Cold Sores

Cold sores are very common, and produce small red swollen blisters on the lips which can be painful and tender. They are produced by a virus, which you can catch or pass on by kissing when the cold sore is active. Most children are infected by being kissed by adults, and the virus hides in nerve cells supplying the lip, to be activated at some time in the future, often after many years. Some people just have one attack, but others can have the virus triggered regularly to produce a cold sore blister. Good Lip Care helps to stop lips cracking and triggering the virus. Boosting your Immune System helps to stop the virus being triggered. Cold sore treatments help to minimise an attack, or hide the blister.