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cold sores, HSV 1 and heat compress Posted: 01-29-08 11:27am


I just ready yesterday a fact about heat compresses... A heat compress (hot, wet washcloth, for example) can be helpful when you're feeling the tingle of a cold sore / herpes type 1 outbreak. You apply a heat compress to bring out the virus more quickly. On the other hand, DON'T add heat AFTER the outbreak has blistered. Not a good thing. Any other news about heat and cold sores?

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Posted: 01-30-08 15:38pm


There's some crazy heat machine a company sells in Canada. It's supposed to deliver 30 seconds of high-impact heat on a cold sore to stimulate the cold sore into the blistering stage. On the flipside of that, I read that applying cold may help relieve the pain of a cold sore, but will slow the healing process.

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