The symptoms the cold sore virus HSV-1 causes can be painful and unsightly. If you suffer from recurring cold sore outbreaks, you will understandably want to reduce their frequency as much as possible.
Herstat's LipCare Stick could help you stop suffering from as many attacks as normal. It has been carefully developed to provide protection in between outbreaks, preventing cold sores from appearing as often as usual.
As well as using this treatment, you might want to avoid some well-known cold sore triggers.
Triggers
The HSV-1 virus spends its latency (dormancy) period in the sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve. This is located behind the ear. Typically it will not travel back up this nerve to the skin and cause an outbreak unless your immune system has been weakened by something.
The chances are that if you are suffering from an illness, for example a fever, then a cold sore might begin to develop because your immune defenses are down.
Similarly, if you are stressed or fatigued the cold sore virus might pick this moment to cause an outbreak because your immune system can't fight it as well as normal.
Exposing yourself to too much UV light will also weaken your immune system and this provides HSV-1 with an opportunity to make the journey back through the trigeminal nerve to the skin around your lips.
Some foods which contain the amino acid arginine can also result in an outbreak. Arginine helps the HSV-1 virus grow and reproduce. Foods which contain a high level of arginine include nuts, peas, oats, turkey, chocolate, some seafood, and wholewheat.
Buying a LipCare Stick
If you want help reducing the frequency of your outbreaks, purchase Herstat's LipCare Stick today by clicking here.
