If this is your first outbreak, it's the worse. If you have a weaken immune system then, you could have frequent and severe outbreaks. Besides antiviral drugs 24/7 to reduce the viral shedding, you could try: L-lysine, probiotics and/or adrene vive (New Chapter has stress advantage) to improve the immune system. I found using all of these finally got my outbreaks under control.
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