Coldsores

[tinkerbell23]

Ive lost count of the amount of times ive banged on here about coldsores...

But is it normal to have at least one probobly monthly now!?

If its not my lip its up my nose or on the end of my nose!? I spend a bomb on aciclovir and compeed patches never mind all the other stuff i try and im absolutley sick of having them and wasting money and they keep coming back!!

The patches with good hygeine stop me spreading them but they keep erupting its really peeing me off :0(

[ummmm]

Are you run down?

[TheOtherHalf]

I get cold sores if Im run down too. Usually of the lip. I use zovirex ? but Im sure I read that a dab of toothpaste on them can also help. Never tried it though

[mccfluff]

i only get them a lot if i'm stressed or really run down. try masking sure you have pletny of vit c and zinc. i rarely have them now i take a vit c + zinc supplement.

[tinkerbell23]

I wouldnt say im really run down!? I dont think so....

Im sleeping really well getting my "quota" i exercise and eat well enough!

Ive woke up today with bloody two one lip and one up my nose its really really p1ssing me off so much im so sick of it!

Its coldsores ive had enough of the buggers to know - sometimes they get a whitehead on them :0((

[tinkerbell23]

By the way i rarely get any symptoms until its erupted and sore! :0(

So fed up x

[LoftyLottie]

I would see a doc tinkerbell. Perhaps there is something out there that is stronger than anything you can buy without prescription. Dab them with vodka, whisky or gin or any high percentage spirit. Then drink some of it to cheer yourself up!! ;o)

[Annna]

I used to get them all the time now hardly ever. What made them stop was I went on a drastic diet (lighterlife) which I guess was like a complete detox, this got rid of what ever bug was creating them. I also started takin vitamins regularly, vitamin C and multivitamins daily. No more cold sores since then. I had them regularly for about 25 years and now have been free of them for about 10. All the weight went back on, but I do not get cold sores!

[tinkerbell23]

Gin LL!!!

Best answer ;0>

I hate it! Have a lovely weekend planne and BOOM big scabby face :0(

I think i will go to open surgery on wed and see if i should get something- before they just prescribed me aciclovir but it was about 5x as much as the tube i buy so at least i had plenty- but they are way too frequent xx

[ummmm]

Bug = Herpes.

[LoftyLottie]

Yep, it's herpes which is a virus which lies dormant and usually illness or being run down, or sunshine awakens it. I get them from sunshine!!! :o(

[LoftyLottie]

Tinks, seriously I find dabbing with alcohol really helps. It dries them up very quickly.

[mccfluff]

try the vit c and zinc supplements honeslty i used to get them a lot and only now if i;ve got a particulary bad cold or i'm really stressed. last one ahad was a few months ago but i had a chest infection, earache and wasn;t very well at all. prior to that i think it has been about a year

[tinkerbell23]

Thanks all. I will try the alcohol....and i really have to start taking my vits again so i will!!

Thanks guys.....ill still see my doc i thinks xxx

[ladyalex]

I'd try vitamin B supplements in large doses.

I was advised to do this when I had Shingles (herpes Zoster) and I'm sure it shortened the duration of the illness.
As cold sores are a variation of the herpes virus, I'd give Vit B complex a try. Don't think it will do you any harm at worst.

[4getmenot]

could even be impetigo

[tinkerbell23]

Thanks lady!!

4get when i get that large one on my outer nose ive often wondered but its defs coldsores :0((

[Ann]

I would see a doctor Tinks, 20 years ago I had one on the tip of my nose and on my upper lip and they kept coming back. I had the nose one treated at the GP surgery but it still came back within 10 days so I had a biopsy taken and they found it was Sarcoidosis - Lupus Pernio, which is quite rare, but controllable.
http://www.meddean.lu...dio/sarc/skinclin.htm

[tinkerbell23]

Thanks anne! That freaks me a bit because when the outer nose one goes its not dis-similar to that!!! Its all weepy and green and horrible usually

However this up the nostril one has two whiteheads on it and is really red and inflammed! The lip one looks just beginning hopefuly ive caught it..think theres one comin on bottom lip too! Makes me miserable and really self concious :0(

Feel a bit daft going to docs for a coldsore right enough- xxx

[tinkerbell23]

Had them exposed and cream on for a few hrs...been covered with patch from mabye 6pm...think i will leave em untouched now utill tomorrow- stop the spread when im asleep! :0/ xx