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Fever blisters & cold sores are oral herpes, caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1.

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What is herpes simplex communly known as?

Herpes simplex is commonly known as oral herpes.


What is the common name for cold sores?

Other names for a cold sore are fever blister, oral herpes, labial herpes, herpes labialis, and herpes febrilis.


What is fever blisters?

Fever blisters are cold sores, on or near the lips, caused by the oral herpes virus HSV-Type1.


What are fever bumps or blisters?

Fever bumps / blisters are caused by the same contagious virus that causes cold sores which is oral herpes (HSV!).


Is it normal to have fever blisters or cold sores and cankers sores after having wisdom teeth removed?

no your wisdom teeth has nothing to do with cold sores or fever blisters. Cold sores and fever blister are a type are herpes and it is from using other people lip stick.


What kind of herpeswhich one causes fever blisters?

If you are fighting a virus or if you have a cold you might get a fever blister.


What is also know as cold sores?

Also known as cold sores are fever blister and herpes.


What is the best cure for fever blisters?

Fever blisters, or cold sores, are caused by a version of the herpes simplex virus. One of the best home remedies for fever blisters is to cover the sore in petroleum jelly. It should heal within a few days time.


Which sti does the herpes simplex virus cause?

Herpes typically affects the mouth (causing cold sores or fever blisters) or the genitals (causing the eruptive disease herpes). Symptoms usually include: Itching, burning and or tingling around the infected area. Swelling Fever and or flu like symptoms. With genital herpes, burning pain when you urinate. Raised blisters or open paper cut like sores.


Which skin disorder is caused by a type of herpes virus?

Some common names for the skin diseases of herpes are cold sores, fever blisters, genital herpes, shingles, whitlow, wrestler's herpes, and ophthalmic herpes.


What causes fever blisters?

Fever blisters and cold sores are caused by a virus called oral herpes. Different things can trigger break outs like being out in very hot or very cold weather for long periods of time or being run down by stress / illness.


What are fever blisters caused from?

A fever does not cause fever blisters, just like a cold doesn't cause cold sores (they are the same thing) but if infected with the Herpes Simplex I virus, a person's immune system is compromised and the virus can come out of its dormant stage. Too much sun, stress, certain foods, suppressed immune system are a few of the predisposing factors that can bring the Herpes Simplex Virus I out of its dormant stage. Remember once you have the virus, you will always have it. There is no cure.