Cold sores fucking suck!
 

My bottom lip looks and feels like it has a fucking alien growing out of it... :Oh crap:Oh crap

Why are they called "cold" sores when you can get them in bloody August ?

because they have nothing to do with "colds" and everything to do with the herpes virus :2 cents:

Should call it a herpes sore in that case...

You can still do anal so it's not that bad.

They are called that lol. I think fever blister and cold sore sounds a lot better than, "hey man do you have herpes on your face"

You get them in August because the sun is a major trigger. If you're going to be out in the sun, make sure you have minimum SPF 30 chapstick on at all times for your lips and the rest of your face use a normal sunscreen.

Also see your doctor for Valtrex (Valacyclovir generic) 500MG pills and keep them handy. The moment you start to feel a coldsore coming, take 4 pills (2 Grams) and take another 4 pills 12 hours later. The "live" sore time will be greatly reduced and new sores most probably won't develop. It'll cut the worst part down to maybe 2 days with healing starting on the 3rd. Significantly shorter than without.

Valtrex can also be taken as a preventative measure. 1 pill a day in the morning. This is especially useful if you are say planning a beach vacation or have an important function coming up.

Lastly, compromised immune system (already sick, fighting something else) and stress are also major triggers and combining them adds to the likelihood you'll develop an outbreak. So if you're stressed out about something and in the sun without sunscreen, you're asking for trouble.

Well, these past 2 or 3 days? Yeah stress could easily be a factor.

I will enquire about Valtrex :thumbsup

they would but it would interfere with human reproduction too much..

We have no fake name for herpes..

The come from stress and the sun

they call it "cold"

Whatever you do, never kiss a snow cone vendor or else you'll get Shlurpes. :D

They have nothing to do with sores...it is a form of the herpes and is an STD. :thumbsup

It a form of herpes virus, along with Chickenpox and Shingles (which are closely related), but it's not necessarily or only spread through "sexual" contact. 50% of the US adult population is a carrier and it's most often caught as a child from a loved adult (not like that you pervs). You can spread it with your hands by touching open sores, and if you're really goofy you can spread it to your eyes where it becomes a really big problem.

HSV-1 and HSV-2 are closely related in the same family and can develop orally or in the genitals, but MOST oral infections are HSV-1 where as most genital are HSV-2.

I'm not sure what the technical definition of an STD is, so it probably counts because it CAN be caught that way, but it's not that simple.

Or you can get it by sucking an infected cock or cunt. :thumbsup

Yes, that's the grade 2 answer I guess. You can get HSV2 in your mouth from oral sex, but MOST cases are HSV1.

It may be a form of Herpes, you should get tested for STDs, but if it is not Herpes and just a regular cold sore, then try putting a tums on it for about five minutes. I read that it helps if it is a "mouth ulcer" not Herpes.

All herpeses are STD's. Although there are multiple things those cause mouth infections, besides the herpes (not STD's). Based on googling "cold sores" are caused by herpes.

sounds crazy but this works like magic

go steam some rice and afetr the rice gets cooked, grab a cotton ball and use it to absorb some of the condensed steam hanging on the underside of the rice cooker's lid. Apply that to sore. Works immediatey first time but may need a second application should the area be badly irritated already. Thank me later.

If you go down on any chicks while you have those sores, you'll give them genital herpes.

No one likes my joke. :(

They call them cold sores because when you have a cold your immune system is down and they pop up like a drunken mother in law. Stress is also a huge factor for inflammation and immune response.

Hsv1 I would bet 50% of the population is a gross under estimate. More like 85% . You know the old joke "I once knew someone that didnt have cold sores. What an ugly third grader"

Either Hsv1 or Hsv2 you can get any where including your eyes. Very common shit. More often the tinier bumps on the genitals are Hsv2 bigger blisters on your face Hsv1.

They are in the same family as Varicella(Chicky Pox) and Herpes Zoster(shingles) but are different animals. Same meds to knock it down though.

I have Shingles now and have been on acyclovir for almost a week. I don't recommend getting that shit but anyone who has had chicken pox can get it and it can(but not easily) give chicken pox to people who have never had pox or the vaccine.

BTW get the Shingles vaccine and have your kids get the chicken pox vaccine. Cuts the duration and pain down immensely.

never had one, but wtf with the take 500 pills advice? really?

I stand by my ugly third grader joke.

Thats nasty.

When you feel one coming on, use ice cubes and keep it there as much as possible for a couple of days. I had a cold sore one time, and it was a tough 2 weeks. Somebody told me the ice cube trick, and I haven't had one since -- as long as I can catch it early.

It sucked trying to eat, but the worst part was the feeling I had walking around my workplace with it. Thankfully, I had just started growing a beard.

Fun fact...about 80 to 90% of people carry the herpes simplex virus. Not all of them will see it pop up in their lifetime.

Helpful info, thanks

This is why we need like buttons.

Herpaderpes lool

Going to get 3 shots of Gardasil beginning next month. It is a vaccine for some of the most common forms of genital herpes. It protects you such that you can have sex with somebody who has a common form of herpes (most ppl don't know they have it) and you will not get infected.

But if you already have genital herpes, getting the vaccine won't do anything for you.

Gardasil has noting to.do with herps.
its for HPV

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