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Cold sores
Cold sores: Introduction
Small, painful, fluid-filled blisters that occur on the skin, mouth or nose and especially on the lips. Pain and tingling is often felt a day or two prior to the blisters occurring. Cold sores are very common. They are caused by the herpes simplex virus and are contagious.
Symptoms of Cold sores
- No symptoms - up to 90% of cases are asymptomatic and subclinical; latent phase also has no symptoms.
- Lip ulcers
- Mouth ulcers
- Genital ulcers - rarely
- Corneal ulcers
- more symptoms...»
See full list of 8 symptoms of Cold sores
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Cold sores
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Cold sores?
- Misdiagnosis of Cold sores
- Failure to diagnose Cold sores
- Hidden causes of Cold sores (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Undiagnosed: Cold sores
Cold sores: Medical Mistakes
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Cold sores: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Cold sores
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Cold sores: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Cold sores
Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Cold sores:
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Cold sores, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Causes of Cold sores
- Herpes virus
- Herpes Simplex virus type 1
- SCID - cold sores
- more causes...»
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More information about causes of Cold sores:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Cold sores (5 listings)
- Underlying causes of Cold sores
- Cold sores as a symptom
Treatments for Cold sores
- Topical creams
- Acyclovir (Zovirax)
- more treatments...»
Read more about treatments for Cold sores
Latest Treatments for Cold sores
- Cool moist dressings
- Domeboro dressings
- Burow's dressings
- Acyclovir
- Penciclovir
- more treatments...»
See full list of 11 latest treatments for Cold sores
News Archives for Cold sores
Medical news articles related to Cold sores include:
- New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus
- Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus
- Oral Yogurt 'Vaccine' Could Blunt Ouch Factor
- Health Tip: Tobacco and Oral Health
- Winter's Cold, Summer's Heat Take a Toll
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cold sores
Medical research articles related to Cold sores include:
- Does oral aciclovir improve clinical outcome in immunocompetent children with primary herpes simplex gingivotomatitis?
- Interventions for the prevention and treatment of herpes simplex virus in patients being treated for cancer
- Is there any evidence for vitamin, herbal or other supplements to help prevent cold sores, particularly lysine?
- Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-Suppressive Therapy Decreases Plasma and Genital HIV-1 Levels in HSV-2/HIV-1 Coinfected Women
- Ocular herpes simplex
- In patients with recurrent herpetic cold sores, is there any good evidence that treatment with narrow waveband light is superior to topical aciclovir or placebo?
- Third trimester antiviral prophylaxis for preventing maternal genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) recurrences and neonatal infection
- Effect of aciclovir on HIV-1 acquisition in herpes simplex virus 2 seropositive women and men who have sex with men: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
Videos for Cold sores
How to Deal with Herpes
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Cold and Flu Smarts for Kids
Adults may already know the new ways to avoid catching and spreading the flu. But you may need to teach these behaviors to kids. Listen to an...
Cold and Allergy
When you have watery eyes, a runny nose, congestion and sneezing, how can you tell if it's a cold or an allergy? Find out the difference and the...
Flu Prevention
Our parents told us to cover our mouths when we cough. But that might not be the best strategy for flu prevention. Listen to an infection control...
Patient Surveys for Cold sores
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Prognosis for Cold sores
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Statistics for Cold sores
- Medical statistics for Cold sores
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Cold sores
- Death and Mortality statistics for Cold sores
- Society statistics for Cold sores
Cold sores: Broader Related Topics
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- lip rash/irritation NOT caused by herpes.. not a cold sore
- Diagnosed with HSV-2 after trip to Asia
- one single sore spot
- I'm Cold.
- cold sensetive = rash
- Freezing cold?
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Definitions of Cold sores:
Caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
- Cold sores
- What is Cold sores?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Cold sores
- Prevalence and Incidence of Cold sores
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- Prognosis of Cold sores
- Causes of Cold sores
- Risk Factors for Cold sores
- Symptoms of Cold sores
- Diagnostic Tests for Cold sores
- Diagnosis of Cold sores
- Signs of Cold sores
- Misdiagnosis of Cold sores
- Undiagnosed Cold sores
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Cold sores
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Cold sores
- Contagious: Cold sores
- Treatments for Cold sores
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Cold sores
- Cure Research for Cold sores
- Statistics about Cold sores
- Statistics by Country for Cold sores
- Medical News Summaries About Cold sores
- Hospital Statistics for Cold sores
- Books about Cold sores
- Articles about Cold sores
- Glossary for Cold sores
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- ORAL OR LINGUAL MASS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Mouth lesions (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Genital herpes (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Herpes simplex (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Common cold (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Stomatitis and other oral infections (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Cold injuries (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Mouth lesions (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Cold intolerance (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Herpes simplex (Handbook of Diseases)
- Common cold (Handbook of Diseases)
- Stomatitis and other oral infections (Handbook of Diseases)
- Cold injuries (Handbook of Diseases)
- Mouth lesions (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Mouth lesions (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- ORAL OR LINGUAL MASS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Do not use oral polio vaccine (OPV) in patients or patients whose contacts have immunosuppression (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Herpes Simplex Virus (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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