How Does The Virus Spread?

A child can spread the virus by rubbing his or her cold sore and then touching other children.

About 10 percent of oral herpes infections in adults result from oral-genital sex with a person who has active genital herpes (type 2). These infections, however, usually do not result in repeat bouts of fever blisters.

Most people infected with the type 1 herpes simplex virus became infected before they were 10 years old. The virus usually invades the moist membrane cells of the lips, throat or mouth. In most people, the initial infection causes no symptoms.

What Causes Fever blisters?

Fever blisters are caused by a contagious virus called herpes simplex. Them are two types of herpes simplex virus. Type 1 usually causes oral herpes, or fever blisters.

Type 2 usually causes genital herpes. Although both type 1 and type 2 viruses can infect oral tissues, more than 95 percent of recurrent fever blister outbreaks are caused by the type 1 virus.

Herpes simplex virus is highly contagious when fever blisters are present, and the virus frequently is spread by kissing. Children often become infected by contact with parents, siblings or other close relatives who have fever blisters.

How To Treat Blister

Currently there is no cure for fever blisters. Some medications can relieve some of the pain and discomfort associated with the sores, however.

These include ointments that numb the blisters, antibiotics that control secondary bacterial infections, and ointments that soften the crusts of the sores.

Natural Honey Fever Blister "Cure"?

For External Applications on fever blisters take a little Honey and place it on the fever blister. Apply the Honey twice daily.

It seems to take away the pain of a canker sore or fever blister fairly soon after it has been applied and seems to soothe the soar.

The honey helps relief the pain of the canker sore and fever blister and aids in drawing out impurities from a pimple. Within 2-4 days the blister should be pretty much eliminated.