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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.
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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 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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