Fever Blister

Resource for Genital Herpes Learn The Facts Here

2007-02-09T05:07:00.000-08:00

Genital Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease usually causedby the HSV-2 virus. The blisters appear on the genital area,vaginal area, penis, anal opening, and on the buttocks orthighs.

The symptoms of genital herpes include a feeling ofitching or burning in the genital area, pain in the legs orbuttocks. In case of women, there is a fluid discharge from thevagina.

Resource for Genital Herpes Learn the Facts Here

New Choraphor Herpes Site In Swedish

2006-07-03T03:35:00.000-07:00

New Dynamiclear Site in Swedish..

Some excerpts...

...Dynamiclear - En Unik Herpes Behandling Dynamiclear fungerar mycket olikt de flesta andra herpes produkter. De flesta herpes mediciner agerar för att "trycka ner" viruset för att kunna reducera utbrotten (de attackerar inte viruset och förstör det direkt)....

...Dynamiclear trycker INTE ner herpes viruset, dynamiclear förstör viruset vid direkt kontakt. Eftersom Dynamiclear inte tas invärtes så undviks skadliga bi-effekter....

Herpes Site in Swedish Dynamiclear.se

Hope For Millions Of Cold Sores Sufferers

2006-06-19T02:31:00.000-07:00

...new technology in a lip stick like device means hope for millions of cold sores sufferers. It is based on the principle of concentrated heat...

...Within a short time, painful vesicles, followed by thick crusts spread over the lips. Almost 90% of our countries population are victims of this – once infected...

...Stress, low immune system, sun exposure or fever – therefore sometimes it is also called “fever blisters”. Menstruation...

Hope For Millions Of Cold Sores Sufferers

Docosanol - Learn More

2006-04-27T03:39:00.000-07:00

Docosanol 10% cream is a topical treatment for recurrent herpes simplex labialis episodes (episodes of cold sores or fever blisters).

A saturated 22-carbon aliphatic alcohol, Docosanol exhibits antiviral activity against many lipid enveloped viruses including herpes simplex virus (HSV).

Docosanol inhibits fusion between the plasma membrane and the herpes simplex virus (HSV) envelope, thereby preventing viral entry into cells and subsequent viral replication.

Abreva is the brand name of a cream containing 10% Docosanol. Abreva is the first over the counter anti-viral drug approved for sale in the United States.

Herpangina Same As Fever Blisters ?

2006-03-31T02:25:00.000-08:00

...A mouth filled with painful blisters…This common infection can make kids miserable for the better part of a week..

...This illness starts abruptly, usually with a fever. Often the fever is high (103–104°F). Occasionally, children lose their sparkle (and appetite) a few hours before the fever begins. The mouth sores usually begin at the same time as the fever or shortly afterward....

Herpangina Same As Fever Blisters ?

Cold Sore, (Fever Blisers) Shingles Caused By Similar Viruses

2006-03-30T01:32:00.000-08:00

...They are both caused by a herpes virus, but not the same one. The herpes group of viruses includes herpes simplex, the type that causes cold sores (also known as fever blisters), and varicella zoster, the type...

...Although not a disease that is exclusive to older adults, people over 60 are twice as likely as younger individuals to come down with shingles. Like the varicella virus, infection with the herpes simplex virus usually occurs early in life..

...Cold sores (Fever Blisters) are impossible to cure or prevent, and so treatment usually focuses on limiting the discomfort they cause and on decreasing the duration of the outbreak. The most common treatment is the use of...

Cold Sore, (Fever Blisers) Shingles Caused By Similar Viruses

Fighting Fever Blisters

2006-03-15T01:08:00.000-08:00

... I get fever blisters sometimes, usually at the worst possible time. Please tell me what ointment is best?...

...Forget looks! Cold sores hurt and create tingling, blistering and itching.

Experts say that certain substances trigger lip viruses, particularly foods high in the amino acid arginine, such as brown rice, coconut, oatmeal, raisins, nuts, chocolate and caffeine...

A different amino acid called lysine can be used to prevent them. It is sold as a dietary supplement....

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Can We Talk About Herpes? Again.

2006-03-14T23:46:00.000-08:00

...Historically, herpes simplex 1 has been associated with cold sores or fever blisterson the mouth and lips...

