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My child has a cold sore, so what can i do to help him ?
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Reassurance: Not much. Tell them it will go away within 7-10 days, but might come back occasionally. Applying acycovir cream is of little help, except in reducing transmissability but may foster resistance of the strain of herpes your child has.
Answered 9/28/2016
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