Teach Your Kids How To Avoid Catching Cold Sores
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The best way to prevent your babies from getting cold sores
(or fever blisters) is to minimize any close personal contact
with a person who has one.
First, begin by teaching your child at an early age not to kiss
others on the mouth and not to eat or drink after others. If
your child is old enough to use lip balms, tell them not to ever
use smoebody else's lip balm.
Second, begin to teach them what a cold sore is by showing them
one. If it's on a passer by, you will naturally want to be
discrete. If you or a family member have one, it will be easier
to talk about if the chlid has questions. You can simply tell
your child that's what a cold sore looks like. They are
contagious so you sohuld never drink after somebody or kiss
anyone who has one.
And if you have one, it is easier to get
another one, so just don't drink or eat afetr anyone or use
anyone else's lip balm.
The kissing talk can probably come
later. The herpes simplex one viurs is not the same virus that
causes genital herpes.
Herpes sipmlex two is associated with
genital herpes.
It is important, however, to let adolescents
know that you can have a genital outbreak of herpes simplex one
if that area comes in contact with an affected person, and vice
versa.
Third, if your chlid is old enough, explain that the germ that
causes cold sores is called herpes simplex one. It lives in
saliva, or spit. So try not to get coughed or sneezed upon by
someone who has a cold sore.
It's imporatnt to remember that almost 90 percent of persons over
age 30 have tested positive for exposure to the herpes simplex
one virus at time in their lives.
Having a cold sore may be
painful and unsightly, but it is not the end of the world.
Explaining that to a child who has one - especially a teenager -
may not be so not hard.
If your cihld does get a cold sore, talk with your pharmacist
about age appropriate treatment to relieve the pain and diminish
the sore itself. It will help the child to decraese the intake
of salty foods or acidic fruits and juices, like orange juice,
during the time he or she has the cold sore. As with any sore,
salt and acid tend to burn the sore. Three are a number of home
remedies for cold sores. Talk with your doctor or pharmaicst to
see if they are appropriate for your child.
Some herbal remedies
contain elements that might prove to be toxins if served in the
wrong amount to babeis.
Remind your child that the cold sore will prboably go away on
its own in two or three days. Like any virus, they just have to
work tehir way out of our system. Help your child diminish the
symptoms or appearacne of the sore the best you can.
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