Cold sores, or fever blisters, are precisely herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) that appear as fluid-filled blisters around ...

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Learn how to identify a cold sore vs. a pimple, canker sore, or chapped lips, and how to treat the problem fast.

Canker sores are painful sores that usually appear inside your mouth, at the base of your gums ... How are canker sores and cold sores different? Cold sores are contagious. They are fluid-filled ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

For more information, visit our medical review board. Cold sores appear on and around a person's lips, often looking like a blister or scab. While relatively harmless, these sores are not typical ...

They are created by herpes simplex, a virus that sits quietly in nerves around the mouth, only gracing us with its presence in the form of a cold sore when ... "Once inside the tissue, the light ...

So, what exactly are cold sores? According to Dr Kakai Kulabusia, a medical immunology specialist, these are small blister-like spots that appear in or around the outside of the mouth and are ...

Threats to your lips come from everywhere: sunburn, windburn, cold and dry air, bacteria, cold sores, you name it. (It's a rough world out there for your kisser.) For all these reasons ...