How to quickly cure a cold on your lip

Each person has his own weak points in the body. Some people get a sore throat at the slightest hypothermia, others suffer from a runny nose at the first sign of a cold. There is a group of people who know about a cold in the body by characteristic inflammation on the lips. The reason for this is the infectious viral disease herpes, which almost every person on the globe has. However, not everyone gets cold sores, simply because most infected people are simply carriers of the virus. Today we’ll talk about colds on the lips - how and why they appear, as well as how to treat herpes with folk remedies and medications.

Why do colds appear on the lips?

If you often encounter herpes, you probably know the algorithm for its appearance. First, a person feels tingling and itching in a certain place on the lip. After this, a small red dot appears on the skin, which may be painful and inflamed. Next, a cluster of tiny transparent bubbles with liquid inside appears at this place. Sometimes the appearance of herpes is accompanied by a burning sensation, swelling, and ulcers. In some cases, the disease occurs against a background of increased temperature and soreness of the lymph nodes. Such a wound heals quite quickly, because the appearance of bubbles symbolizes the end of the disease. However, if you react in time and start treatment even at the stage of itching, you can completely avoid open wounds.

As soon as we become infected with herpes (and it can be transmitted sexually or through airborne droplets), the virus begins to live in the body and may not manifest itself in any way. A cold on the lips makes itself felt only if the immune system is weakened. Let's look at the most common factors that are usually the trigger for a cold on the lips.

Hypothermia. Very often, herpes appears on the lip after a person is frozen, caught in the rain, dressed inappropriately for the weather, chilled at a bus stop while waiting for transport, etc. Sometimes the cause of herpes can be a sudden change in temperature - for example, when you went outside naked after playing sports.
Nervous feelings. Stress, depression and overwork greatly weaken the body, making it more vulnerable to various viruses and bacteria.
Diseases. Some diseases also seriously undermine the body's defenses. These include HIV, AIDS, diabetes, syphilis and other systemic diseases.
Pregnancy. Immunity may decrease during pregnancy; herpes is very often observed in pregnant women.
Damage. Sometimes inflammation can begin against the background of various injuries, bites and cuts to the mucous membrane of the lips.
Colds. If other types of viruses and bacteria enter the body, immunity is greatly reduced, and the herpes virus awakens and becomes more active.

Decreased immunity and the appearance of a herpes rash can occur for various reasons - bad habits, deficiency of vitamins in the body, strict diets, menstruation, etc. Unfortunately, it is not possible to completely suppress herpes or remove it from the body. And why, if 90% of the people around are infected, you are guaranteed a secondary infection. But this does not mean that you don’t need to fight herpes. Just as needed! Treatment of herpes involves suppressing inflammation on the lip, strengthening the immune system, and maintaining hygiene standards.

Today there are a huge number of medications that can suppress the activity of herpes in the body. For treatment to be effective, it must be comprehensive - it is necessary to take medications internally and carry out external treatment of ulcers. Tablets will help suppress the activity of the virus from the inside, among them are Acyclovir, Penciclovir, Herpevir, Cycloferon, Vivorax, etc.

Be sure to use medicinal ointments and creams, even if ulcers and blisters have not yet appeared - the same Acyclovir, only in the form of an ointment, Zovirax, Fenistil, Pencivir, etc. Antiviral Oxolinic ointment is also good against herpes. Fukortsin solution helps a lot - it relieves inflammation, relieves burning and itching. If all this is not at hand, you can treat the skin with aspirin, streptocide or paracetamol. The medicine should be crushed into powder and made into a water-based paste. In addition, the patient must be prescribed immunomodulators and vitamin complexes that will help activate the immune system. If herpes occurs with a high temperature, you should definitely use anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs.

Folk remedies in the fight against herpes on the lips

You can suppress inflammation, burning and itching on the lips with the help of effective folk remedies and recipes.

