{"id":1059,"date":"2009-12-17T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T02:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2009-12-17T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T02:24:02","slug":"something-that-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/something-that-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Something that works"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a completely non-Christmasy post. It is about cold sores<\/em>. Or, rather, a remedy for them.<\/p>\n

I am one of the chosen ones. The ones special enough to carry the virus that blesses us with an outbreak of fever blisters or cold sores at least once a year. I’ve enjoyed this blessing since I was a child. Lucky me<\/em>. <\/p>\n

They start as a little tingle or itch…. but they become very itchy, quite painful, and rather embarrassing. A mild case may heal up in less than a week, but a bad one can go on for 2 – 3. <\/p>\n

Over the years I’ve tried a multitude of remedies<\/em> for these obnoxious blisters on my lip with very little success. I have found that ice very temporarily helps reduce the itching. Tea Tree<\/a> essential oil (which is a staple of my medicine chest)<\/em> can help with the itching, plus I know that it is anti bacterial, anti viral, etc. Lysine supplements are supposed to help… don’t know if they have.<\/p>\n

\"abreva\"<\/a>But last year I discovered Abreva<\/a><\/em>. It promised to shorten the healing time – and for the price of that tiny little tube (I paid $15.99 with a coupon – normally $17.99), I thought “it better!”<\/p>\n

To my surprise and delight, Abreva actually worked<\/em>! I felt the tell-tale signs of an outbreak about 5 days ago, and started applying Abreva 4 – 5 times a day. <\/p>\n

\"myIt is now nearly completely healed. I had only 2 days of noticeable itching, and the cold sore never swelled up large like it usually does. In fact, if you’d seen me you probably wouldn’t have even noticed the little blister on my lip.<\/p>\n

So I’m giving Abreva 4 clams. \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

I would give it 5, but the tube is quite expensive and very easy to misplace, because it is so tiny. <\/p>\n

But if you, like me, suffer from cold sores – Abreva is a must have remedy for your medicine cabinet.<\/em> But be smarter than I was… buy it at Amazon for less<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a completely non-Christmasy post. It is about cold sores. Or, rather, a remedy for them. I am one of the chosen ones. The ones special enough to carry the virus that blesses us with an outbreak of fever blisters or cold sores at least once a year. I’ve enjoyed this blessing since I … Continue reading Something that works<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23,24,72],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviewsrecommendations","tag-disease","tag-health","tag-medicine","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}