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Why is it i feel so sick when i get a cold sore (s)?
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Other way around: Your illness may be decreasing your immune response, reactivating your cold sores.
Answered 3/31/2013
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It is not cold sore: Your sickness is not due to cold sore but because you get sick the cold sore appear, due to your immune system being compromised.
Answered 10/18/2020
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