Cold Sore Cures - Are There Any That Work?

Some medical experts claim there is no cold sore cure.  Yet you will see many other health professionals claim that there actually is a cure for cold sores.  Who can you believe?  Who is right?

THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT.  The confusion starts to clear up when you realize that they are not talking about the same thing.

When you hear health experts state there is no cold sore cure, they can be talking about only one thing.  Right now we have no know way to remove the cold sore virus permanently from the body.   It is the herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores.  Once infected with the cold sore causing herpes simplex virus, you own the virus for life.

The herpes virus, when not replicating - causing cold sores - hides extremely well.  This tiny, living particle will hibernate inside the nerve cells deep below the surface.  When dormant, this virus completely shuts down - giving off no signs of life - therefore impossible to find and destroy.

If and when scientists find a way to remove this virus from our bodies, it probably will have little impact.  The virus is so contagious, and nearly every person is infected with it.  Quite likely we would be re-infected in a short time.

BUT THOSE WHO SAY THERE EXISTS A COLD SORE CURE ARE RIGHT TOO!

They are referring to the idea that eliminating the symptoms of a disease is curing that disease.  The medical community has always claimed you are cured when they eliminate your symptoms.   We all carry cancer cells, for example, but without outward symptoms, you are not diagnosed with cancer.

All diseases are based on the manifestation of the symptoms of that disease.  No symptoms mean no disease. The same is true with cold sores.  There are many symptoms with cold sores, but the main symptom is the actual sore on your face.

The reality of it is this - if you can eliminate and prevent these cold sores from appearing, you have a true cold sore cure.  You will always have the virus, but it never has to become active.

In trying to find a cold sore cure, we should not be looking to remove the virus from the body.  This is a futile task.  We should, instead, be focusing on eliminating the cold sore symptoms and preventing future cold sores.

But there is great hope for cold sore victims like you and I.  Although most people carry the herpes virus, over 42% do not get cold sores.  They seem to have a built in cold sore cure.  For the rest of us, it takes a little more work to cure our cold sores.

A large selection of very good cold sore treatment options are available.  Most drug store over-the-counter cold sore remedies are primarily comfort treatments and will do little to heal or prevent cold sores.  Do not give up.  You are a unique, one-of-a-kind person.  What works for others may not work for you.

If you are bothered with cold sores, there is a cold sore cure for you.  That is the truth.  It may be as simple as applying ice at first sign, or taking a vitamin supplement every day.   You will have to try different cold sore remedies, and maybe combine them, to find or create the perfect cold sore cure for yourself.