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Cold sores can make you want to hide your face from the world. They feel ugly and repulsive, in addition to often being painful and just plain irritating. Zovirax can help minimize your symptoms so they aren’t an interference with your busy life.
Cold sores are caused by the same virus responsible for genital herpes, and symptoms are similar also. There are periodic outbreaks of painful blisters or sores interspersed with long stretches of dormancy when there are no visible signs of the disease. Zovirax can both increase length of dormant times as well as shorten duration and intensity of the outbreaks themselves.
An active outbreak usually starts out slowly, with a tingling or feeling of soreness in a specific area on or near the mouth. A few days later, small bumps and redness appear. These develop into larger blisters, which can become very sensitive and painful to the touch. Eventually they pop and the skin underneath begins healing.
The time when lesions are visible is the most contagious as well as the most embarrassing. Taking Zovirax early on, during the tingling stage, can help prevent them from forming at all. If they do appear, they will be smaller, less painful, and disappear more quickly than if left untreated.
Different factors contribute to the development of cold sores out of a latent period. Extremely cold weather or lots of sunshine can both be triggers. For men, an injury during shaving near the mouth could be enough to generate blisters. In women, hormonal fluctuations due to pregnancy or menstrual cycle can be responsible. Both sexes are more likely to experience flare-ups at times of high stress.
Zovirax offers multiple treatment options to allow flexibility for your unique lifestyle. It can be taken at the onset of an outbreak, when the first tingles appear, or it can be taken on a daily basis to help suppress outbreaks entirely. It is also available in cream form that works locally instead of systemically and is applied directly to the blister site.
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