Preventing cold sores (fever blisters – oral herpes) was once nearly impossible, but now quite simple. If you will let me explain in this article, you will quickly realize how easily you can be preventing cold sores.
Preventing cold sores (fever blisters, oral herpes) can often be done with nothing more than a daily intake of premium-quality vitamin supplements.
I know this may sound just too simple. Yes – you may be wondering why so many people suffer from these outbreaks when preventing cold sores can be achieved with such little effort.
Before I explain, let us review what actually causes a cold sore.
If you have oral herpes, fever blister or cold sore outbreaks, you were infected by the herpes simplex virus at some earlier point in your life. 89% of the world population is infected with this virus. Usually this happens before our tenth birthday.
The herpes virus is – most of the time – in a latent state. It hides deep below the surface in the facial nerve roots. Should it feel a drop in your immunity, it will move to the surface. If not stopped, it will then replicate and create a new sore.
When any virus infects us, our body creates anti-bodies against that particular virus strain. Every time you get an oral herpes sore, your body creates more anti-bodies to replenish the existing troops.
When the needed nutrients are present, and in the proper quantity, your anti-bodies will be a powerful defense in preventing cold sores. Without these nutrient building-blocks, your defenses will be weak and more sores will be the result.
A top-quality vitamin and mineral supplement will provide most of the nutrients you will need for preventing cold sores. All the vitamins will have a big impact on oral herpes, plus minerals zinc, magnesium and calcium.
Recent studies now show that calcium deficiency is common for those who have frequent cold sores.
Calcium is big against oral herpes, cold sores and fever blisters. Calcium keeps the body alkaline. No virus can get a foothold in an alkaline environment.
The anti-stress vitamins B and C are very important in reducing the effects of daily stress on our bodies. Stress weakens the immune system and is the primary cause of cold sore episodes.
The main vitamins for healthy, radiant skin are the oily vitamins E, D and A. Your body can store these longer than B and C.
Not only do they help against herpes simplex infections, but the help speed knitting of the skin.
Is it not possible to get all the vitamins we need from a good diet?
Food source nutrients are, without a doubt, the best quality and most effective. Many years ago our farm fields were rich with nutrients – and so was the food grown on them.
Today our soils are very depleted of nutrients. Depleted, also, are the foods we harvest from these fields. The plants may look the same. But they simply do not contain the nutrition they once did.
Studies show you have to eat 50 ounces of spinach today to get the same nutrients as one ounce of spinach grown 48 years ago. We simply are not getting the nutrition from our food we once did.
Researchers have come to the conclusion we are dramatically lacking proper quantities of important nutrients for disease prevention and a strong immune system. The herpes simplex virus, as well as other viruses, are rampant today.
Preventing cold sores requires us to provide our system the nutrients it needs to form powerful antibodies.
Organically grown foods are usually much higher in nutrients. But this, too, will not provide the actual quantity your body needs.
A daily vitamin regimen, as many have found, is a simple, powerful way of preventing cold sores. It gives your body the building blocks it needs for a strong immunity against herpes simplex and other viruses.
If you suffer a lot of cold sore events, than give this a try. There are other things you can be doing, but this should be the first method you use for preventing cold sores.
I won’t bore you with what you already know about genital herpes…instead I will tell you a few things that you do not know. More on that in a minute.
First, the basics, genital herpes is a sexually transmitted virus that can be contracted by the exchange of body fluids. It is categorized by sores and blisters in the genital area. These blisters are extremely severe in the earlier stages but the outbreaks become milder as the body adjusts to this intruder which it is unable to completely fight off.
The reason why your body can not completely eliminate the Herpes Simplex II virus is not a big mystery. It is well understood by all medical personnel, including your doctor. They just didn’t tell you.
Your doctor will tell you that viruses (much like the one that causes the common cold) can not be killed by the body because they intertwine themselves into the cellular structure so that the only way to kill them is to kill all the cells in the body that they inhabit.
These particular cells increase every single day this filthy virus is allowed to live and replicate inside your body.
The real truth is that if you have recently been infected, you can kill every single cell that is infected and restore your body to optimum health. You can cure yourself of genital herpes.
But this is much too time-consuming a chore for doctors to take up. It would mean monitoring you 24/7 and changing your IV drip every 4-6 hours. They know you won’t do this at home and it is just too expensive to hospitalize the 8 million people a day who contract Herpes Simplex II. So you will just have to learn to live with it.
But for the part that no one else is telling you about genital herpes…a few things that you do not know…is that the human body is the only weapon you have to kill off invading germs, microbes, and viruses.
Pills, lotions, and potions do not, can not, and never have been able to kill germs that invade your body…only your body can do that.
But in order for your body to do its job, you must do your and bring it into a condition of optimum health.
Flood your body, cells and tissues with life-giving oxygen so that disease can never breed in your body.
All major scientific breakthroughs go through three stages. First they are ridiculed, then violently opposed, then they are accepted as being self-evident all along.
