Cold Sore Relief: Prevention, Home Cures & Faster Healing

Stopping a cold sore from forming involves early intervention with vitamins, ice, or salt. Learn how to reduce fever blister swelling and manage symptoms safely while breastfeeding or dealing with flu-like symptoms.

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Foods to Avoid With Fever Blisters

Fever blisters, also known as cold sores, generally affect the skin outside your mouth -- lips, chin and cheeks -- although they may also occur on the roof of your mouth or on your gums.

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Cold Sore Stages

Cold sores, often called fever blisters, usually occur on the lips or around the mouth. Caused by the herpes simplex virus, or HSV, and transmitted through skin contact with an infected person, this infection spreads easily.

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