What Causes Cold Sores - How To Stop Your Cold Sore Now
submitted: May 22nd 2008 |
by: DennyBodoh
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What causes colds sores and fever blisters (oral herpes) in the majority of people - but not in everyone? Please let me have a moment to show you what causes cold sores in 99% of these cases.
What causes cold sores? The short answer is the herpes simplex virus. About 80% of the sores are caused by herpes simplex type 1 - the rest by type 2.
The herpes virus, most of your life, is inactive - hiding deep in the nerves, where your facial nerves connect. About a third of those infected will never know they are infected because their body will keep it from activating.
Because it lives in your nerves, herpes simplex virus can quickly sense conditions that are favorable for it to replicate. It will move to the surface and enter nerve cells there. The herpes simplex virus then forces the cells to create new virus.
Once the cell is filled to capacity, or is exhausted, it is eliminated. The new virus spills out. The destruction of a huge number of adjacent cells creates the open ulcer-like wound.
Yes - the herpes virus is the common factor in all cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes events. But, if we want to prevent them, we need to know what the conditions are that causes cold sores in some and not others.
These are the three main triggers that produce the right conditions to activate the herpes simplex virus.
1. LOW LEVEL OF IMMUNITY.
Good immunity depends on strong antibodies. This keeps the herpes simplex virus from taking control of your surface nerve cells. Building powerful antibodies depends on certain factors.
The most important elements needed for strong antibodies are the nutrients you gain from diet and supplements.
If you get a lot of outbreaks, your immune system is not strong enough to protect you properly. Eat more vegetables. Your best bet would be organic. Veggies flood you with the best quality, body-ready nutrients you can get.
Take a high-quality vitamin supplement every day. This alone aids in preventing cold sores for a lot of people. But do not waste your money on those rip-off drug store one or two-a-day pills.
Go to a vitamin store and buy a good quality product - or you will be unhappy. The B and C vitamins are important for stress situations, but burn up quickly. You need to replenish these water-soluble vitamins every day.
2. HIGH ARGININE CONTENT IN THE CELLS.
You hear a lot about these two amino acids in relation to cold sores. They are both essential to your overall health. They also play a big role in cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes.
Arginine is an essential ingredient in the creation of herpes simplex virus. If not enough is available, the cell cannot create virus clones. This means no cold sore will appear.
Lysine is not friendly to herpes simplex virus creation. In fact, it is like putting water on a fire. Your cells store both these amino acids in the same area. Space is limited - the more of one protein, the less space for the other.
Increasing your intake of lysine, and saturating your cells with it, will reduce the arginine stored in the cells. Eating lysine foods, such as dairy products, is your best source of body-ready lysine. Lysine supplements work great too.
3. YOUR pH LEVEL IS ON THE ACID SIDE.
You are healthiest when your pH level is slightly alkaline. The pH scale ranges from 1 (very acid) to 14 (very alkaline). The perfect level for health is said to be 7.35 on this scale - which is slightly alkaline.
Your system will usually range between 6.5 to 7.35 pH. Any drop below 7 moves you into the acid range and creates the right conditions for activating the herpes simplex virus and causing cold sores.
When your body is on the acid side, your oxygen levels are lower also. Since this is a perfect condition for viruses, your herpes simplex virus may come out of hiding. Carbonated drinks and sugar cause your body to go acid.
Other causes of cold sores are created during the winter season. Cold air, reduced outdoor activity, less fresh vegetables, and lower exercise levels all create acid in your body. That is why cold sores are more common in the winter.
Avoid acid producing products mentioned above. Eating more green vegetables, like asparagus, will help raise your pH levels. And, you can get excellent alkalizing supplements at the vitamin store.
There a few other causes of cold sores to share with you. But, hopefully, this short article has helped you toward answering the question of what causes cold sores in your life.
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