You're not the only one. Both cold sores and HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus ... “Cold sores are fluid filled blisters that ...

and not exactly pretty. Wouldn't it be great if they could magically disappear forever? Why do we get cold sores, anyway? Cold sores are small blisters that appear on the lips or around the mouth.

"I was exhausted and in heaps of physical pain. It increased in pain and volume over the next few days," Amelia, who opted not to share her last name, told Newsweek. "I went to the doctor, and she ...

Cold sores are painful blisters on the lips that can form unsightly crusts ... and once this happens you carry the virus for life. However, not everyone who has HSV-1 gets cold sores.

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Cold sores, most commonly caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), often pop up around the lips or mouth ... even when the blisters are not present. The virus can spread through kissing ...

And in those miserable, wintry days of the pandemic, I was thankful that I could hide my mouth behind a face mask. I am not alone in feeling there is a stigma around cold sores, despite the fact ...

Gloucester parents Gabrielle Bryan and Tyler Rees were not expecting Bertie's diagnosis ... The couple were worried Bertie's blister was the cold sore virus. They ended up having to sleep on ...