Why do we get cold sores, anyway? Cold sores are small blisters that appear on the lips or around the mouth. Characterized by red, swollen and blistered skin, they are caused by the Herpes Simplex ...

“I got my first cold sore in my 50s,” Tiffani Stuart, 56, told Flow Space. “It was around the time I was in perimenopause, ...

But many people get cold sores that come back. Cold sores, or fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen ...

And in those miserable, wintry days of the pandemic, I was thankful that I could hide my mouth behind a face mask. I am not alone in feeling there is a stigma around cold sores, despite the fact ...

Cold sores can be painful and are highly contagious, but an NHS GP has claimed there's a simple way to get rid of them in as little as five days - and what to do if they get worse ...

A KARAOKE session turned into a night to forget for a reveller who claims to have contracted herpes while singing. The woman ...

How Are Cold Sores Diagnosed? To see if you have the herpes simplex virus (HSV), which causes cold sores, your doctor may simply examine the cold sore or may take a culture from it. The doctor may ...

What are cold sores? Cold sores are blisters that typically appear on the lips or skin around the mouth and nose. They occur as a result of the herpes simplex virus. According to Brooke Jeffy ...

It is more likely to spread if there is a visible sore, particularly if it is in the blistering and crusting stage, but can be spread even with normal-appearing skin," says Jeffy. Important: Cold ...

Various factors can activate the virus resulting in one or more cold sores. These include tiredness and fatigue, a break in the skin near the affected area, menstruation (periods), stress ...

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