While cold sores can affect people of all ages, similar to acne, they're most typically associated with teenagers and young ...

How Are Cold Sores Diagnosed? To see if you have the herpes simplex virus (HSV), which causes cold sores, your doctor may simply examine the cold sore or may take a culture from it. The doctor may ...

The symptoms are usually the most serious the first you time you get cold sores. A first-time cold sore can make a child seriously ill. After the first outbreak, your body should make antibodies ...

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