Cold Sores: Symptoms And Transmission

By Kim Kardashian

Cold sores are also called fever blisters which erupt on the face or inside the mouth. These little sores look like blisters and they can itch, burn or cause pain before they burst and then scab over. Common areas for cold sores to appear are the nostrils, cheeks, lips or chin; many people will also get them on their gums or their palate.

Cold sores are more commonly caused by herpes simplex type 1 virus (HSV-1).

Transmission

Herpes simplex is a very contagious virus and that means that cold sores are also very contagious. Once the virus enters the body, it may not immediately develop cold sores. This virus can lay dormant or inactive in the body for quite a long time.

Cold sores only appear when the virus becomes active and it usually takes something to trigger this. It is not possible to pinpoint a trigger for cold sores as it varies amongst people. Many people will have a couple of outbreaks of cold sores in a year but others may only be affected once. Cold Sore Remedies from nature will reduce the duration and severity greatly.

Dormant virus

There are also some people who carry the virus, which remains dormant and does not cause any outbreak at all. However, there is no need to worry about cold sores as they are pretty common.

There is no way to prevent cold sores or to cure them but what you can do when you discover what triggers them in you, is to avoid this trigger to reduce the number of outbreaks.

A cold sore can often be mistaken for something completely different canker sores. Canker sores are small ulcer craters that form in the mouth lining and in the soft tissue of the mouth.

You would not find Cold Sores in the soft tissue in the mouth. Another name for canker sores is aphthous ulcers and they are quite painful.