Cold sore following flu :(
 

GAH! I hate these things :(

Have now discovered topical aciclovir is not available over the counter here so am now applying some horrible stuff which causes "transient smarting" when applied.

Also causes me to do a little dance whilst cursing a lot when I first apply it!! :blink:

I hope it goes soon :( It is indeed the mother of all cold sores and my lip is all swollen :thumbdown:

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thanks for sharing your herpes with us all.

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You're welcome!

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Herpes alert.
:eek:

I hope you wiped your hands before typing, we don't want to catch anything.

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Thank you SO much for making me feel like a leper :rolleyes:

*touches lip then wipes hands on rae and Fledermaus*

:D

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This is sold in Canada as well as the US and works quite well on canker sores and herpes

Carmex

A small yellow container to slip into a pocket or purse.

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oh, gruesome. oh yuck

<wanders off looking for a vat of disinfectant>

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*cackles*

*hides disinfectant*

Cheers Rete - will have a look for it. Gotta be better than this stuff which seems to get rid of them using acid :blink:

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My wife uses zovirax: it works really well.

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luckily for you

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Awww I hate cold sores, I seem to get them in summer.

I never use the ointments, I was told to clean the coldsore regularly with a washcloth that has been soaked in hot water and unscented soap then apply Vaseline, it always seems to work for me.

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My dental hygenist told me that as soon as I feel a cold sore coming on give them a call and they will zap it with the laser. It will go away and apparently you will never get a cold sore in that spot again? (it takes about 10 seconds and they will do it without an appointment). Apparently it works best when the cold sore is just forming.
I get them when my lips get dry and cracked for whatever reason. I use Blistex to beat it down and have never had a full blown eruption.

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Wow! That sounds awesome.

Usually I feel them coming on but I didn't this time. I was either too out of it what with the flu or the fact that I was ill anyways may have had a part in it!

Have got some blistex now the worst of it is over - way more soothing :D

Back in the UK I would normally get zovirax but couldn't find any over the counter here - only seems to be available on perscription.

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zilactin is good, also dab of tea tree oil.

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Yep, that's true. Nothing seems to zap them like Zovirax.

(Now UK vistors bring me a tube as a present when they come to visit! Hmm... might like some proper Dairy Milk next time.:D)

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Haha I am severely tempted to add it to my list for my Mum and Dad to bring over when they visit in June :rofl:

Zilactin is what I was using. DAMN it smarts.

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Compeed Coldsore plasters!!! I can't shout it loud enough! I have tried everything and they are absolutely fantastic. You will have to get someone to post them to you. They're not cheap but they're worth their weight in gold.

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Damn it. Flederman now has a cold sore. I tried asking for Zovirax but you would think I was asking for heroin from the look I got. They advised Abreva, so that's what I have bought him.

He's now in quarantine. I've never had one and don't ever want one. :eek:

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Lucky you.... An ex managed too pass one on many years ago to me and I now tend to get them following illness (found out they are known as fever blisters here because apparently a high temperature re-awakens the dormant virus)

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Avoid chocolate, coffee, any substance that contains arginine as it arms the herpes virus. Avoid getting run down wherever possible. At the first sign of a coldsore (tingling) take 1000mg L-Lysine which inhibits the viral activity. This has often stopped the development of a coldsore in its tracks.

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They are linked to Bell's Palsy too. Flederman had an attack of this a couple of years ago, on the same side that the cold sore always appears.

Evil things.

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Not so easy to do when an emigrant. I'll look into the other stuff, thanks