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Cold sores, or fever blisters as they are sometimes called, are very uncomfortable, painful and embarrassing. If you have been afflicted in the past with cold sores, you are most likely looking for a effective cold sore remedy. It’s bad enough to have to deal with them once, but the particularly irritating aspect of cold sore affliction is that if you’ve dealt with them once, they are almost certain to recur. You definitely want to find out how to get rid of cold sores if you have them.

One of the most difficult things about cold sores is that, not only are they painful, unattractive, quite contagious, and make basic daily things like talking, singing along with hot new music, and eating harder - in addition, there is a definitive social stigma attached to cold sore outbreaks. This most likely stems from the fact that the virus that causes cold sores is Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1, an alternate strain of the virus that causes the sexually transmitted disease Herpes. Even though cold sores, in most instances, are not caused by sexual contact, there is still the stigma attached.

Each of these irritating facets of cold sores - the pain, and the contagious nature - make it even more attractive to come across a remedy for cold sores. There are a few home remedies that can be effective in varying degrees in stopping the spread of a cold sore when it has begun. An added benefit of a number of these remedies is that they work in tandem with stopping the progression of the cold sore and also relieve some of the pain, as well. And you don’t need a personal trainer certification to know that you want your body to be as healthy as possible.

Using a Tea Bag - One thing you can do is to soak a tea bag in hot water for a few minutes (just as you would when steeping a cup of tea), and then hold the steeped tea bag to the cold sore as a compress. This should be repeated a few times per day.

Using Ice - The first technique uses heat to medicate the cold sore, and the ice method uses the other end of the spectrum. Pressing a cold compress with ice inside to the cold sore as soon as it begins to appear can, by many accounts, stop the cold sore from becoming a major outbreak.

Use Dietary Restrictions - To prevent cold sores in the first place, you could restrict certain foods in your diet to keep cold sores from appearing initially. You should steer clear of foods high in acid, and additionally caffeine. Therefore, this would mean stopping your daily coffee. Also, choosing fresh, healthy foods over processed and packaged foods can make a big difference.

These suggestions can definitely assist in preventing cold sores and make them better once they’ve begun to break out.

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