All About Cold Sores, its Various Symptoms & Treatment

Cold Sores are the blisters that appear on the skin. These blisters are filled with clear fluid or cloudy fluid. These cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus. This virus is of two types. They are Herpes simplex virus 1 and Herpes simplex virus 2. These are also called HSV1 and HSV2. The Herpes simplex virus 1 causes cold sores in the upper body of a human being and the Herpes simplex virus 2 causes cold sores in the lower part of the body below the waist line.

The symptoms for these cold sores are reddening of the skin in the areas where the cold sores will appear and irritation and tingling feeling of the skin in that area. To reduce the activity of the herpes simplex virus some people apply ice cubes on the sores few times every ten minutes during the initial stage of the infection. Home treatments for cold sores also include creating equal proportions of a mixture of tinctures of echinacea, calendula, oats, burdock, and lomatium and taking 1/2 teaspoon of that mixture, four or five times a day. This combination of herbs will boost the immune system, soothe inflamed tissues, remove toxins from the body, and kill viruses and bacteria.

Some people apply Polysporin ointment to the affected area of the skin as one of the home treatments for cold sores. This ointment prevents the bacterial infection caused by the sores. Some people apply the oil found in the Vitamin E softgel cap to dry the sores within a few days. This is one of the effective home treatments for cold sores, that is used to dry up the sores.Food supplementaries containing vitamin-C and vitamin-E are usually taken during the treatment of herpes simplex caused cold sores, to reduce the duration of the impact. It is also effective to apply the oil found in the vitamin-E gels, on the cold sores caused by herpes simplex. This application of that oil cures the herpes simplex very fast. Some of the native Americans use the herb chaparral (Larrea tridentata) for treating the infections caused by the herpes simplex virus.

About Cold Sores, its Symptoms & Treatment Information