My two week old neice has been diagnosed with oral herpes she received from her mothers open cold sore. Currently in hospital and very ill. Myself and my family including small children have not seen her but would love to do so.
Oral herpes, also known as cold sores or Herpes Labialis. affects millions of people all over the world. This article takes a look exactly what a cold sore is, why we get them and how to deal with them.
A cold sore is the common term for Oral
Herpes which is caused
by the virus Herpes Simplex 1.
It has nothing to do with having a
cold although there are certain similarities between a common
cold and Herpes Simplex 1:
The symptoms of Oral Herpes are a rash around the mouth area. This rash
will turn into blisters and these will then become a dry scab. The
symptoms usually last less than a week. The common name for Oral Herpes is cold sores.
Oral Herpes is also known as cold sores. Although it is not
a side effect of having a cold as the name may suggest, it
does give an idea of how common it is and how difficult it
is to prevent, just like a common cold. This article describes methods and techniques to minimize cold sore outbreaks.