Reoccuring Cold Sore

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I keep getting cold sores on my lips! What can I do?

Not much... There are medications that can help though, but you have to see your doctor.

Thanks, I feel like maybe im not treating them properly??Im using abreva.What causes cold sores to come back?

They do tend to recur when you are stressed - not that it's easy to do much about stress in the short term.

they do seem to come on every time im overly stressed out

I've never had them, but one of my nurse friends gets them every once in awhile. She always uses Abreva. And as Ineligible said, stress causes them too.

Well thank god I quit my job today then:S!Hopefully these cold sores stop!

I could be wrong so I apologize in advance for freaking you out, but I heard cold sores are a form of the Herpes virus. If you get them a lot you might wanna get that checked.

She knows.

But she doesn't believe it's true

Originally Posted By: StillSearchingBut she doesn't believe it's true oh its true all right... lol

oooh i know

I know, but last time someone (I think sdp) tried to tell her it was herpes and she denied it for quite some time

BRINGIN UP THE PAST...never changing are ya?? STILL SEARCHING.. that you are.. just still searching.. but for what?

Fuck you?

if he is hes doing a pretty horrible job at it.. ahahah what a ... dot dot dot!!

Hey Pink...I'm sure you already know this already, but just incase..There are two types of HSV, type I and type II. In general, type I, also known as herpes labialis, causes infections above the waist, most commonly as oral "cold sores." Type II infections occur mainly below the waist, leading to genital herpes. However, both types of HSV’s are capable of infecting the skin at any location on the body.Herpes infections, no matter where they occur first, have a tendency to recur in more or less the same place. Such recurrences may happen often (for example, once a month) or only occasionally (for example, once or twice a year).Infections caused by HSV are contagious. The virus is spread from person to person by kissing, by close contact with herpetic lesions, or even from contact with apparently normal skin that is shedding the virus. Infected saliva is a common means of transmitting the virus. People are most contagious when they have active blister-like sores. Once the blisters have dried and crusted over (within a few days), the risk of contagion is significantly lessened. However, a person infected with HSV can pass it on to another person regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms. This is because the virus is sometimes shed in saliva even when sores are not present. Despite popular myth, it is almost impossible to catch herpes (cold sores) from surfaces, towels, or washcloths.

Seriously, shame on you both for being assholes... Do you really need to gang up on people???? And Pink, Abreva only works really well if you put it on right when you start to feel that first tingle.

Did you mean to reply to me?

I'd guess that she is replying to Lord & Lady Shitface up there. I don't see how you, as only one person, could be ganging up on anyone.