National News Briefs; A 3d Herpes Drug To Suppress Symptoms

Researchers Offer Hope for a Genital Herpes Vaccine for Women
American researchers reported that tests of a vaccine for genital herpes appeared to offer hope that it might be successful in women.
Genital Herpes Declined 17%, Surveys Show
The prevalence of genital herpes has declined significantly in this country in recent years, health officials said, but syphilis cases continue to rise... read more

What is Oral & Genital Herpes?

There are two types of herpes infections, oral herpes and genital herpes; both are contagious. The most insidious fact about herpes is that it can be an invisible virus;?it is possible for a person to have and to spread either type of herpes virus and not even know that he or she has herpes.
There is no known cure for either type of herpes; it is permanent, but not always active. A person with oral herpes or genital herpes may have one or several outbreaks in his or her life...read more

Cold Sore Remedy To Help Prevent An Outbreak

How many times have you felt that tingling feeling on the side of your lip, and knew what was coming? That's right, another cold sore is forming.
So, you wait for the sore to turn red and start to puff out and then water fills it out even more. Yikes, what a miserable feeling. Yet for those who suffer from the herpes simplex virus, that is reality.
Is there a cold sore remedy that will help? Here's a look at some of the more popular ones...read more

Herpes Cure? What's That?

The herpes virus has been tormenting the world since time immemorial. It is indeed a scourge as it has no known herpes cure. Becuase herpes withdraws and hides in the nerves between outbreaks (it then lies dormant), it is virtually impossible for your body to fight it.
We know there is no herpes cure available, there are medications that can help suppress the herpes virus and also natural creams and lotions that will kill the virus on contact...read more

Cold Sore Treatments You Need To Know

Cold sore treatments are essentially categorized into two broad groups, over-the-counter (OTC) medications and creams, and home cold sore remedies. In this article, we will look at OTC medications as well as home remedies for cold sores available for our use.
As mentioned, such a form of cold sore treatment is primarily intended to alleviate the pain, itchiness and discomfort to the sufferer. There are others that have antiviral and antibiotic properties that inhibit the cold sore lesion development and accelerate the healing process...read more

All about eczema

There are many skin problems that can affect us and eczema is one of them. The severity of this condition can vary from a type of eczema to another and from person to person. This word, eczema come from Greek and can be translated as to boil. This skin condition, eczema can look very ugly, but a good thing to know about is it is that eczema is not contagious.
Like in any disease, eczema has its symptoms as well. The main eczema symptoms are a red, dry and inflamated skin. The main characteristic of eczema is itching. In the areas affected by eczema you can also see small blisters, filled with fluid that can become crusted in time...read more

What causes chickenpox ?

How much do you know about the chickenpox?
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease, caused by a virus which belongs to the herpes family. This virus is known as varicella-zoster virus and also as the Herpes Zoster virus. Not only chickenpox is produced by it but shingles is too.

Chickenpox occurs mostly during the end of the winter and the beginning of the spring. It generally affects children aged from 2 to 8 and can take the form of epidemics...read more