Cold Sore Treatments

Medication of canker sores can entail allergy testing, food supplements, non-prescription anesthetizing agents like benzocaine, and oral cavity rinses containing an anti-inflammatory agent or the antibiotic tetracycline. A mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide using a 1:1 ratio, and applied with a cotton scrub is frequently used as a home cure for canker sores. Trivial amounts of milk of magnesia are then applied to the canker sore at 3 or 4 intervals a calendar day. This soothes the sore and appears to help with the healing process.

So the strategy here is to increase the ratio of lysine over arginine in your diet. For example: cheddar cheese, in one ounce or 28 grams, contains 588 milligrams of lysine and 267 milligrams of arginine. This is a ratio of lysine to arginine of 2.2 to 1. Excellent.

A cold sore cure is here for you. It could be as easy as taking a nutritional supplement and lysine on a daily basis, or it may be more complicated. Experiment with different prevent cold sores options, maybe even combining them. Others have developed their own cold sore cure - and you will too.

You can help prevent cold sores and oral herpes with a diet that provides a two to one ratio of lysine to arginine. Many food choices will provide this high lysine ratio.

It is a great relief to know that there are plentiful cold sore remedies for clearing and stopping these outbreaks. In the next couple of minutes, we talk about both prescribed medicines and natural home cures.

Once a cold sore opens up, apply hot tea bags as often as possible. The warmth brings additional healing blood to the scene and the tea micro-nutrients really zap the cold sore virus.

Applying ice at first sign of tingling for about 20 minutes and repeated applications throughout the day is effective in slowing the cold sore lesion development.

Once the cell is full of new virus, the controlling virus destroys it to release new virus hoards. This explosion of many cells creates the gaping cold sore ulcer. It is very painful since it occurs on the end of the nerve.