There are two strains of herpes simples virus HSV-1 and HSV-2 and these two viruses are the cause of cold sores in humans for at least  two thousand years one of the earliest references to cold sores is from the roman empire where the reigning emperor of the time had to place a ban on kissing to try and combat the huge instances of cold sores in the  population.                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mainly it is the HSV-1 that causes over 80% of all the coldsores and HSV2 contributing to the other 20% while getting the infection and having it for life can be very distressing for all the individuals concerned having the virus is not life threatening.

Once contracted the virus stays, in a mostly dormant state in the nerve cell sheaths around your face waiting for conditions in your body to become just right to trigger the virus into action then the herpes virus travels back up to the surface through the nerve fibers to the soft skin where it will go through its cycle of getting inflamed, then goes on to the blistering phase this is caused by the making a fresh batch of  highly contagious HSV-1 viruses which are exact copies of the original virus.                                                                                                                                                                    This cellular conflict causes the classic open wound we all associate with cold sores then the blister will eventually dry out and fall off  all this all takes between 8 to 12 days depending on the individuals body state, if a person is in a run down or sickly state then the cold sore outbreak will be more severe and could take longer to recover.

Scientists doing research noted that some individuals who were known to be infected with the virus rarely if ever suffered from the virus and they deduced that the persons health as well as their mental health played a significant role in the amount of times they had an outbreak of the herpes virus noting that the more healthy subjects in both body and mind rarely had an outbreak where the more sickly subjects or subjects under severe stress got cold sores on a more regular basis.

 Scientists concluded that at least three factors determine how your body will cope with the herpes simplex virus once it is triggered in to action

1. Your state of health, The healthier your body is the stronger your immune system    

2. Your diet, The healthier you eat the healthier your body is so try more to eat  foods that contain an amino acid called Lysine which has been shown to help your body to fight the cold sore virus activity

Here are some foods that  contain  Lysine....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Red Meat., Eggs,  Buffalo gourd, Watercress, Soybean, Lentils, Spinach, .

There is another amino acid that you should try to avoid called Arginine  which has been shown to be bad news in the fight against coldsores it is made by the body naturally and does not need to come from your diet but if you cut down on certain high arginine foods you will lessen the amount in your body.

Here are some foods that contain Arginine.....                                                                                                                                     Cottage cheese, Peanuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, Chickpeas,Chocolate.                                                                                         A low ratio of arginine to lysine in the body is known to be of benefit in the treatment of herpes simplex virus as the virus needs arginine to replicate.  

3. Your stress levels. Stress is considered to be one of the main contributing factors in cause of cold sores.  We do not live in a stress free society, but we can reduce the physical and mental effects that are created by stress.  physical stress to the body like an illness and or fever can cause a cold sore outbreak. Other  common triggers are exposure to sun light,  physical injuries emotional upset, fatigue, tiredness from lack of sleep.

If you are infected with the virus then be prepared, learn to spot the signs or triggers that cause you to get cold sores and try to avoid them but you can not be successful all the time so when you do start an outbreak try to Have a good cold sore treatment plan and you will shorten your outbreak.

New thinking with regards to handling the herpes virus is not handling the cold sore after it breaks out,  but prevention before it starts by getting your body in good shape by eating certain foods and avoiding high stress levels and to this end data studies have discovered an amazing natural cold sore remedy that has been proven to dramatically reduce the healing time of your cold sores and even reduce occurrences of cold sores altogether.

This new discovery is in a new book written by Grace Melgarejo where she makes the amazing claim that she can stop and fully heal an outbreak of your cold sore in three days flat! and then keep you cold sore free for the rest of your life. you can check out her story here. 

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