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peanuthead, what you describe are nothing like what I get and I (and my Dr when I first had them decades ago) call cold sores. Zovirax sorts them as well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I always used to get these very frequently. Use zovirax as soon as tingling starts, also I take aspirin or paracetamol to help reduce inflammation - not sure if this helps but it helps reduce the other aches and pains of skiing at the same time!. I also use lots of aloe kote sun protector for lips, used very liberally. Hardly a problem any more, but you have my sympathy as I know just what a misery those things can be.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@under a new name, It is possible to spread it around your own body too, so a good hand cleaning regime is a good idea. It is quite common for people to get a herpes infection on an eyeball.
Be careful out there,
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Only on SH do people so openly discuss their herpes infection. 
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bio propolis cream... works wonders.. no cure but heals quickly. .. worth a try
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First tingle of one coming on and I put some of the boots cheap equivalent of Zovirax on it and 9 out of 10 times it doesn't get past the stage of a little bit of reddening
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So bought the lysine tabs, but would need to be some jaw articulating snake to swallow them whole!!  Even in bits they're tough to chug down, but will be interested to see if they help with the cold sores in general as Zovirax & equivalents don't prevent them for me.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@malarkey99, Lysine also doa lip balm that I used when out recently... RE the tabs, poss not good for you but I taken up to 6/7 a day when I feel a tingle... Quite often this keeps it at bay...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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check out lipsanna.com
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Neat tea tree oil on a bit of tissue dabbed carefully on it works well for me. Nothing else does.
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You know it makes sense.
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The lysine balm works best for me. Try and get it on early and keep it topped up, sometimes it will kill the cold l sore before it even becomes visible.
Zovirax, aciclovor etc does nothing for me, at all. I don't care what the studies funded by the big pharma say...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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What is big pharma. ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| under a new name wrote: |
| What is big pharma. ? |
Just a generic term relating to the Pharmaceutical industry as a whole.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| under a new name wrote: |
| What is big pharma. ? |
I believe in Ambridge it's Home Farm.... 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Someone once advised me to use a chap stick / lip balm as apparently it protects against the effects of cold sores by limiting the amount of oxygen that can get through
I am no scientist but I tried it this winter when the symptoms ie tingling appeared and it stopped cold sores developing, might be worth a try
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@Alastair Pink, Might not be pleasant if it's big pharma Giles. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lysine Balm and tablets (lots of them)... 85% of the time these keep things at bay...
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| @Alastair Pink, Might not be pleasant if it's big pharma Giles. |
That's probably a different thread. Avoid sitting on the snow.
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I use a small dab of deep heat cream as soon as the tingling starts. if caught early enough, can stop the cold sore developing. the heat helps the skin dry and speeds up the healing process. Just resist the temptation to lick the lips before the cream gets absorbed. 
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Cochrane review, 2015, "We failed to find any evidence of efficacy for lysine"
But, you know, experts, eh?
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@under a new name, Mind you lack of evidence of efficacy is not evidence of lack of efficacy. Looking at the summary, there was one inconclusive trial with small numbers and a high chance of bias. (But actually a small suggestion of benefit)
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@T Bar, true... also, as a chronic sufferer and having been on acyclovir for ? 20 years interesting that the effects and benefits not as strong as my experience... sample size=1 of course...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Bio propolis... awsome
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