What Is The Cold Sores Herpes Virus?

The devastating cold sores herpes virus refers to either of two herpes simplex viruses. Type 1 causes most cold sores. The type 2 herpes simplex causes similar cold sores, but only in about 20% of the cases.

The cold sores herpes virus is a sub-microscopic living particle - tiny enough to hide inside your nerve cells. Scientists recently discovered that, when hibernating, the cold sore virus can shut down nearly all function becoming nearly invisible.

One big reason that the cold sores herpes virus has been able to survive for over 23 centuries is its ability to hide invisibly not only from medical attempts to kill it, but even from our own body defenses.

When the virus senses the conditions are right, it will travel through the nerve fibers to the surface. It is this travel along the nerve that you feel as a tingling, itching and burning sensation. When you first feel this, you will have a cold sore in two days or less.

The sole purpose for this virus to become active is to create new virus copies of itself. The only way it can do this is by taking over your nerve cells and turning them into cold sores herpes virus factories.

Once the cell is full of new virus, the original virus destroys the cell, releasing all the new copies. It is this destruction of millions of cells in close proximity that creates the visible ulcer. Your healing system then creates a fluid to cleanse the now open wound and wash away the new viruses.

This fluid is extremely contagious. You can infect different areas of your own body or that of a friend or loved one. Use cotton balls or tissue with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide to help keep the wound sanitary. Try not to touch it with your fingers.

As you can see - the cold sores herpes virus is very destructive. Fortunately the damage it causes is superficial - on the surface rather than internally. It is not considered life threatening, and it does not spread internally.

Stress has been directly linked to cold sores - and this is why.

Stress can cause a change in your health by affecting your immune system, hormones and acid/alkaline balance. If you are getting frequent cold sores, you are at high risk for other diseases. Quite likely, improving your nutritional intake alone could be all you need to do to prevent these cold sores.

Many folks have reduced the effects of stress by merely taking a good vitamin supplement program. Some other nutritional improvements to reduce stress and prevent cold sores could be increasing your intake of organic fresh vegetables. Also, eating high lysine foods, or taking a lysine supplement, will help you greatly.

There are so many different ways to treat cold sores that there is just not time to cover them right now. But, I would like to give you a tip that I am sure will help you quickly.

One of the most common methods of treating cold sores is the application of ice or some other cold object. If applied early, at the first sign of itching or tingling, this can stall out or prevent a cold sore. After the cold sore actually breaks out, then use a warm object such as a tea bag to help heal quickly.

If you suffer from the destructive effects of this virus, you are not alone. But the good news is - you do not have to. As mentioned earlier, there are many proven effective ways you can use right now to heal and prevent the outbreaks caused by the cold sores herpes virus.

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