Tips on treating cold sores

Treating cold sores – When an ugly cold sore appears on your lip, you feel like the whole world is zeroed in on it. And a cold sore can drag down your entire body.

Of course, there is no magic cure, but these tips can help lessen the frequency and duration of an icky eruption.

• At the first tingle on your lip, start using a cold sore medication, such as Abreva. Quick action can lessen the length of the attack, and thus help make the cold sore less of a throbbing attraction.

• Get plenty of sleep. When your immune system weakens, cold sores take advantage of that weakness and attack.

• Eat healthy and take your vitamins. This won’t cure the cold sore, but will help your body fight back.

• When a cold sore arrives, stop kissing and wash your hands. Keep the virus from spreading to others and other parts of your body.