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hayleybell

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Cold Sores Caused By Sun !!!!
Posted: 08-08-07 14:07pm

Hi everyone, i am new and this is my first post so hopefully someone may have some advice for me?
The problem started a couple of years ago whilst in spain, after a couple of days my lips started to tingle like i was getting a coldsore but in the middle of bottom lip, by the next morning my lip was so swollen i had about 5 blistery lumps on my bottom lip and it was very painfull and uncomfortable because of the heat, , i went t chemist and got some zovirax and germaline just to knumb it, and after about 5 days they started to be less painfull and dry up, but did sadly ruin a bit of the holiday for me!, anyway the otherday after our one day of summer and a day lounging about in the garden, it has happened again an yet again is very painfull, as i am going to majorca in 4 weeks time i am now starting to dred it, an my quiesion to everyone is ???????

Is there anything i can take or do to stop it happening in the first place any old wifes tales or try to prevent it from being so bad?

i look forward to someones advice Very
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Hayley x
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Posted: 08-08-07 14:16pm

My mom gets them from too much sun exposure. She puts heavy duty sunblock on her lips or zinc oxide. She also almost always wears a sun hat or visor. Sometimes if she's caught out in the direct sun she just holds a hankie over her mouth. This seems to work for her, but it ain't very attractive! LOL. She has a prescription for Valtrex for outbreaks. I don't know if there is a suppression therapy drug you can take daily to decrease the likelihood of outbreaks of oral cold sores or not. Anyone know?
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