Cold sores and oral herpes should disappear when you use these proven techniques. Read this short article now. In it you will find top first aid tips for getting rid of any oral herpes cold sore.

Do you suffer from cold sores, fever blisters or oral herpes outbreaks? Then it is help you need, not hype. You can use these proven first aid tips right now to quickly eliminate your painful cold sore.

Embarrassment and pain are the two obvious reasons to heal a cold sore as fast as possible. But here are a couple more reasons most folks do not think about.

- THREAT OF INFECTING AND DAMAGING THE CORNEA

The herpes simplex virus is extremely contagious. You can easily start a new infection by spreading it with your fingers. If you get it in your eye, it could be quite damaging to the cornea.

- MAY BE A LINK TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Scientists have noticed some protein similarities between Alzheimer’s and active cold sore outbreaks. Nothing to worry about at this early point. However, when the herpes virus is active, it could be doing other damage we have yet to discover.

You can reduce the pain and healing time with these cold sore first aid tactics. They have been well proven over time and are medically sound treatments.

1. FIRST AID FOR STOPPING THE PAIN OF COLD SORES.

The drug store cold sore remedies do not heal the sores any faster, but they can help reduce the pain. Look for a salve with benzocaine or lidocaine. They deaden the nerve endings, thus reducing pain.

Ice deadens the pain and reduces the swelling. Frozen tea bags work great too, and provides anti-virus nutrients. If you develop fever, headaches, and swollen glands under the jaw, you can use a remedy such as aspirin or Advil.

2. COLD SORE FIRST AID REQUIRES KEEPING THE SORE CLEAN

Reducing the quantity of herpes simplex virus is very important for successful treatment of your cold sore. It is the best thing you can do to prevent spreading the virus to other parts of your body.

You can do this by constantly cleaning the sore with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. Always use a cotton ball or tissue and throw it away when you are done. You can get handy foil wrapped alcohol pads at the store.

3. FIRST AID FOR GROWING NEW SKIN OVER THE COLD SORE WOUND

There are amazing remedies you put directly on the cold sore that will heal it extremely fast.

A top favorite is live Aloe Vera gel – fresh from the leaf of a live plant. Do not mess with the bottled stuff. Bottled gel is pasteurized and has lost the active enzymes that help healing.

Yes, the Aloe Vera plant is well worth your while. But the following cold sore remedies can be used with or without the Aloe Vera to quickly heal any cold sore.

Warm up a tea bag in water and apply to the cold sore for 10 – 15 minutes at a time. Between tea bag usage, apply zinc sulfate or gluconate. Zicam is an excellent zinc gel for this purpose.

4. BONUS FIRST AID RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLD SORES

Get and use the best quality vitamin and mineral supplement you can find. Your sores will heal faster. You will get less cold sores in the future. And you will feel better than ever before.

Ice is a great remedy when the cold sore is forming. But, once the sore opens up, ice will slow down healing by driving blood away. Apply heat to bring more blood to the wound and speed up the healing process.

When the cold sore crusts over, it is quite painful when it cracks. Keep the crust soft by applying a vegetable oil such as olive oil. Vitamin E oil works very well for this also.

Finally, look around and find a cold sore treatment program that will actually prevent future cold sores for you. Preventing a cold sore used to be quite difficult but now is very easy.

Do not give up. A cold sore remedy that works for someone else may not work for you. Get to know the enemy. Try different things. Discover cold sore causing situations and foods in your life. Very soon you could be totally free from cold sores.