Last year, a slight tingle triggered me to cycle around all of Hackney’s pharmacists in the quest for cold sore cream so that it ... one in five people in the UK have recurring cold sores.

If further trials confirm the initial evidence, the treatment may one day be used to get rid of herpes infections and cold-sores for ever ... Currently, medicated creams containing the anti ...

Until now, the only treat-ment has been aciclovir creams, such as Zovirax. Though they clear the problem, it takes eight to 14 days, and the cold sores usually reappear. Now, a new light-therapy ...

Although HSV can’t be completely eliminated from the body, there are cold sore treatments available that might be helpful. Pharmacies sell anti-viral creams that sometimes make cold sores go ...

No longer the sole reserve of your grandmother’s bathroom cabinet, cold cream is making a comeback. Here’s why beauty director Shannon Peter is campaigning for its return. When it comes to ...

a general practitioner at Pall Mall Medical in the UK. To resolve a cold sore as quickly as possible, you should begin treating it as soon as you feel tingling on or around your lips. Most cold ...

As many as seven in 10 people in the UK are infected by HSV1 and experience ... The NHS recommends you avoid rubbing creams into a cold sore and dab them on instead. 3. Used tea bags You can ...

"Antiviral creams such as aciclovir, famciclovir and valaciclovir should be used in the first few days of a cold sore outbreak when a tingling sensation or a raised sore or blister is first ...