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Why is it i feel so sick when i get a cold sore (s)?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Benjamin Lerner answered

Specializes in Vascular Surgery

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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