...Despite the onslaught of posters, TV commercials, public health officers and celebrities promoting safe sex over the last 20 years, rates of many sexual transmitted diseases in United States have been steadily rising.

Even though about 20 percent of Americans have genital herpes, an estimated 90 percent of people infected with the virus don't realize that they have it...

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Shingles Vaccine

2006-02-27T23:06:00.000-08:00

...Shingles (herpes zoster) is an illness caused by a reactivation of the chicken pox virus (varicella)....

...About 4 or 5 days later, clusters of blister-like lesions break out in the same area as the pain. The blisters fill with pus and crust over in 7 to 10 days.

The scabs fall off 2 to 3 weeks later. In some cases, the lesions may leave scars...

...The study enrolled 38,546 healthy adults 60 and older. The study participants were randomized to receive either the experimental vaccine or a placebo.

After about a three-year follow-up, the researchers found the incidence of shingles was reduced by 51.3 percent in those who received...

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Different Herpes Viruses

2006-01-13T03:56:00.000-08:00

Herpes viruses

- 6 viruses; eachproduces a mild illness upon entering the body; the virus then lies latent within the host genome, awaiting reactivation, for the rest of the person's life

- herpes simplex 1
- usually contracted by getting kissed, as a baby

- a majority of adults have the virus, though most never become sick or suffer only fever blisters

- the virus climbs sensory nerves and hides in nervous tissue

- cold sore, fever blister, sun blister

- the virus can also cause generalized severe vesicular eruptions of the skin; also herpes ulcers of the cornea, or even necrosis of the temporal lobes of the brain

- pathologists recognize typical herpes cells in sections or touch preparations ; the nucleus loses its texture and becomes pale and swollen

- herpes simplex 2

- this virus is usually contracted through sexual contact, and produces painful, recurrent blisters on the genitals; pathology is identical to HSV-I;

- if present in the birth canal, then the newborn will contract the virus during delivery

- this is deadly, ceasarean section is indicated

- herpes necrotizing encephalitis is almost always due to type I herpes, but many patients experience viral meningitis during the first episode of herpes 2

- human herpes 6
- can cause disease by itself, and blamed for accellerating the course of HIV
- invades B lymphocytes

Kissing Ban with Fever Blister

2005-12-29T07:12:00.000-08:00

In ancient Rome, an epidemic of fever blisters prompted Emperor Tiberius to ban kissing in public ceremonies.

Today fever blisters still occur in epidemic proportions. About 100 million episodes of recurrent fever blisters occur yearly in the United States alone. An estimated 45 to 80 percent of adults and children in this country have had at least one bout with the blisters.

Help Is On The Way For Shingles Sufferers

2005-12-28T03:36:00.000-08:00

...Many years ago her husband had shingles, right in his eye. "I remember the excruciating pain he had. I remember him sitting on the couch screaming, 'There's something in my eye, you've got to get it out!' He thought it was a piece of metal."..

...The shingles virus is actually chickenpox, technically known as herpes zoster. It often lies dormant in the body for years.

As people get older and their immune system weakens, the virus can become activated, traveling along a nerve to the skin, where it causes a blistery rash....

...There are as many as 600,000 cases a year in the U.S. Often the first sign is just pain. That's why people who get shingles on their chest sometimes worry that the jabbing, aching pain means...

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Hidden Facts About Herpes

2005-12-28T03:28:00.000-08:00

...Q: Is it possible to have genital herpes without knowing it?..

A: Yes. In fact, many people who have genital herpes don't realize they have it.

This sexually transmitted disease can cause small, painful sores in the genital area. Some people also have fever, itching, burning and trouble urinating...

...A typical outbreak begins with swelling, followed after a few days by a small cluster of blisters that break open, spilling fluid onto the skin, leaving often-painful ulcers that eventually crust over and heal. Another possible symptom is difficulty urinating...

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New Vaccine Prevents Herpes In Women

2005-12-15T23:40:00.000-08:00

....A new vaccine prevented genital herpes in more than 70 percent of women who were previously uninfected with either the oral or genital herpes virus, researchers announced Wednesday....

