For example, if an infected person kisses someone, the virus can enter from the infected person's cold sore into the other person's mucous membranes (the thin layer covering the lips or mouth).

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

Part of the mint family, lemon balm is also known to have antiviral properties and help in curing cold sores. Though ice may not reduce the duration of a cold sore outbreak, it can ease the ...

THE herpes simplex virus type 1 is best known as the villain behind the dreaded cold sore. When it’s not triggering eruptions of ugly crusty sores on the mouth, it takes refuge in the bundle of ...

Infiltrating the nervous system is actually quite on-brand for herpesviruses. We know that HSV-1 first infects mucosal ...

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about using ivermectin to treat scabies.

A young woman has gone viral with a cautionary tale about the spread of cold sores, sharing her painful ... as painful blisters around the lips and mouth, often accompanied by burning sensations ...

The first causes cold sores and fever blisters on the mouth, and is thought to be responsible for most cases of genital herpes in the UK. HSV-2 is most commonly associated with genital herpes alone.

One in five of us suffer with cold sores, or 'coleslaws' as spluttering children call them. They are created by herpes simplex, a virus that sits quietly in nerves around the mouth, only gracing ...

We know that HSV-1 first infects mucosal membranes around the mouth (hence the cold sores) or genitals before effectively setting up camp in clusters of nerve cells called peripheral ganglia.