Our community believes in being fair, healthy and happy. Your GP might prescribe antiviral tablets if the cold sores are very large, painful or keep coming back. BURST is a sonic oral care subscription company that brings you the very finest sonic toothbrush at an affordable price. They do not always work after blisters appear. Use antiviral creams as soon as you feel a cold sore coming on.
The cold sore virus is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact and is highly infectious.
Most people are exposed to the cold sores virus when they are young after close contact with someone who has a cold sore. The virus is very common and cold sores usually heal without treatment within 10 days. Cold sores are tiny, fluid-filled blisters on the face (or for adults also on the genitals) that are caused by the herpes simplex virus.