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Fever blister cure. Immediate

Submitted by Marilyn

Typically these occur on the lip. As soon as you notice one coming up, sometimes a peculiar taste and tenderness will appear before any swelling does, apply heat to the area. You may cut a hole the size of the fever blister in a heavy sheet of paper and heat it with a hair dryer. Or carefully heat a spoon on a curling iron.

Apply it as hot as you can tolerate it for a minute. The heat kills the virus and arrests the development of the sore. You can completely eradicate your fever blisters especially if you catch it quick enough.

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Did not work for me! Comments By: lt1pnyklr I tried this and it did nothing. I even got a nice flat butter knife and put it onto a clothes iron to heat it up really good and nothing!   Impossible Comments By: Appalled You can not kill an internal virus with topical heat. That's like saying cure a cold by inhaling steam. It's impossible   You can't kill a virus Comments By: Andi You can't kill a virus; you can only treat it. Heat really does make it worse. In some of my anatomy classes, I've been told that fever blisters are more common during the summer because of the heat and humidity in the air and/or because our diets usually change in the summer compared to what we eat during other seasons. So do not apply heat. The only thing you can really do for a fever blister is to rub salt on the blister while it's opened. It's going to sting somewhat, but it really does work. It helps to dry up the wound and it closes it faster; thus speeding up the healing time. Also, you can apply vinegar, ice, or rubbing alcohol on the sore. Alcohol sounds like torture, but that, too, dries up the sore. I hope these work.   what??? Comments By: lulu ok this cant be true....i tried it and it didnt make the situation any better, if not worse plus, it hurt! salt really does work when trying to get rid of a cold sore   Don't think so Comments By: Corie Ice works better. numbs it and relieves swelling. try not to pop the blister, it spreads the virus. if you have more than one in close area they can merge.   ETHER WORKS GREAT Comments By: JON OR BUY CURASORE AT YOUR LOCAL DRUGSTORE IT HAS ETHER & ALCOHOL IN IT KEEP IN YOUR FREEZER AND APPLY ABOUT 3 TIMES A DAY WHEN FIRST NOTICED IT WILL PROBABLY BE GONE BY THE 2ND DAY GOOD LUCK. ==I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T USE IT ON SHINGLES UNLESS IT WOULD CURE THEM TOO FAST AND MAYBE DR'S WOULD LOSE MONEY   Blister Blocker Comments By: anon I have found the cure for fever blisters and wouldn't you know it, it was by accident. Its all natural. When you feel a blister coming on and we all can tell when that is, just put some of this liquid on it every hour for 8 hours and it will never get any larger and the next day it will almost be gone, just a small sensation left, no ugly blister that makes you look like you never take care of yourself. If you do not get to put this liquid on it during the first 8 hours it is harder to make it go away but its the best thing I have ever used.   Ashes Comments By: Yaya My grandmother God bless her, she told me to put the ashes of a ciagerettes, put them on your open blister it well heal with in the next 2 days, it works!!!!   Lysine Comments By: Anon I used to get a fever blister every summer. I started taking lysine twice a day all year long and I haven't had a fever blister in 2 summers. But I did just get one today and I was recently sick. So it worked for my summer blisters.   Curasore Comments By: Pharm. D. As a PharmD. I say use Curasore it works great with ether in it. May be taken off shelves soon so its been said in Va. But it works great most patients see results within 2-3 days. God Bless and Good Luck.   this works Comments By: michelle first you heat up the infected area as hot as you can tolerate. either with hot water or a hot spoon. this will kill the virus in the infected area usually on the mouth or lips. then pop part of the blister with a steralized needle or the tips of your fingers [wash your hands after and before] then apply a solution of stable alt that was ground up with the back of a spoon untill it turns into a powder. mis this with hydrogen peroxcide and apply it to your lip. leave it on there for about 20 minutes, packing salt on to the area. this might cause a burning sensation. after 20 minutes DO NOT wrinse or wipe off the solution. apply ice ontop if it to reduce swelling. apply the misture after about 10 minutes of ice then apply a dab of toothpaste over the are to help dry out the cold sore. repeate this a few times a day and it will be gone in noo time =]   Blisters are a pain Comments By: arta What is "this liquid" that was made as a comment above?   GREAT methods for terrible fever blisters Comments By: Specky I've had horrible fever blisters my entire life, so bad once it took over the entire left side of my face and into my eye. Even though I still get fever blisters often, I've found these simple things help prevent and reduce the duration of an outbreak: Must!: Get a Rx for either famvir or valtrex, and take every single day!! And if yours are horrible like mine, combine both medicines when an outbreak occurs (its okay, it will not hurt you!) 1. Do not eat peanuts in large quantities, such as peanut sauce or alot of peanut butter often - due to an amino acid called l-argnine (the opposite of lysine)..some also have allergies to chocolate or caffine 2. Rub Vicks vapor rub on as chapstick, and during an outbreak..the cure all 3. Buy Bergomot oil and lemon oil at your natural vitamin store and rub on the soles of your feet daily, along with dabbing a little bit of lemon oil on the blister over the counter creams are worthless!   THIS IS CRAZY! Comments By: aiYLEEN I HAD JUST CAME BACK TO SCHOOL AND the monster popped out!!!! i need help!!!,you do not wanna pop it or heat it because when you heat it,it will go dry and crusty!!(ewwwww)   NIK+AID Comments By: Anon I am 70 years young and my "first" fever blister is healing nicely. I used roll on styptic NIK+AID two to three times daily and ice pack for the swelling.   valtrex or acyclovir Comments By: uniformed15 I have had fever blisters my whole life and i have tryed numerous things. About the only thing that has ever worked for me, before i got a prescription was rubbing alchohol. Other than that, the thing that felt was the quickest to relive the pain and get rid of them was, valtrex or acyclovir. I also took lysine. to stop the them from showing up that worked very well too. You can get the lysine at any drug store in the viatmin section. But if you have problems with fever blisters i strongly suggest valtrex or acyclovir.   