Treatment of Cold Sores

Cold sores are blisters, which appear mainly at the edges of the lips as well as other locations like the neck, cheek, nostrils as well as the fingertips. They can also be present on the gums or the roof of the mouth. But many people make the mistake of confusing cold sores with canker sores. More than ninety percent of the people transmit the herpes virus, which is responsible for cold sores.

Symptoms of cold sores

It could take anywhere between 10-30 days for the symptoms of cold sores to heal. Some of these symptoms are:

• An itching and tingling feeling
• The specific area becomes swollen and blisters, which look like pimples, will start appearing
• These blisters can sometimes break in order to display large open sores
• Fever
• Headache
• Swollen lymph glands
• Yellow scab, which forms on the sore

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