No cold sores are from a virus in the body. Everyone is born with the virus it just remains dormant in the fortunate. For us less fortunate its for life. There are ways to reduce an outbreak. The sun, acidy foods, stress, even colds induce the virus. At first tingle of cold sore put an ice cube on it, in a bag or on a washcloth. There are prescription meds like Zovirax and others and there are OTC ones just as good. But unfortunately, your going to have to try a few to see which is best for you. The ice helps by cooling down the virus from the outside. Use the meds as directed and when it starts to heal try not to get it wet. Never pop them they will spread and no oral sex or kissing until they subside because you can infect someone.
AnswerYour Ph levels could be off as well. This can cause high acidity in the body and it can effect your taste, smell, cause dry mouth. When brushing your teeth (having a cold sore) use baking soda and warm water to brush your teeth (USE A SOFT TOOTH BRUSH) and also lightly brush the roof of your mouth and the tongue. This lowers the bacteria considerably. There are medications you can buy over the counter to help with the cold sore.Not everyone carries the Herpes Zoster virus. It is acquired as most other viruses are. Amino acids or lack of can cause the virus to present itself IF you have ever come into contact with it. L-Arginine can cause an outbreak(it's in several male enhancement remedies. l-Lysine can stop the virus and clear up cold sores or other outbreaks of the virus.
Sores inside the mouth are called canker sores.
Sores on the lips and mouth are most commonly caused by the herpes simplex virus (cold sores) or canker sores. Cold sores are contagious and typically appear as small fluid-filled blisters around the lips, while canker sores are not contagious and appear as painful ulcers inside the mouth. Both usually heal on their own within a week or two.
Probably not the best thing to use on cold sores around the mouth. It's more used to treat bacterial infections, and cold sores are caused by a virus. It may help heal the sores but you may not want to use it on your mouth as it could be toxic. Just get some over the counter cold sore cream to help heal te sores.
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No you can not.
Well, sores in your mouth could be, in fact, the indicators of the beginnings of a fatal disease. Mouth sores are normally caused by irritation, injury, infection, or even inflammitory disorders.
There is nothing detrimental about cold sores, they are not life threatening. All they do is cause annoying sores / blisters on the mouth.
There are several types of mouth sores that can occur, including canker sores, cold sores, and oral thrush. Canker sores are small ulcers that appear inside the mouth, cold sores are caused by the herpes virus and appear on the lips, and oral thrush is a fungal infection that can develop on the tongue and inside the cheeks.
Sores in mouth are caused by many different factors. Those caused by physical injuries such as canker sores, are not contagious. However, mouth sores caused by virus or bacteria could be contagious through kissing.
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It is herpes. Sometimes people refer to them as 'cold sores' but it is the herpes simples virus.
The herpes virus causes cold sores to appear.