Have questions about cold sore cures? If you will let me, I would like to share with you exactly what we know about cold sore cures.

You have probably heard some experts state that there are no cold sore cures.

To them, cold sore cures are ways of removing the herpes simplex virus completely. And, right now, there is no cure we know of to do this.

They are right in one way. The herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores is a lifetime resident. And there is currently no cold sore cure that can eliminate the virus totally.

The herpes virus is very contagious, tough and is very good at hiding in your nerve cells. Even if you could get rid of this virus, you would likely just catch it again. Nearly 90% of the people around you carry the virus.

ARE THERE ACTUALLY COLD SORE CURES THAT WORK?

OK - you cannot get rid of the herpes virus. Then why are some experts telling us cold sore cures do exist?

Experts that claim cold sore cures are real are talking about removing and preventing the symptoms of cold sores. This is common in medical circles. You get rid of the symptoms of a disease and you have cured it.

Here is one common example. A doctor removes all the symptoms of cancer from a patient. He then claims the patient is cured. Fact is, he did not remove all the cancer cells. We all carry cancer cells but our body normally is able to deal with them.

Why should it be any different for cold sores? It is very possible to cure and prevent the symptoms, as you will see shortly.

There definitely are cold sore cures in spite of what you may have heard. You can use them to cure a current sore or prevent future occurrences. There are many methods you should try. I will give you some in a minute.

Without any help from you, your body knows how to cure cold sores. It can do so without any special help from you. But it will take a long time. You will cut this in half by using your best cold sore cures.

You create new cold sore anti-bodies each time an infection occurs. These troops will destroy or keep the virus latent. These cold sore soldiers will destroy the virus if they can, or keep them in hibernation.

Using proven cold sore cures will help you and are certainly worth the effort.

WHAT ARE THE BASIC COLD SORE CURES?

The first thing you should do is build a strong foundation for other remedies to work successfully. Take a high quality daily vitamin supplement. Do not waste money on those one or two per day vitamin rip-offs.

Make sure to take in between 1000 and 2000 milligrams of calcium, and 400 milligrams of magnesium. Your body will be more alkaline, which helps keep the herpes virus inactive. Cold sores occur when your body is slightly acid.

Take lysine supplements or eat high lysine foods. Lysine is a protein that the herpes virus cannot use. In effect, lysine starves out a cold sore by stopping the virus cold.

Get some garlic oil capsules. They are quite handy. Snip open and put the oil on the cold sore area. This works no matter what stage your cold sore is in.

Garlic is powerful medicine against just about any virus, bacteria or fungus. Put it on as soon as you feel the target area itching. It penetrates the skin in minutes. The virus will often flee the area - just like your friends do.

There are a number of other cold sore cures I would like to share with you, but I am out of room right now. In most cases the best success comes from combining two or more of these to match your specific needs.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL WORK BEST FOR YOU?

You will have to research and try different methods - not everything works for everybody. But it won't take long and you will finally discover cold sore cures that work best for you.