Cold Sores ... Not a Trivial Matter

Or What Do you Think?

.....Each year, 150 million people in the United States (one-third of the population) suffer from the pain and embarrassment of cold sores. With a total of 380 million outbreaks annually nationwide, the average cold sore sufferer will have two to six outbreaks, lasting approximately seven to 10 days each.

In the United States alone, more than $1 billion is spent every year on both over-the- counter (OTC) and prescription (Rx) treatments to help bring relief to this growing epidemic..

....The human herpes viruses affect more than 90 percent of the world's six billion inhabitants. While there are likely numerous variants, eight are known to infect man. Of these, the three that infect the skin and/or mucous membranes and become latent in the nervous system are perhaps the best known.

These three are herpes simplex virus - type 1 (HSV-1 - the cold sore virus), herpes simplex virus, type 2 (HSV-2 - the genital herpes virus), and Varicella zoster virus (VZV - the chicken pox and shingles virus).....

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