...People have been trying to make a herpes vaccine without success for more than 60 years," said lead author of the paper, Lawrence Stanberry, who is chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. "This is the first one to prove effective....

...The paper's authors said it was not clear why the vaccine is effective in women but not men. They said it might have to do with how the virus enters the body, which is thought to be different for men and women...

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Ways To Fight Cold Sores And Fever Blisters

2005-12-09T01:22:00.000-08:00

....They're ugly and painful and they always come at the worst time. Cold sores or fever blisters, as they sometimes called, are very common....

...Sandroff says a number of products can help control the pain of a cold sore. "They numb it, but they don't really reduce ...

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The Cold Sore War

2005-12-01T00:34:00.000-08:00

Herpes simplex virus lies dormant, then strikes when you least expect it

...They're called cold sores or fever blisters, but can pop up without the cold or the fever. Unfortunately for those prone to these unsightly blisters,....

...The cold sores are reactivated during times of stress or illness or suppression of the immune system," she said. "People who carry the virus...

...Hazel recommends knowing what your triggers are. "Use lip balm with sunscreen if light seems to be an issue," she said. "Learn to cope with stress and take care ...

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The Incurable Sex Scourge Of The Mid-1970s Now Afflicts One In Five U.S. Adults And Teenagers

2005-11-18T03:29:00.000-08:00

.....Every morning as Larry Lake showers, he checks his genitals for evidence of herpes. A single, forty-six-yearold mechanical engineer in Houston, he hasn’t had an outbreak for more than a year, and the pinprick-sized red blisters he occasionally finds on the shaft of his...

....Unlike AIDS, genital herpes (a cousin of the virus that causes cold sores, or fever blisters, on the mouth) is not usually life-threatening to adults with intact immune systems. But it can be physically painful, and sometimes those who have it feel stigmatized....

...Further complicating matters, until recently, only one specialized test could distinguish between herpes simplex type 2 and its oral fever blister cousin, type 1 (which infects about 75 percent of the adult American population, or about 157 million people). That first test...

...For much of its history, it was held partly in check by herpes simplex type 1, its fever blister cousin. That virus, long a widespread pediatric infection, spawns antibodies, or immune defenses, that cross-react with (and therefore offer some protection against)...

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Herpes - Fever Blister - Cleansing Oil - Product Review

2005-11-17T04:16:00.000-08:00

Herpes - Cleansing Oil 0.3381 FL.OZ; 10ml

Ingredients: Purified essential oils of Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Alpha-Lupaline (Oil of Lupinus albus in oil of Triticum vulgare), Lemon Balm (Melisa officinalis), Geranium Bourbon (Pelargoneum graveolens), Lemon (Citrus limonum) and Sandalwood (Santalum album), in purified oils of Jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) and Eucalyptus Lemon (Eucalyptus citriodora).

"For the past two years I have used the Herpes product and, in my experience, it is more effective than the other treatments I have tried." - Richard Herman, Ph.D. Redmond, WA

"I want to thank you for your herpes/cold sore oil. When I first feel the burning and tingling your oil is the best in controlling and healing my sore.

I have had these all my life and have tried many products, but yours is the best on the market today. Thank you for this product. I would recommend it to everyone I know that has cold sores." Andrea, Tx

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Microbiologist Stopped Her Fever Blisters

2005-11-16T00:06:00.000-08:00

....Unsightly and painful herpesvirus lesions plagued her for much of her life and even threatened to ruin her wedding until Dr Hibbeln offered a simple solution...

...."I prayed so long that I wouldn't be a bride with fever blisters," says Mary X. "Just visualize a bride coming down the aisle with multiple blisters all over her mouth; it's a horrible thing that a girl has to live in fear of if she's got herpes."....

....During one outbreak at college, Mary became so upset over her condition that the doctor at the campus infirmary prescribed a relaxant. "I took it at the hospital," she remembers. "I had a chemistry final that day, and as I walked to class, I began to feel wonderful. I remember clearly hearing the birds singing....

...."I was sitting there with my son," she says, "and Dr. Hibbeln looked at me and said, `Well, well, well. It looks to me like you're the one that needs help.' I was suffering from one of the worst fever blister outbreaks of my life. I could barely talk. I told him...

