Main purpose of this article is to give you a brainstorm on the topic and guide you further into understanding everything related to cold sores.

Do you have trouble looking in the mirror and being happy with what you see? Do you avoid getting out in the world due to your cold sore problem? If you suffer from cold sore every year or many times during the year, then you know how annoying it is. You often find yourself looking at the mirror to see another cold sore occurrence to irritate you for weeks making you hide at home or keep off going out.

Cold sores are usually known as fever blisters. Cold sores and fever blisters most commonly occur during or after physical stress such as colds (cold sore) and flu (fever blister). And that is how they got their names. Today, it is estimated that nine out of every ten men, women and children over seven are infected with the virus that causes these unsightly blisters.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes cold sores. Cold sore spreads through this virus. Cold sore can spread through common touch of infected person. In this way cold sore is a contagious disease. The virus is extremely contagious and people will avoid you if they learned you have the virus.

As the viruses is contagious person need to avoid kissing as well as skin contact with the peoples suffering with active lesions. Pricking and itching blisters spreads the infection and thus person should not touch the blisters. In case of accidental touch, wash hands immediately. This will prevent the spreading of infection in other parts of the body.

Cold sores and fever blisters are hazardously contagious. There are plentiful of ways to through these cold sores out of your body. For quicker healing and protecting from further infection, you can cover cold sores with a protective petroleum based product. If you want to reduce the painfulness caused by the cold sores then you can take painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen.

As they say, 'prevention is better than cure' and this applies to whether you want to keep off them. The most efficient way to prevent infection is not to exchange bodily fluids with people who are infected with a cold sore so, avoid kissing and sex.