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HurricaneHayles Oct 15th 2009 8:00 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by Monkey Puzzle (Post 8019461)
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)
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.

elizabeth_action Oct 15th 2009 9:08 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by Monkey Puzzle (Post 8019461)
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)
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.

fledermaus Oct 17th 2009 3:13 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
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:

HurricaneHayles Oct 17th 2009 3:33 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8024016)
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:
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)

elizabeth_action Oct 17th 2009 3:35 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by Monkey Puzzle (Post 8019461)
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)
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.

fledermaus Oct 17th 2009 4:23 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by HurricaneHayles (Post 8024038)
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)
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.

fledermaus Oct 17th 2009 4:24 am
Re: Cold sore following flu :(
 
Originally Posted by elizabeth_action (Post 8024044)
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.
Not so easy to do when an emigrant. I'll look into the other stuff, thanks


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