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Garlic, Essential Fatty Acids, Lactoferrin, Melissa officinalis, Olive Leaf Extract..and Fever Blister

2005-11-14T07:12:00.000-08:00

....When herpes viruses invade a cell, they cast off the protein coats surrounding their DNA. This DNA is then incorporated into the host's genetic material inside the nucleus.

Whenever the host cell transcribes that portion of its own DNA, that now contains the newly incorporated viral DNA, it also transcribes all of the components necessary to recreate multiple copies of new herpes viruses....

...Garlic ( Allium sativum ) has substantial antiviral activity. Metabolites of garlic demonstrated antiviral strength as follows: ajoene > allicin > allyl methyl thiosulfinate > methyl allyl thiosulfinate.

Ajoene was found in oil-macerates of garlic, but not in fresh garlic extracts. Fresh garlic extract, in which thiosulfinates are the active components, was virucidal against every virus tested, including HSV-1 and -2.....

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Garlic's Smelly Gene Against Fever Blisters

2005-11-11T03:07:00.000-08:00

...Latter-day societies have embraced it as a one-clove-fits-all panacea against less exalted afflictions, ranging from fungal infection and coughs to fever blisters and genital herpes...

...Now, an Italian geneticist with a nose for a pungent research project, says he may have found the key to preserving garlic's salubrious properties -- without all the stink.....

....The professor also says laboratory testing conducted by his team showed that other components in garlic may be just as effective in fighting bacteria and infection as allicin -- and more importantly, these alternatives don't smell...

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What the Patient Can Do? Fever Blister Treatment

2005-11-09T04:45:00.000-08:00

If fever blisters erupt, they should be kept clean and dry to prevent bacterial infections.

A soft, bland diet is recommended to avoid irritating the sores and surrounding sensitive areas.

Care should be taken to refrain from touching the sores and spreading the virus to new sites, such as the eyes and genitals.

To prevent infecting others, kissing should be avoided as well as touching the sores and then touching others.

Little information exists on ways to prevent recurrences of fever blisters.

People who develop fever blisters after sun exposure might try to minimize sun exposure by avoidance or by the use of sun shields and/or hats or sun blocking agents.

People who develop recurrences in response to stress should attempt to minimize exposure to stressful situations.

Changes in diet by the elimination of rich foods such as nuts, chocolates, seeds or gelatin or by the addition of lysine have been advocated by some investigators.

However, none of the above measures has yet proven effective in controlled studies.

Herpes Treatments And Vaccines Chart

2005-11-07T23:02:00.000-08:00

Compare Oral and Topical Herpes Treatments

The *review is based on information such as efficacy, **price, application, side-effects, safety, availability and other important factors.

Read The Complete Review Here

Here's a link to a summary chart which organizes the various herpes treatments and vaccines that are being researched.

View or Download Here (pdf-format)

Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Stories

2005-11-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

....About 8 years ago, I had a kidney infection. My Dr. prescribed Bactrim. After taking it for about 2-3 days I started to develop fever blisters in my nose and mouth. Since I get them occasionally I did not even think about it. ....

Read More Here

The Stevens Johnson Syndrome Foundation (Julie Foundation for allergic drug reactions) is a non-profit organization.

The purpose of the foundation is to provide the public and medical communities with information on adverse allergic drug reactions.

Publication - "Canker Sores and Fever Blisters"

2005-11-01T03:39:00.000-08:00

Fever blisters, also called cold sores, usually occur outside the mouth--on the lips, chin, cheeks or in the nostrils.

When fever blisters do occur inside the mouth, it is usually on the gums or the roof of the mouth.

Inside the mouth, fever blisters are smaller than canker sores, heal more quickly, and often begin as a blister.

Fever blisters have plagued mankind for thousands of years.

Scientists at the National Institute of Dental Research, one of the federal government's National Institutes of Health, are seeking ways to better control and ultimately prevent these and other oral disorders.

In the publication "Canker Sores and Fever Blisters" you can read about:

Fever Blisters What causes fever blisters?
What causes a recurrence of fever blisters?
What are the treatments for fever blisters?
Is there a vaccine for fever blisters What can the patient do?
What research is being done?

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