Cold sores are common infections in children. They’re also called fever blisters, oral herpes, or herpes labialis. Despite their name, cold sores don’t have anything to do with colds.

Cold sores are also known as oral herpes or fever blisters. They are very common among children and adults and are usually harmless. Cold sores on infants, meanwhile, are rare but can be dangerous.

Topical or oral numbing medications: These can help to reduce the discomfort of a cold sore. They may be safe for children, but caregivers should ask a pediatric doctor before using them on a child.

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help ...

Question: My teenage daughter has a sore on the side of her lip. She is prone to cold sores but she says this feels entirely ...

Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), a common infection. As many as seven in 10 people in the UK are ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Another added: 'So many people who have cold sores have no idea how dangerous they are'. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) said 20 per cent of children will have been ...