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Cold sores can be a hassle all the time. They are also referred to as
fever blisters, which are painful and unsightly mouth sores that are
caused by an outbreak of the herpes simplex virus. Cold sores are
usually found at the edge of a person’s lip or on the facial skin near
a patient’s mouth.
There are many questions regarding cold sores, like what are the
medications or are home remedies effective for cold sore medications
and relief? Hopefully, these questions will be answered through this.
One of the questions of a cold sore victim is; what medication is good
for cold sores? Well, an effective medication for cold sore is
docosanol, which is a compound that is capable of inhibiting the herpes
virus and therefore can help to limit both the duration and severity of
cold sores.
Clinical trials for one product containing docosanol showed that it
reduced the median time-to-healing period for cold sores by about a
day. Usually the instructions for creams containing docosanol state
that the product should be applied to the area where the cold sore is
forming repeatedly throughout the day, as soon as a person senses that
lesion formation has begun.
What kind of medication is good for cold sores as relief agents? Well,
there are also numbing agents which are good and effective relief agent
for cold sore. When applied to cold sores, numbing agents can help
alleviate a cold sore's burning, itching, and pain. Some of the active
ingredients found in these types of products are: tetracaine,
benzocaine, lidocaine, benzyl alcohol, camphor, and phenol.
Another question is; what are the products that limit cold sore
formation and/or promote their healing? The compounds zinc, lysine,
phenol, and tannic acid have each been suggested as having antiviral
properties, and thus are thought to have an inhibitory affect on the
herpes virus particles' ability to form cold sore lesions.
Antibacterial agents will not affect herpes virus particles but
medications that contain these types of compounds can help to provide
an environment that will promote the prompt healing of cold sores by
way of preventing a secondary bacterial infection.
Lip balms can be use to moisturize and soften cold sores so they are
less likely to crack and bleed. Common ingredients found in this type
of product are petrolatum and allantoin.
Now, are home remedies effective as a relief agent or treatment for
cold sores? Actually, none of the home remedies have been
scientifically proven to cure or shorten the duration of cold sores
some people feels they find them to be useful.
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