Effective Natural Cures for Herpes - Learning the Triggers of Cold Sores

Having a two-punch plan to deal with cold sore blisters and oral herpes eruptions will give you confidence and relief. We need to look both at the triggers for cold sores as well as ways to treat them and diminish their duration and recurrences.

Here are some common triggers for cold sores and fever blisters:

1) Foods high in acid and high in sugar and can cause cold sore blisters for some people. These include tomatoes, carbonated drinks and snack foods. The idea is to make the blood more alkaline. Yes, green vegetables are one of the foods that do this!

2)) Sunlight and UV light is known to cause recurrences of cold sores on the lips. This can also include using tanning beds and UV sunlamps at home. Of course, direct sunlight also can do this. Sadly, this is how I got my first cold sore. I skipped school, went to the beach for 3 hours and got a huge cold sore that night. Use the SPF lotion on your lips as well as your skin or get a chapped stick that has SPF factors included.

3) For women, hormones change both during menstruation and pregnancy. Take time to chart your own outbreaks to see if they correspond to parts of your cycle. If they do, make sure you get plenty of rest around your period so you keep your immune system strong.

4) Extensive dental appointments where your lips are pulled by instruments and your mouth is kept open for long periods of time can also cause cold sores for some people. I had that happen once and it resulted both in a cold sore in the bottom lip as well as one in the crack. Ask your dentist for breaks and also keep moisturizing your lips during the appointment.

5) Stress and low immunity is known to help pave the conditions for cold sore eruptions. Try to calm yourself down before exams at school and work meetings that cause stress. Use meditation and breathing as well as relaxing music.

Okay, now that we have some triggers identified, the next area to look at is how to speed up cold sore recovery and prevent future ones. Taking lysine, an amino acid supplement, is very helpful due to fact we often get too much arginine in our diets. This is due to lots of body building products, chocolate, peanut based products and other items high in l-arginine. Take lysine as well as vitamin C , B Complex and goldenseal to build your immune system.

Dee Cohen is a licensed social worker.

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