Your close friend has been talking about her cousin who has been suffering from fever blisters. You have been told of the horror that come with having it and that even if it can come as just one small blister, the discomfort and the pain that come with it is more than just having one of those. You definitely would not want to have that. Your friend keeps asking you, "How do I get a fever blister?" Not that she wants to but she is afraid that it could happen to her too.

First off, you should know that a fever blister is also known as a cold sore. It is a lesion that usually erupts on your face-especially around the area of the lips and the mouth. Although it is also known as a cold sore, its medical term really is recurrent herpes liabialis.

The thing that you should be asking yourself if you would like to know how do you get a fever blister is if you have had a herpes infection previously. See, this skin condition is caused by the herpes simplex virus. There are two types of these and these are the HSV 1 and the HSV 2. The former is the most common cause of fever blisters.

If your friend thinks that being around her cousin is going to get her having the same condition because she was exposed to the germs or the virus, that does not necessarily have to be the case. See, you get fever blisters when you already have had the virus in your body. If you have had a herpes infection before, then it is much likely that you can get the condition in the future. What happens is that the virus lies dormant inside your body and when triggered, that is when the fever blisters come to life. If you are unsure if you have the virus already in your body, you can ask your parents if you have had the infection when you were a little kid.

So the next time that somebody asks you "How do I get a fever blister?", you should be able to answer them now. You can be specific about how it happens or you can just tell them that being around someone who has the condition is not likely going to be the cause of him (or her) getting the same thing.