A cold sore in your mouth can be a real trouble and keep you away from a whole lot of work. Also, once you get a cold sore it is not really easy to get it off your back. Moreover, a cold sore can occur at the most inconvenient times of your life and can be really embarrassing as well.
These cold sores are caused by a virus that is from the Herpes chain and they are highly infectious and can be passed on from one person to another in a matter of seconds. Also, this hampers the healing as they can spread easily enough throughout the area. Therefore, it can be quite overwhelming to try and get rid of cold sores and whatever you might try becomes difficult to get rid of them. The very first thing to do is to clean the area spotlessly so as to not allow any further infection and spreading of the cold sores. Work your way inwards with warm water and a clean cloth. This will greatly reduce the risk of the infection from spreading and the use of warm water will soothe the area.
Then, you can try the over the counter creams and lotions to apply to the affected area. This will work on expediting the healing process. Also, there are prescription drugs that you can get from the doctor if the outbreak is really serious, even after long standing does not seem to clear or keeps on recurring again and again.
These creams and lotions for cold sores can be expensive however you do need them. Also, you need to ensure that you use the most stringent of hygiene measures. Wash your hands frequently before and applying the lotion. You need to coat the cold sores region with the lotion thoroughly and not expose it to more virus or bacterial infection of a secondary kind.
Cold sores if well looked after will not go away that easily. They will take about a fortnight to clear. You can try simple methods such as applying baking soda with warm water before you apply the over the counter cream. You can make a mixture of vitamin C tablet and salt in warm water and bathe the region with this. The region needs to be kept as dry as possible to ensure that bacteria and virus do not multiply in the warmth.