Mint compress. Fresh or dried mint leaves should be poured with boiling water so that a concentrated composition is obtained - about a tablespoon of greens per 100 ml of boiling water. Cover the broth with a lid and let it brew for 20 minutes. After this, the composition should be filtered, made into a compress and applied to the inflamed areas of the skin. Apply the compress every 15 minutes, and within a couple of hours there will be no trace left of the unpleasant symptoms of herpes.
Propolis. You can make a compress from a strong decoction of propolis, but it is much better to use an alcohol tincture in treatment. You can buy it ready-made at the pharmacy or prepare it yourself. To do this, pour crushed propolis with vodka or alcohol and leave for at least two weeks. Apply propolis to the affected lip area every hour. If the skin becomes very dry, you can additionally treat the wound with moisturizer or sunflower oil.
Raspberries. Everyone knows that raspberries have an excellent antiviral effect; they contain a lot of vitamin C, which heals and regenerates tissue. Lubricate the wound with fresh raspberries or make a lotion from a strong decoction of its leaves.
Toothpaste. Before going to bed, lubricate the herpes with a thin layer of mint toothpaste, this will help you get rid of unpleasant symptoms - itching and burning.
Oils. Some oils, for example, sea buckthorn, fir and almond, have a pronounced healing effect. In addition, they soften the crust of the wound, which promotes rapid healing of the skin of the lips.
Spoon. This technique is known to everyone who often suffers from herpes. When the first symptoms appear - tingling and itching, you need to heat the spoon in a cup of hot tea or over an open fire. Apply a hot spoon to the inflamed area, thoroughly warming the skin of your lips. Along with heat, cold can also be treated very effectively; in this case, the spoon should be cooled in the freezer.
Chicken protein. Lubricate the area of the herpes with chicken protein until a film is formed. Repeat this treatment every hour, and there will be no trace of herpes left.
Celandine. This is a strong plant with excellent antiviral effects. If you have fresh celandine on hand, you need to lubricate the wound with its juice. If only dried leaves are available, you should brew a strong decoction and make compresses.
Melissa. The plant perfectly suppresses the virus from the inside. To treat herpes, you should drink a glass of lemon balm decoction 3-4 times a day, the wound will heal much faster.
Salt. You can get rid of herpes in one day using regular salt. The wound should be slightly moistened and sprinkled with salt. You will feel a slight burning sensation, which should be tolerated. If you sprinkle salt on herpes 5-6 times a day, the next day it will simply not be there.
Geranium and eucalyptus. Mix the essential oils of geranium and eucalyptus, apply the medicinal mixture to the wound and allow the composition to be completely absorbed.

The juices of garlic, onion, aloe and Kalanchoe help very well. They should be rubbed into the wound, just rubbed in, not smeared. After such treatment, do not allow moisture to come into contact with the skin, so it is better to carry out the procedure before bed. In the morning you will find that the inflammation has become much less pronounced, the itching and tingling have completely disappeared. Remember, with proper and careful treatment, folk recipes are not inferior in effectiveness to medications. But there is something else important to know in the fight against herpes.

I got a cold on my lips - what to do?

Herpes can be contracted from an apparently healthy person if he or she is a carrier of the virus. However, in the acute phase of the disease, when a cold is visible on the lips, it is much easier to become infected by kissing, especially if there are small wounds or cracks on the lips of a healthy person. Take care of your loved ones and try to refrain from direct contact in the form of kisses. You especially shouldn’t kiss children – their immunity is still very weak. Also, during the period of herpes activity, you should not use shared utensils, a toothbrush and other hygiene products. After you have applied cream or medicinal ointment to the wound with your hands, your hands should be washed thoroughly. If you rub your eyes with infected hands, inflammation can begin there too.

Sometimes patients damage the herpes blisters on the lip so that the wound heals faster. You shouldn't do this, you can infect it. Also, do not remove the crust of the wound with your hands or tweezers. Wait until the herpes has completely healed and the crust falls off on its own. Women make a mistake when they disguise open wounds with decorative cosmetics. Powder, foundation, and lipstick are not sterile, you need to remember this. In addition, clogging an open wound with dyes blocks access to oxygen, due to which healing will take much longer. If you have a cold on your lips, try to avoid direct sunlight - ultraviolet radiation only aggravates the course of the disease, the burning and itching intensifies under the sun.

To avoid herpes, you need to follow basic rules of prevention. Try not to contact sick people, do not use common household and hygiene items. This will protect you not only from herpes, but also from other unpleasant diseases. If the virus is already in the body, only good immunity will help keep it under control. You can strengthen your defenses with proper and balanced nutrition, sufficient physical activity, and walks in the fresh air. Try to treat any diseases in a timely manner so that the chronic course does not undermine the immune system. Do not take antibiotics uncontrollably, do not allow constipation to occur, toughen up, dress for the weather, do not be nervous, give up bad habits. Follow these simple rules and you can forget about herpes forever.