Herpes remedies must always be formulated to achieve a balance of potency and safety. This is arguably one of the reasons why many synthetic solutions are either too strong, or are so weak as to be ineffective.
Herpes simplex viruses can affect different parts of the body. One of the most delicate places for herpes viruses to infect is the genital area. However, it is also interesting to note that genital herpes is the second most common form of this condition, coming only after oral herpes. Herpes simplex viruses are also responsible for disorders like keratitis and encephalitis, among others.
The main reason why herpes is so difficult to treat is because the viruses lodge deep beneath the epidermis – deep enough that most over-the-counter treatments are not able to reach them. After the initial infection, which commonly happens through direct contact with a herpes lesion or body fluids from an infected individual, the viruses themselves move down to the sensory nerves. At this point, herpes viruses become latent, cycling between periods of active disease that can last between two to 21 days. Effective herpes remedies must then be especially lipophilic, or easily absorbed by the skin, in order to reach these deep-seated viruses with enough potency to reduce the symptoms and promote healing.
However, while synthetic treatments have made little headway against viral infections of this type, certain natural oils have been proven to be effective against the herpes virus. Harvested from organically grown plants, extracts such as Simmondsia chinensis and pelargonium have been discovered in scientific tests to display powerful lipophilic, hypoallergenic and anti-viral properties. By combining these and other similar essential oils, the creation of herpes remedies that are both safe and proven clinically effective is now possible.
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Do you know that at least 45 million people of all ages have the herpes virus. That is equal to one out of five adults. Is it possible to completely cure herpes? Unfortunately no, at least not yet.
Once you have contracted the virus it never leaves your body. The herpes virus lives silently in the nerve endings at the base of the brain and in the spinal cord. This is a real nasty virus.
Is there any proven treatment to control herpes naturally?
Fortunately yes, there is good news.
You don’t need to take prescription drugs which are very expensive and have a host of side effects. Alternatively, there are many options to bring this persistent and painful condition under control. It would take some work from you to change your life style. These proven methods work on oral, facial and genital herpes, shingles and mouth ulcers.
Let me share my story with you.
Many years ago I was foolish enough to have unprotected intercourse. Neither of us had any protection, but my girlfriend ushered me that she was free of any diseases. I realise now how naive I was. Maybe she really didn’t know because of the early stage of infection. But that was no consolation to me since I contracted genital herpes from her. It’s terrible and and worst of all it’s irreversible.
I felt like my future was going down the drain. I was going through hell and I felt ashamed to tell my best friend and even to go to the doctor. I kept my shame to myself hoping it will go away on its own. I got to a point where I could hardly walk because of the pain, itching and burning. I knew I had to get some help and that’s when I learned what I actually contracted.
The medication that was prescribed helped me some, but the side effects were so horrible. While I was taking it, I felt sick, dizzy, nauseated and felt like fainting. After this I tried a different medication, but this one made me hallucinate. My life became a living nightmare. It was bad enough to live with genital herpes and mental frustration so the last thing I needed was a drug that causes hallucinations.
After a while my best friend noticed that I was not the same. He wanted to help and was curious to know what was bothering me. I finally told him my bad experience. He told me that maybe his aunt would be able to help me because she was suffering from genital herpes for a long time. She was keeping the virus under control with proven natural remedies.
I learned from her which foods to eat that discourage outbreaks. She explained to me that to be able to keep the virus at bay I would have to make some major changes in my lifestyle. She showed me what she uses and how to get rid of genital herpes or at least control it.
The combination of the following is what works for me and best of all without side affects.
1. I pay close attention to my hygiene, more than I ever did before. Now don’t get me wrong; I was not a dirty person but there are different ways of being clean.
2. I make sure that my underwear are only cotton. I use organic based laundry detergent just for my underwear and I only sun dry them.
3. I don’t wear heavy or tight pants or jeans and I change them often.
4. I use an herbal based, non-toxic and odorless product from Australia called “Charaphor.” This is a topically applied product.
5. I stopped using sugar completely because sugar acts as a fertiliser for the herpes virus and it’s also hard on the kidneys. Instead of sugar, I use unfiltered, organic raw honey in moderation. Honey is known for its antiseptic qualities.
6. To boost my immune system I use a “non-synthetic” blend of vitamins and minerals. I also take amino acids and a variety of herbal teas.
7. Avoid stress as much as possible. I noticed that when I am stressed out the virus starts to resurface. Stress breakes down the immune system. To combat stress, I set aside 30 minutes a day to listen to some meditative music or sounds of nature.
During my years of research of the herpes virus I have learned of many more helpful ways of keeping the virus at bay. To avoid the side effects and the dangers of prescription drugs, I only searched for natural treatments.
The herpes virus must not be taken lightly and it is crucial to keep your immune system in top condition at all time. I know that this may mean a huge change in your lifestyle, it did for me, but this is much easier than having to suffer. Until someone discovers a complete cure, which I believe will happen soon, I and many others feel that this is the best and proven method of treating herpes.