subject: Tips On Cold Sore Prevention [print this page] Cold sores are the nastiest things to haveCold sores are the nastiest things to have. Trust us when we tell you this. It seems that all of us have had at least one of them. However, it is not a great thing having these as some of them are a form of hepatitis. Did you know though, that you can prevent them? Here are some things to help you with prevention.
The biggest thing is to keep applying things to your lips. This means that when you are going to go out into the sun or the wind, you should treat your lips. The medicated stuff with SPF and the medication in the chap sticks will help to keep those corners where these type of sores like to happen most often protected so that you do not get them.
If you are prone to this, you should know of the things that trigger them that you can help such as the sun and the wind and dry lips. Yet, you should be mindful of the things that you cannot prevent either for instance a womans menstrual cycle, stress, allergies, and just being sick can all cause them.
Some people share everything. For instance, you share cups. You share towels. You might even share razors. However, these are things that you should not share say all the professionals who have helped us to learn about prevention.
Last of all, you want to learn to wash your hands and not to touch them so that you do not spread the cold sores. You also want to learn to learn to deal with stress which will help decrease your chance of getting them as often as well.
When you do this, you are practicing prevention. Those cold sores might not be something that you have to deal with for much longer. Keep that in mind and you and everyone else will be a lot happier as they have less to worry about getting.
