Monday, September 3, 2007

Natural Cold Sore Prevention

By Brian Kowalczyk Natural cold sore prevention is important because cold sores or fever blisters are a pain on the lips and outer edges of the mouth. Cold sores are usually caused by the herpes virus that has been lying dormant in your body. There are many reasons for this virus to trigger a cold sore. There is no cure for a cold sore. However, there are ways to reduce the severity and frequency of cold sores. read more

Home Remedy for Cold Sore

By Danish Adrian Home remedy for cold sore is popular now, because people experiences that home remedy for cold sore more helpful and speed to relieve the symptoms and prevent the recurrent outbreaks.
There are some home remedies for cold sore that can help you to relieve the symptoms of cold sore and prevent the recurrent outbreaks . These home remedy for cold sore below shows some ways people around the world used for the treatments of cold sores...... : read more

Antiviral Drugs For Herpes Treatment

The major drugs developed to work against herpes simplex virus (HSV) are antiviral agents called nucleosides and nucleotide analogues, which block viral reproduction. They include acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex), famciclovir (Famvir)......
read more

Facts About Cold Sores

Cold sores are unsightly, contagious and very painful sores, normally occurring on the edge of the lip or nose.

Cold sores are created by the replication process of the herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2. Current studies show that about 77% of cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex type 1 and about 23% by the type 2 version of this simplex virus. For the most part, cold sores caused by either type of the herpes virus are identical. They both look the same, hurt the same, are just as contagious, and last about the same amount of weeks......

read more

Cold Sores

Why, you wonder, does the Cold Sores have to happen to me ? Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. It’s likely that some relative of yours infected you when you were a child by kissing you at a time when their herpes simplex was infectious. The virus went right into your mouth and sought a hospitable host cell that would let the virus move right in. The virus then “ordered” the DNA in its host cell to make lots more viruses exactly like it. For most of the time, these viruses are homebodies. They stay put, but from time to time the virus family likes to take a little trip down the nerve highways until it reaches the skin surface. When this happens, you start to feel that awful tingling sensation that signals the start of another cold sore. What can you do about it ?.. Keep The Cold Sore Clean And Dry...... read more

AMA report: Herpes being misdiagnosed as hemorrhoids


The American Medical Association stunned the nation today with the release of a report deriding doctors for purposely misdiagnosing anal herpes as hemorrhoids. The report estimates that nearly two-thirds of the painful rectal sores are in fact due to sexual activity the patients are reluctant to admit......
read more