oh horor! A coldsore - help!

[MerlinsBeard]

Which is the fastest way to get rid of this beast that has arrived on my face? I have never had one before

I left the typo in to have you all rushing to my thread to correct me.

honest

Do you have any Earl Grey tea?

If hold a cooling tea bag on it for about ten minutes at a time, that can stop it in it's tracks.

NO just tesco/tetleys here

Ok, how about an ice cube?

Holding one of those on should help.

OOh will try it thank you.

Would fucidin cream work? DS2 has had shingles recently (prob where this coldsore has come from) and has some fucidin cream left. I can't get to chemist for zovirax. I just don't want it to spread!

Sorry to say it but Zovirax is the ONLY thing that has ever worked for me. Don't know about the Fucidin - does it have Acyclovir in it?(the active ingredient in Zovirax) - if so it should work.

Ithought someone would say that.

Sorry...long term sufferer here!

no its ok, i appreciate (sp?) it!

mom i dont think Fucidin would help, sorry.
we use that for DSs eczema when it flares up.

you could put some toothpaste on it

we have some zovirax suspension but that's all.

bummer.

Zovirax ALWAYS makes mine spread and burst. I tried to think it was making it go quicker but no... Had them for a full ten days. I didn't use Zovirax for the last one and it was gone in a week! Sympathy for you, coldsores are horrible.

The very best cream you can buy which works very fast is Fenestil- it has an ingredient called pencyclovir which is MUCH more effective than acyclovir.

Also see if you can get hold of a cold sore zapper (I think they sell them in Boots)

Oh and you can't get coldsores from shingles- they are a different virus.

Cold sores are herpes simplex and chicken pox/ shingles are herpes zosta