Oral herpes is an infec-

tion of the lips, mouth,

or gums due to the her-

pes simplex virus. It

causes small, painful

blisters commonly

called cold sores or fe-

ver blisters. Oral herpes

is also called herpes

labialis.

A minor case of herpes labialis (cold sores).

What is a Cold Sore?

Symptoms

The symptoms of a cold sore are usually a fever, sore throat,

swollen lymph nodes, drooling (in a small child), and of course

small, painful blisters.

February 18, 2013 Cold Sores

Cold Sores

Special points of

interest:

What is a Cold

Sore?

Symptoms

How do they

test for it?

How is it

treated?

Statistics

More Informa-

tion?

Inside this issue:

How’s it tested? 2

How is it treated? 2

Statistics 2

More Information 3

Cold sores is diag-

nosed by different

tests such as the

"Viral Culture"

test this is when a

sore is swabbed

and tested. An-

other is "Virus

Antigen Detec-

tion" test this

when cells are

scrapped off a

sore and put on a

microscope slide.

The last test is a

blood test is when

they draw your

blood and find an-

tibodies fighting

the herpes virus.

About 70% of adults have cold sores. HSV-1 causes

25%-50% of genital herpes infections.

How do they test for it?

Statistics

How is it treated?

This disease can not be cured but can be treated with

different medications; Valtrex, Viractin, and Zovirax

cream. (Check back of Magazine for Pictures)

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Cold Sores

Cold Sores can be embarrass-

ing. And make you feel inse-

cure,.

Some cases of Herpes Labi-

alis are severe as shown

above.

For more information contact a dermatologist.

More Information?

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