F*cking cold sores

dmc17 · 30-04-2016 10:29PM

Another vote for Lysine. Only thing that worked for me. Haven't got a proper one for years since I started using it. The second you feel the tingle of one staring to come on, take Lysine supplement and continue for a few days. No more cold sores

mud · 30-04-2016 10:30PM

FizzleSticks wrote: »

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They definitely work for some people but not for me. It completely exacerbated the outbreak. Getting shivers remembering it.

Just dosed it with TCP and it feels way better.

hairyprincess · 30-04-2016 10:32PM

mud wrote: »

They definitely work for some people but not for me. It completely exacerbated the outbreak. Getting shivers remembering it.

Just dosed it with TCP and it feels way better.

TCP is the biz. Keep lashing it on

not yet · 30-04-2016 10:35PM

Funny enough I got them all the time when I smoked and partied hard, which would indicate they are brought on by a low immune system.

Very rarely get them since I gave up the cigs and stopped partying hard, or as I call it...getting old.

milehip · 30-04-2016 10:37PM

+1 for zoravax, use it as soon as you feel the start of the sympthon. Always get one when ive been working extras hard for a week or so outdoors and the auld immune
system is run down.
Must try ths lysire(sic) stuff aswell.

JustTheOne · 30-04-2016 10:37PM

Why do they come out on your lip of all places?

Why not your knee or somewhere noone can see?

How convenient.

Uncle Ben · 30-04-2016 10:37PM

Sitting here whacking vaseline onto my chapped lips. Its driving me mad.

mud · 30-04-2016 10:42PM

JustTheOne wrote: »

Why do they come out on your lip of all places?

Why not your knee or somewhere noone can see?

How convenient.

Just reading about them and it's to do with a nerve in the area that the virus travels down and then sets up shop 5ever

not yet · 30-04-2016 10:43PM

JustTheOne wrote: »

Why do they come out on your lip of all places?

Why not your knee or somewhere noone can see?

How convenient.

The virus never leaves you and is in the nervous system. It always comes out at a point of least resistance.

R P McMurphy · 30-04-2016 10:47PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

+1 on lysine, clinically proven to help reduce the severity and occurrence of outbreaks, 1g lysine a day should do it.

Does lysine not cause some other issue though. Kidney rot or liver damage or something like that

cbyrd · 30-04-2016 10:49PM

Neat tea tree oil on the fcuker. Lots of decent vitamin D and C sleep and don't kiss your kids.

mud · 30-04-2016 10:52PM

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Does lysine not cause some other issue though. Kidney rot or liver damage or something like that

Say whaaaaaaat?

30-04-2016 10:56PM

Are cold sores not a sign of certain (not so serious) STDs? I remember reading this a while back?

Could be nonsense, all the same.

30-04-2016 10:56PM

mud wrote: »

Say whaaaaaaat?

Don't mind him. He hasn't been the same since nurse Ratched got a hold of him

mud · 30-04-2016 10:59PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Are cold sores not a sign of certain (not so serious) STDs? I remember reading this a while back?

Could be nonsense, all the same.

Janey, I don't think so because (a) I have regular STI check ups and (b) have seen kids with cold sores.

30-04-2016 11:01PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are cold sores not a sign of certain (not so serious) STDs? I remember reading this a while back?

Could be nonsense, all the same.

It is nonsense. Herpes simplex virus type 1 is what causes cold sores. Type 2 is what causes an STI.

failinis · 30-04-2016 11:02PM

mud wrote: »

Janey, I don't think so because (a) I have regular STI check ups and (b) have seen kids with cold sores.

You can get a variation of a strain of herpes on mouth vs groin or something.

As far as I know anyway?

SteM · 30-04-2016 11:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Are cold sores not a sign of certain (not so serious) STDs? I remember reading this a while back?

Could be nonsense, all the same.

See, this was one of the reasons I hated getting a cold sore. People that don't suffer from them have all sorts of crazy theories about what they are.

30-04-2016 11:13PM

Well it seems there may be a connection. I'm on my phone so can't link to sites. If a person with a cold sore performs oral sex then the receiver may get the virus on their genitals. Similarly if a person performs oral sex on someone who has the HPV-2 virus then they may end up with cold sores.

mud · 30-04-2016 11:17PM

Imagine letting someone with an obvious cold sore go down on you. Puke!

mud · 30-04-2016 11:19PM

failinis wrote: »

You can get a variation of a strain of herpes on mouth vs groin or something.

As far as I know anyway?

Deleted User wrote: »

Well it seems there may be a connection. I'm on my phone so can't link to sites. If a person with a cold sore performs oral sex then the receiver may get the virus on their genitals. Similarly if a person performs oral sex on someone who has the HPV-2 virus then they may end up with cold sores.

So horrible. Worst.

baldbear · 30-04-2016 11:25PM

L-lysine tablets. Try them when you feel one coming on.

failinis · 30-04-2016 11:26PM

Just checked online to clear any confusion

They are caused by the herpes simplex virus. There are two kinds of herpes virus: HSV-1, which is usually not an STD and occurs on the lip, and HSV-2, which usually causes herpes genitalis, which is essentially an STD in the genital area.
Both viruses can be transmitted by saliva, body secretions or oral sex.

http://europe.newsweek.com/herpes-cold-sore-std-89411?rm=eu

So you can get a non STD one on your lip, but you can give a non STD lip one to someones groin if you go down on them (who would let anyone down there with a cold sore anyway!)

Once you get the lip version it stays inside you, and flares up. You can't ever "get rid of it".
Just flares up and down.

mud · 30-04-2016 11:29PM

failinis wrote: »

Just checked online to clear any confusion

http://europe.newsweek.com/herpes-cold-sore-std-89411?rm=eu

So you can get a non STD one on your lip, but you can give a non STD lip one to someones groin if you go down on them (who would let anyone down there with a cold sore anyway!)

Once you get the lip version it stays inside you, and flares up. You can't ever "get rid of it".
Just flares up and down.

Yeah it's a balls and they're so easy to catch. Yock.

mud · 30-04-2016 11:50PM

Uncle Ben wrote: »

Sitting here whacking vaseline onto my chapped lips. Its driving me mad.

Olive oil is a good alternative. Seems to keep them moist for longer.

not yet · 01-05-2016 12:05AM

mud wrote: »

Olive oil is a good alternative. Seems to keep them moist for longer.

Would you ever stop with the duuurty references,

esforum · 01-05-2016 12:05AM

I use cream when I feel it coming, usually keeps things manageable. If that doesnt I rip them off, hurts like hell but doing that and then using the cream stops it reforming fully.*

*I am aware they advise against this but when you get a bad one, it makes you miserable.

Leogirl · 01-05-2016 12:11AM

cbyrd wrote:

Neat tea tree oil on the fcuker. Lots of decent vitamin D and C sleep and don't kiss your kids.

+1 for tea tree oil.

Cold sores are a b*stard, look rotten, feel rotten+ everyone just cant stop looking at it!!

not yet · 01-05-2016 12:11AM

Many years ago lived next to a guy who ended up with stroke like symptoms when the virus doubled back and went into his brain...true story that.

Antar Bolaeisk · 01-05-2016 12:16AM

mud wrote: »

Just reading about them and it's to do with a nerve in the area that the virus travels down and then sets up shop 5ever

Yep, basically once you've got mouth herpes, it's for life.

Mine only flares up during severe weather changes, periods of high stress or when I'm really run down.

F*cking cold sores

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