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                        Aaron...I don't know about the sun causing fever blisters, but they do seem to have periods of remission and then return.  My husband gets them when he is stressed.  A daily dose of L-Lysine is supposed to be great to keep them suppressed.  Also, there is supposedly a lemon balm cream which you can apply to the sores to heal them quickly and eliminate some return (?)