How do you cure fever blisters on your lips and inside your mouth?

Question

I've tried Carmex for my lips and don't know what to try for the inside of my mouth . . . . . . .Please Help! I am in a lot of Pain!

Answer 1

Try Abreva for the fever blisters on your lips. It seems to help the most if you start using it as soon as you feel a blister coming on.

Stay away from Carmex. That stuff just makes your lips worse.

If you are getting lesions on the inside of your mouth, those are probably canker sores. Try Anbesol or some other oral gel containing Benzocaine which will temporarily numb the area.

To prevent fever blisters from coming up as often, be sure to always use a balm containing sunscreen (I like Softlips), and stay away from a lot of caffeine.

There is also a pill you can take called Herplex (you can buy it at Wal-Mart or any drug store) which is supposed to help shorten healing time and prevent outbreaks.

Answer 2

This doesn't sound like fever blisters.......you may have something more serious so I would go to the doctor.
There is a natural remedy I use that kills germs and
paresites both...I take it all year long and more in the cold season ....
"Oreganol" is is oregano oil ...You can get it at many of
the natural Health Food Stores. It is liquid you put in water and drink ....it is strong / pungent but works great for colds
flu and other types of body invasions.

Answer 3

Just get some vinegar on a cue tip and rub it on either a cold sore or canker sore and they will stop growing and dry up. Also a prescription of Valterx or Acyclovir will doe the same thing. I have suffered with both for 40 years and I know what works. Check Reader's Digest about the vinegar it really works!

Answer 4

You don't get fever blisters on the inside of your mouth. Fever sblisters/cold sores are the same thing. Maybe you have canker sores?

Answer 5

I used to get canker sores frequently and my dentist would prescribe Kenalog. However, I found out that you could buy Orabase B with Benzocaine over the counter and it seemed to work just as well.

Also, be sure not to pick or squeeze the sores. Avoid any spicy foods or anything with citrus juice or tomato sauce in it.

Hopefully this will help.

Answer 6

Try Campho-phonique (sp?)

You can't "cure" cold sores, as they are made by the Herpes Simplex VIRUS, and viruses generally aren't cured; the symptoms are treated.

Canker sores are within the mouth, but stem from the same virus. Try not to play with them, and they go away within a week.

Answer 7

wow someone else had the same question...my dentist originally wrote a prescription for me but then later i was told to use baby orajel...i also generally use peroxyl mouth rinse...to prevent them, take l-lysine supplements

Answer 8

crest makes some gel for the inside of your mouth...you can get it at the store. all it is is benzocaine, a number

Answer 9

Canker sores/cold sores they are the same thing in just different places of the mouth. You cannot cure them because they are viral. This is what my mother does,she gets them very frequently.
COLD SORES, or fever blisters, are caused by the herpes simplex virus. We don't know exactly what stimulates the appearance of these blisters but they are commonly exacerbated by stress, sun, alcohol, sugar, a concurrent viral infection, or simply being run-down. They usually begin with a tiny red spot at the corner of the mouth or nostril, which quickly turns into small blisters. Sometimes there's just one; sometimes a whole cluster of blisters appears. After these blisters break, a scab forms that can take one or two weeks to heal.

It's estimated that 80 to 90 percent of the population harbors the herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores, but it's possible to have the virus and never experience an outbreak. On the other hand, some people are troubled by regular cold sores. The pain and discomfort can be considerable, but my patients often seem just as troubled by the embarrassment of their appearance.

There is no effective drug therapy that will cure cold sores, but the good news is that there are a number of very safe and effective natural remedies.

Two particular treatments have given my patients great relief and also act as a preventive: Lactobacillus addophilus and Lysine. In addition, zinc, used topically and as a supplement, can give immediate relief.

Lactobacillus acidophilus is the living culture that is used to make yogurt. You may have heard that yogurt can be beneficial for intestinal and digestive problems, and it's this connection that led to the discovery that acidophitus can help cold sores. A doctor using acidophilus to treat patients with severe diarrhea discovered that two of his patients suffering from cold sores found dramatic improvement in their sores as well as their diarrhea. Further research found that acidophilus capsules can not only help relieve existing cold sores but also help prevent new ones. You can buy acidophilus capsules at health food stores, but be sure that the tablets you buy contain living bacteria; they're usually kept refrigerated. Eating yogurt might be of some help, but there's no evidence that it can have the dramatic effect of the capsules.

Another aid in the relief of cold sores is the amino acid L-lysine, which is particularly effective in preventing recurrence. There is a hypothesis that lysine inhibits herpes activity, while another amino acid, arginine, promotes it. And studies have demonstrated that lysine treatment can be very beneficial to cold sore sufferers. In one study, forty-five patients who took lysine supplements were followed for two years. Forty-two of these patients had a dramatic reduction of cold sores. For most, pain disappeared overnight, and the initial sore did not spread, but the infection returned one to four weeks after stopping lysine.

The most effective pattern for taking lysine to prevent cold sores is to take a maintenance dosage as a preventive and then increase this dosage if you experience an outbreak of the infection. Be sure if you take lysine supplements that you watch your cholesterol levels, as there's some evidence that lysine may stimulate the liver to increase cholesterol production.

In addition to taking lysine as a supplement, it can be applied topically in the form of lysine cream, available in health food stores. I usually advise applying it topically twice a day, but check the directions on the label.

Since cold sores are stimulated by the imbalance of the amino acids arginine and lysine, it can also be beneficial to avoid arginine-containing foods. These foods include chocolate, peanuts and other nuts, seeds, and cereal grains.

Zinc used topically can help to heal cold sores. Zinc oxide--the stuff lifeguards used to put on their noses--won't work because it doesn't deliver the zinc. Instead, use a zinc lozenge--the kind used for sore throats--and let it dissolve on the lesions.

Both vitamin C with bioflavonoids and zinc supplements, particularly when taken in conjunction, can help cure cold sores. As with lysine, it's best to take a maintenance dosage and increase it in the event of an outbreak.

NATURAL PRESCRIPTION FOR COLD SORES:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF

Lysine cream: Apply topically to lesions twice a day or as recommended on label.
Zinc lozenge: let it dissolve on the lesion.
FOR PREVENTION:

Avoid arginine-rich foods, including chocolate, peanuts and other nuts, seeds, and cereal grains.
IN ADDITION TO YOUR DAILY SUPPLEMENTS, TAKE:

lactobacillus acidophilus: three capsules a day, one with each meal.
L-lysine: 3,000 mg. daily; 1,000 mg. with each meal at the first sign of a cold sore outbreak. After the symptoms lessen, reduce intake to 500 mg. a day. If you break out on this dosage, increase your dosage to 1000 mg. a day to prevent recurrence.
Zinc: 50 mg. a day.
Vitamin C with bioflavonoids: 500 mg. a day.