Fever blisters, cold sores, I don’t care what you call them, I hate them. They hurt, are annoying, and most important, embarrassing. If you suffer from them, I know what you are going through. I found out that I had come in contact with the herpes simplex 1 virus when I was a young child. This is not an uncommon event, as you may already know. I could have contracted it with something so simple as sharing a soda with another child. My embarrassment was magnified due to the fact that I not only got cold sores very frequently, but mine also lasted longer than the average persons. This has led me to trying every oral herpes treatment imaginable.