Are there any over the counter medicines that can help a cold sore heal faster?
2007-10-17 05:34:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
cold sores will heal depending on several things, one being your body's immune system and how revved up it is. Another being what you might use to speed the process. Over the counter there are several products available, my personal favorite is Abreva, pricey but effective. By perscription, there is Valtrex, or zovirax. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus which lives dormant in your nervous system for life. Various things can trigger an outbreak in various people, from too much sun to particular foods, most learn fairly quickly what they need to avoid to minimize outbreaks.
You begin to shed the virus approximately one week before the sore/s show up, and you continue to shed the virus for three weeks after the sore has completely healed before it goes dormant until the next outbreak. So you can never really know when you are or are not contagious, so the recommendation is to not participate in oral sex at all, if you know you get cold sores, because while you are shedding the virus you can transmit it to your partner's genitalia during oral sex and then it becomes genital herpes, something your partner is not likely to thank you for.
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2007-10-17 05:38:10 · answer #9 · answered by ShannyBikdiK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sore throat lasts for 3 days depending on the condition of the infection.since i'm not that good in this I'd advise you to search for your problem in internet
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