Horrible little things.. Comments By: Wildkitten I've had fever blisters since i was in grade school...I've recently found out that taking L-Lysine works great if you take it everyday...It for the most part does work..I've also learned that by putting hand sanitizer on it, it heals a little quicker cause it drys it out. I wish there was somthing to make them go away permanatly..   HEAT!! Comments By: Mackenzie Heat does not work on fever blisters cause thats when i get em.   ADVICE GIVEN BY DOLTS Comments By: SUEY KWANG I WOULDN'T TAKE ADVICE FROM ANYONE THAT HAS NEVER LEARNED PROPER SPELLING. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER GOING TO SCHOOL? OR DO THEIR COMPUTERS HAVE SPELL CHECK? LAZY!   Talk is Cheap Comments By: 'Anon' Well, you people didn't really help me any. Everytime I read a comment that I thought might work, there was someone who said that it would only make it worse. Read for yourself, for every one persons answer there is a backfire experienced by someone else.   this might work Comments By: jordon O.K so if you have a cold sore or a fever blister inside your mouth either rinse with salt water,put salt on it,or rinse with lemon juice this will help disinfect it. Don't worry if it burns this is normal ,but thats just showing that its working.   Viroxyn Comments By: Vince I read something about this product. It's quite expensive. 38 dollars for 3 treatment. Reviews on amazon gave it very good review. I am going to try it.   Viroxyn is a scam Comments By: Chico Viroxyn is a scam. The active ingredient is the same as Walgreen's CureChrom. A bottle of CureChrom cost two or three dollars and you can get hundreds of application from one bottle. The active ingredient is Benzalkonium Chloride 0.13% If you want to try Viroxyn just buy CureChrom and use a q-tip to rub it on the affected area making sure not to instert the used q-tip back int the bottle after use. I doubt that it works.   Devasted!! Comments By: Freak out Hi I'm 31years old and just got my first fever blister after a month of fever and cold :( I bought abbrev after day number 2. Don't think it is working so I have been using Camphor Phenol. I need something that will dry it out quickly any sugguestions? I HATE THIS!!!!! So from reading online they say the only cause for fever blister is Herpes simplex 1..could there not be any other cause?   Vicks Works Comments By: Kitty Well I read this board, and I've try like 5 things already to get ruid of a fever blister on the lips that has pain in it..The heat works it relieves the pain and the shallowing in the lip, and the vicks is working I can feel it tingle inside the infection,,to kill it I use Hydrogen peroxide with a q-tip..I'm willing to try anything,,I got a birthday coming up and I don't a fever blister on my lip- I got it from my step son..grr I come back n let u know if the vicks really work, for I have it on right now,,if it does, what a miracle..for I can't handle it anymore   A little of each Comments By: Hopefully helpful I am going to say that it is a little of this and a little of that,EXCEPT for the heat. THe blister feels hot and swollen, isn't that what heat produces--heat and swelling? That doesn't even sound reasonable to me! I know this sounds gross, but earwax (a little secret my gma has passed down). It seems to work if caught at the first "sensation". IF not caught eary enough,then immediately I start the Lysine twice a day;I pop the blisters, carefully with a tissue handy;apply alcohol as many times a day as able; meanwhile also using Abreva as recommended. I have never tried the Lysine until my last outbreak and it really seems to lessen the effects all of the way around...but different strokes for different folks, this is what works for me.   Dry them out quicker Comments By: Kim I have been getting fever blisters since high school. My dermatologist told me to use Domboro. It is sold over the counter, it is a powder astringent. Mix one packet with warm water and use a sterile pad. Do the compress for about 20 minutes 3 times a day for at least 2 days. I dries them up much faster which speeds up the healing time.   calamine lotion Comments By: Mark i know calamine lotion is for poison ivy and poison oak and helps to dry up skin to relieve itching, but i have medicated calamine lotion that i use for everything. Ive used it for anything from pimples to fever blisters. i think its a very good way to dry up pimples without scarring or irritation. same as fever blisters. the medicated calamine lotion takes away some of the irritation and pain and relieves the pressure. i washed my hands thoroughly with hot water and left it running. i washed off the infected area of my face where i have the herpes virus and well, proceded to popping the tiny blisters. after doing so, i washed off my face and hands, careful about not getting it inside of my mouth or anywhere else, and put peroxide on it multiple times. after doing so it turned white. it looked nasty at first but realized the pain was gone. it started to harden up. i then put alcohol on it multiple times. i made sure the peroxide and alcohol got into the sore to make sure it was relieved. the alcohol burned like i never felt before from it. i know that herpes travels through the nervous system and that might be why my lip was so sensitive to the alcohol. after wiping it off with a steralized cloth, i then put calamine lotion on it and let it dry up. after i finished doing everything i could, i noticed my lip was swollen, so i got ice and am holding it to my lip right now. i put on the calamine lotion before i go to bed so that it has all night to dry out the fluid-filled sores. in the morning i just clean it up and go to school, then do it all again for the next couple days. it usually works for me with 2 to 3 days. the ice will definately help the swelling, and the calamine lotion will have a slight burning tingle. but i promise you, it works.   Tawas crystals(alum) Comments By: caryl Alum: an astringent, crystalline, double sulfate of aluminum and potassium, widely used in medicine, manufacturing, and the arts. this is a really cheap, fast and effective way to cure blisters. i use this and poof next day blister gone. may sting abit tho.   what works? Comments By: sam how long do these normally last? && how can they go away?