And, if you're like me, you want a cold sore treatment that will not only give you a lot of comfort right now, but will hopefully shorten the healing time so you can get on with your life. That's the beauty of this well proven cold sore treatment.

There are a lot of over-the-counter and prescription cold sore treatment products that claim to be the latest and greatest miracle. You buy one and try it, and, again, you are disappointed.

Antiviral drugs medication for cold sore treatment is need doctor prescription, that means require doctor's visits, can be expensive, and sometime with negative drug interaction are not suitable for everyone. Some antiviral drug medication has a good effect to keep back the cold sore outbreaks but the effect only when you still using the medication.

But, do not expect the drug store cold sore treatment products to speed the healing of your cold sores, oral herpes or fever blisters. They just simply have not been shown to do so.

As mentioned, such a form of cold sore treatment is primarily intended to alleviate the pain, itchiness and discomfort to the sufferer. There are others that have antiviral and antibiotic properties that inhibit the cold sore lesion development and accelerate the healing process.

Herpes simplex virus depends on arginine, an amino acid to grow and proliferate. So we can avoid salty and acidic foods that are rich in arginine such as chocolate, seeds, oatmeal, nuts, almonds, whole grains and peas.

There are several types of creams used to treat cold sores. Creams containing docosanol are particularly useful. Docosanol is used to fight against the HSV-1 virus that causes cold sores and it can relive pain as well as help heal the cold sore sooner.

Other options include remedies that can sooth the pain, reduce the area affected, and speed up the healing process, cutting short the duration of the visible sore. One of the most common remedies, and possibly the cheapest, is treating cold sores and fever blisters with ice.

It is amazing that nature has provided us with herbs or even plants that have great medicinal and healing properties. Even our common household items like toothpaste has the effect of cooling sores.

Also, it is an excellent idea to warm up the tea bag (do not burn yourself) and use it as a hot compress. Do this as 20 minute sessions at least four times each day to help relieve the troublesome symptoms.

There have been many false alarms in the medical community with cold sore treatments. Although it seems like we are a few years away from a public trial on a permanent cure for the already infected, there are many promising leads

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