Health advice on cure for blister on the lip

My wife had that all her life - she's used a nutritional supplement for ten years and has had that happen in ten years only two or three times and it was very minor - investigate a quality supplement, that could help - the best to you - Mitch

answered by M M

Having fever blisters is painful. It can last for at least 2 weeks. The bad news is, there is no direct cure of fever blisters however, you can shorten your suffering with several home remedies available. Here are several useful home remedies you can try if you have fever blisters:

1. Take vitamin E to relive the pain.
2. Take vitamin C supplements at least three times a day to shorten the duration of fever blisters. Zinc tablets are also effective to shorten the duration of fever blister.
3. For more natural way of treating it, use aloe by rubbing its juice to the area affected. This is most effective on the early stage of fever blister development.
4. Applying cornstarch on the affected area would lessen the duration.
5. Meanwhile, dabbing camphor with cotton ball on the area of the fever blister is another effective way of lessening the duration of the sore.
6. Aloe juice mixed with grapefruit seed extract is another effective way of treating blisters. Use it and you can see its healing effect. This mixture is very strong so you have to be gentle when applying it.
7. As a pain reliever, try dabbing ice cube on the affected area every 10-15 minutes for one hour. This can stop the further infection of the virus.
8. To speed up the healing, use an extract of lemon balm.
9. Eating yogurt is a good way to prevent fever blisters virus from growing. Make sure though that it is gelatin-free for gelatin can further worsen the blister.
10. Dimethyl sulfoxide or DMSO is another way to stop the growth of blister. It penetrates right on the infection thus speeding up the healing process.
11. To control the development of the virus, apply a tea bag on the affected area for 5-10 minutes every hour. It contains tannic acid, an effective component to prevent viral infections.

answered by C