*Anyone else...*

[*sam*]

Suffer from coldsores???
Just wondering what methods you guys use if so?
I got one 2day, used the usual stuff my doc gives me& its made my lip sweel up to angelina jolie size! Look like a right freak!
any help would be appriciated!!

[Tony Ross]

I do Sam

best thing is just keep puttin lipsil on and keep it soft

(check me, big girl)

[Presuming Ed]

Do nothing imo...i get them very occasionally...you just have to let them run their course..keeping them open to the air and resisting licking them will mean they last about 8 days...all products claiming to quicken/prevent them are appealing to peoples vanity as far as im concerned. Ed

[Kate.S]

Ooh cold sores are a right pain, I feel for you Sam. Fotuntaely I don't suffer with them but my brother and Dad do. I think they put Zorviracs on it, and they do have something from the dos but I'm not sure what it is. If I was you I'd go back to the docs and ask for something else. If you take an antihistamine it should bring the swelling down.

[*sam*]

Ah thanks, yeh ive taken the anti-histamins, its going down sloooooowly! lol I once used zovarax& i ended up lukin like the elephant man
Yeh i usually jus leave em, but this one is major! ha ha

[Dj Bucky]

pop it with a needle,but dont let the juice inside go over ya mouth otherwise you will get them all over.
i use this method and it heals in days

[betty spaghetti]

Originally Posted by *sam*

Suffer from coldsores???
Just wondering what methods you guys use if so?
I got one 2day, used the usual stuff my doc gives me& its made my lip sweel up to angelina jolie size! Look like a right freak!
any help would be appriciated!!

Not ever had one, but did some research, Im good like that Dont want to alarm you, and Im not implying owt either before owt gets said, but not only is it a form of the herpes virus, it can be brought on by various other things like: stress, sunlight, cold winds, tiredness, period pains etc. Maybe the good weather has brought it on...

Read more here:

BBC - Health - Conditions - Cold sores

Herpes simplex virus Introduction - Health encyclopaedia - NHS Direct

[*sam*]

lol i kno, i had a coldsore a few years bakc and i was having an eye test& once he'd finished, he says "is that a coldsore?" Me: "Yeh" "Its part of the herpes virus, don't touch your eyes until it goes, you might infect everything"
Charming eh?!
bloody stress is the most likely culprit!! But yeah could be the weather?
Cheers, il log on 2it

[*sam*]

Originally Posted by Dj Bucky

pop it with a needle,but dont let the juice inside go over ya mouth otherwise you will get them all over.
i use this method and it heals in days

lol was reading tht NHS direct and it says to do jus tht& scrap the stuff out& take a sample to ur local GP????

[butty]

Originally Posted by *sam*

Suffer from coldsores???
Just wondering what methods you guys use if so?
I got one 2day, used the usual stuff my doc gives me& its made my lip sweel up to angelina jolie size! Look like a right freak!
any help would be appriciated!!

stop tootin on green cocks theres a start...



lol j/k sam

[*sam*]

if only i actually got herpes from "down stairs".... But no it was my babysitter when i was a toddler tht let me use her lipstick- she had the virus, passed it on me...Hey presto, swollen lip

[Duke]

whack sum aftershave on it ,,, aghhhhhhhhhhhhh but it works

[Jen.in.NC]

Originally Posted by *sam*

... I once used zovarax& i ended up lukin like the elephant man

herpes simplex virus type one usually causes oral herpes aka fever blisters.
herpes simplex virus type two usually causes genital herpes. yeah. those.

as some of you have experienced, zovirax often does not work on oral (fever) blisters -or at least from what i've been told and from what i have experienced; firsthand and witnessed.





i used to get them all the time when i was stressed out. now, not so much...every 6 mos - 1 year or so.

i keep valtrex (oral tablets) in my med closet. when i feel one coming on, i take 2 grams and then the next day i take more 2 grams. valtrex prevents it from happening or lessens the symptoms tremendously.

some people take valtrex every day, but most of those people are keeping their "down below" herpes from acting up.

valtrex is prescription only (from a chemist) over here, but it may not be in your superior land.

[*sam*]

Ah coothanks for the info!!
Wel even if they don't do that brand they might do something similar over here? Worth a try, cos my lip jus looks horrendous

[tricky nicky]

i pop mine with a clean needle and wipe up the shite with a tissue!!!
they dont even scab and are gone within the day
but sometimes you get those pesky buggers that pop up over night and are huuuuuge, these normally scab.
ive found that zovirax never works for me