This is one thing you need for your survival pack

Something for cold sores.

I've not read of this suggestion in any of the survival threads I’ve read so I thought id mention it.

Cold sores are a form of herpes and can be very painful. The stuff I use has a painkiller in it as well. The stuff I buy is called virasolve but it’s probably goes by different names where you are but it’s an over-the-counter product at a pharmacy.

Very handy, small, and you only use a little bit at a time. Hope this helps.

reply to post by bussoboy


i thought people who got cold sores get them from time to time, like when they are run-down tired and under the weather.

i thought what people often call 'cold sores' are a very un-threatening yet painful and transferable side effect of a herpetic virus.

my spouse gets one when she is under the weather, and she buys this teeny-tiny tube that costs a frickin' bundle and it works well.

i've never experienced the cold sore in my life, TTBOMK.

in other words: if you're prone to a medical condition/need, make sure you pack that which may be necessity.

You get those Down Under too eh?



I'll just leave now.

reply to post by Darce


Yea we get em too and yea I forgot to mention they charge like a wounded bull for this stuff its worth it. Exactly what they are why we get them I dont know but all I know is they hurt like hell and make life crap. I rarely get em myself but then I ike to deal with em as soon as I know I've got one and not endure the pain.

reply to post by Darce


A bit of vege mite do the trick,but maybe spread it with a spoon when your down under

If cold sores are your biggest worry you're not actually in a survival situation.
Food. water and shelter better get addressed first or your cold sores won't really matter for long.
Peace.
ATA

while I would place cold sores at the bottom of my list.. I pestered my partner into getting a silly little devices that emit a light said to heal cold sores..

All the while I thought the whole concept hat light could heal cold sores quicker than the gunk they sell but I was wrong.. thumbs up for the little thing.. works better than the gunk prescribed by the doctor or available over the counter..

the thing is I wish I know what it was being emitted as I am sure you can rig one up smaller and cheaper than the shop brought device.

Just a note on this subject. Used to get them every midterms and finals week in school. Mom advice up your nutrition drink orange juice blah blah blah. After a few experiments, I discovered it was the orange juice that triggers as well as sunburns on the face. I can eat grapefruit, have to limit pineapple, cause too much will give me a trigger too. I can have lemons as well. That tiny little tube is a racket, all it does was rip the healing off so I'd have to start all over each time I applied. The easiest was to recover is to let it dry out, suck it up, the drying of the sore is the painful part. Knock on wood, I haven't had any for a long time, but I strictly avoid oranges. Sometime just buy one to smell, but I don't get the oils from the skin or the pulp too close. Everything orange avoid. I tried the orange drinks, even orange flavored soda, still got em. Only when I know I have been in especially good health I would have just one bite, to remind me of the flavor I miss. Also regarding sunburns on the face, once took a diagnostic at a health screening where they check for skin cancer, OMG! That was the worst outbreak I have ever had, had tickling within an hour and blisters up by the end of my shift. Go figure. So the post about lights, need to research that one a bit.

Well, you successfully let all of us know that you have herpes, so,........ that's good.
I agree that if The "S" hits the "F" your herpes will be the last thing on your mind.

P.S. Sorry about your herpes. I hope for your sake, they find a cure.

Im 56 and never had a cold sore...I put a small jar of vaseline in my kit for dry/chapped/windburned skin....no hepres for me

reply to post by bussoboy


a simple first aid is salt and water.

mouthwash, gargling, healing when nothing else is there.

in mild solution, it doesn't burn.