may look really bad. So why let this happen – after all, some great medicines that are based on natural ingredients are now available to quickly and efficiently remove the cold sores and bring back the old look again.
It can be tricky when the partner develops cold sores because the disease is extremely contagious. It can spread from kissing, drinking from the same glass, sharing the same towel, using a common towel or swimming pool and of course through sex. Well ideally it is better to avoid interacting with an affected person as much as possible – but that can become difficult.
So coping with cold sores becomes really important in such a case.
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