You're not getting this cold sore again and again. It's the same infection. Your cold sort is a virus and if it's not killed outright before it's settled within you, it will hide within your body; lurking; always ready to bounce back whenever you're tired and/or your immune system is down, say, because it's busy fighting off a cold virus or some other infection. Viruses are persistent and they can lay dormant for years only to re-surface again! The only way to be sure is to see your doctor who will most likely send you to a specialist who will give you various medications and then you'll be checked regularly. The chances are that it will never completely leave you body. This unfortunately, is how viruses work. However with the help of your doctor(s) you can be rid of anymore outbreaks of the sores themselves. In time, and with regular check-ups, your immune system may just rid your body entirely of this pesky virus and in the not-too-distant future, there may just be anti-viral drugs designed to specifically hunt and kill Herpies and other types of viruses and probably there will be a vaccine to immunize people against getting them in the first place.

Visit this site for Herpes info: http://www.herpes.com/overview.shtml Click on Products for both over-the-counter and prescription drugs that might help inhibit your body allowing the virus to breakout. Try not to stress much about it, cause that only makes 'em worse! Good Luck!

See your doc and ask about denivir cream and/or zovirax. These will help. The drugs will not cure but will help in the healing of the sores. Stress, heat and stomach upset will trigger outbreaks.

I have a friend who swears "stress" causes most of them.

* fever, colds, or the flu (this is why some people call them "fever blisters"), * ultraviolet radiation (exposure to the sun), * stress, * changes in the immune system, * hormonal changes, such as menstruation, and * trauma to the skin.