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My son developed a coldsore over night can it be treated with earwax?
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Ear wax?: There is a folk remedy which suggests putting ear wax on cold sores. There was a study published in 1995 that looked at this question. They found that 25% of the wax did have antiviral properties (cold sores are from a virus). Not sure how you know if your wax has those properties. Here's the link: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed?Term=cerumen%20herpes%20simplex.
Answered 12/29/2014
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