Cold Sores!

I have woken up with a giant cold sore on my top lip.

Usually I use zovirax, but i have just been to the pharmacy and they said this shouldn't be used in pregnancy, and i can't use anything.

Not one to suffer in silence, I was wondering if anyone had any suitable remedies/relief i could try as it bloody hurts and i am feeling fed up!

Also, should I be concerned that i am due to give birth any day (obviously kissing my new baby is now out of the question). I am seeing MW on Monday so I can ask her then, but I am a bit worried about passing infection on to bubs.

I recently had a cold sore too. I get them when I am really run-down, and I think the not sleeping combined with the flu caused mine. The pharmacist just told me that I could use Savex or Blistex.

I have always been a Savex user for dry lips, I find it much better than Blistex. It doesn't really do much for the cold sore to be honest, but does at least keep it hydrated so you don't have horrid cracking and blistering.

And, I guess, if it is that painful, you can take panadol although I have been wary of even having too much of that while pregnant.

Sucks eh?!?

Danaj wrote: I haven't had a sore since I started slapping on the vaseline every night before bed. Helps stop the skin drying out and it seems to work.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who does that! Maybe it explains why I haven't had any in a while...

Hi, there is a Comvita Lipclearcold sore product that is based on Manuka honey. It also has l-lysine and propolis in it, it doesn't say anything on the pack about not using it in pregnancy.

There is also Betadine cold sore paint and ointment available too. The base for those is povadone iodine.

You could also ask your pharmacist if its okay to take L-lysine tablets to reduce the occurrence and severity of cold sores.

Eek had no idea you couldn't use coldsore cream while pregnant! I had a coldsore last week (completely rundown!) and I used an ointment id used previously and it cleared in a day... Hope havn't done any harm!?

I second the L-lysine. I don't know about it's safety during pg though so check first. It's great for stopping other ones popping up too.

Hope it goes away fast so you can kiss your shiny new bubba!

also a zinc supplement is helpful in the healing process (not sure if it is still available but there used to be one with both zinc and lLysine)

in the latest next magazine there is a new product out called compeel or something like that ... it's a tiny clear plaster thing you place over the coldsore which hides it and heals it at the same time.

Might be worth a try.

I've never had as many coldsores as I have had during this pregnancy (currently 20 weeks), must have had about four. As soon as I feel the tingle, I slather on blistex which seems to work.

Best of luck!

I know this is a semi old thread- but- I had chronic coldsores for 10 months a few years back, and have LOTS of my own experience with different remedies. Obviously only what works for me... but here goes:

Use Lucas PawPaw as a lipbalm in general, it prevents them occuring.
If you sense one coming- Use Dr Harker's Healing Balm/salve it comes in a small pottle and looks like lipbalm. It's natural- and really good. Itll last forever too. A small amout every few hours. I used to pop it around the coldsore a bit too to stop the spread....

I found Blistex actually caused coldsores to appear. Like it stimulated the nerve or something. Plus it felt horrible on your lips, like they were burning up.

Vit C in high doses works well in the early stages too. 2000mg kinda thing... but not sure about that during pregnancy.??

Anyways- thats my 2c... Dr Harkers Healing Salve.