Many people who experience oral cold sores, have a prodome period before the sores are visible. The term prodome refers to symptoms that occur because of an oncoming disease. During this time you may experience tingling, itching, pain or burning at the location where the cold sore will occur. The length of the prodome period [...]

Severe cold sore attacks can be very painful and embarrassing to have. The symptoms of cold sores really vary from person to person, so you may not have severe attacks. But, the Herpes virus may progress and worsen over time, causing your cold sores to get worse.
Usually when a person experiences a severe cold sore [...]

Many people experience cold sore symptoms only once or twice a year, often times these cold sores occur around the same time each year or because the person is exposed to the same triggers that bring on their cold sores. Some people may carry the herpes virus, but never experience cold sore symptoms. Other people [...]

If you start to experience symptoms, it is important to use cold sore treatments as soon as possible. Sometimes a person may feel the symptoms before the cold sore is visible. Usually the first cold sore symptoms are a tingling or burning sensation at the location where the cold sore will occur. This feeling can [...]

The majority of the time the cold sores occur on the mouth and lips, at the area where the skin meets the edge of the lip. But the symptoms can spread to other areas such as the nose, chin, eyes and fingers. The herpes virus that causes cold sores can be passes to other people [...]