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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
A [[systematic review of]] treatment options is available.<ref name="pmid18541820">{{cite journal| author=Cernik C, Gallina K, Brodell RT| title=The treatment of herpes simplex infections: an evidence-based review. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 168 | issue= 11 | pages= 1137-44 | pmid=18541820 | doi=10.1001/archinte.168.11.1137 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18541820  }} </ref>
A [[systematic review]] of treatment options is available.<ref name="pmid18541820">{{cite journal| author=Cernik C, Gallina K, Brodell RT| title=The treatment of herpes simplex infections: an evidence-based review. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2008 | volume= 168 | issue= 11 | pages= 1137-44 | pmid=18541820 | doi=10.1001/archinte.168.11.1137 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18541820  }} </ref>


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Revision as of 15:03, 1 November 2010

In medicine, Herpes labialis is a herpes simplex infection, caused by type 1 virus, primarily spread by oral secretions and usually occurring as a concomitant of fever. It may also develop in the absence of fever or prior illness. It commonly involves the facial region, especially the lips and the nares.[1]

Cold sores are most commonly caused by Human herpesvirus 1 and are ubiquitous in distribution in human populations. Here, the vesicles have crusted over and begun to heal.

Treatment

A systematic review of treatment options is available.[2]

References