herpes virus

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Lysine to the Rescue!

L. Jenkinson @MarymargII (12422) • Toronto, Ontario 20 Jul 19

I've always known that L'Lysine is an amino acid that can help with the problem of mouth sores as in canker sores, and even cold sores. It is a supplement that prevents the herpes simplex virus from growing. I worked in a...

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Can You Really Catch Diseases From Public Toilet Seats?

villageanne @villageanne (8553) • United States 27 Feb 08

I can still hear my mother telling me "Do not sit on the toilet seat. You must hold yourself up. You can get diseases off them." I even told my children that same thing. I would go into the stall with them and hold them up so they...

infectious diseases

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Hypercoagulation

CatEyes @CatEyes (2448) • United States 8 Mar 07

I know this is long, but it is important to know. I have this and it can cause a lot of painful issues as well as life threatening ones too. Please read and let me know what you think and if you have this. What do you...

hypercoagulation

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Did you know that eczema could possibly be not just eczema?

Willowlady @Willowlady (10657) • United States 1 Mar 07

When Eczema is Not Eczema Living with eczema (dermatitis) is its own special torture. In many people, the chronic skin condition causes nearly incessant itching along with its telltale unsightly red or sometimes brown-colored...

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Aloe for cold sores...

GnosticGoddess @GnosticGoddess (5626) • United States 31 Jan 07

I don't know how many of you all suffer from cold sores - but I certainly do. I wanted to share a little something I found out a few years ago. Aloe works better on cold sores/fever blisters than ANYTHING I've ever tried...

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Help! My son is sick!

MAAluv @MAAluv (39) • United States 29 Jan 07

My son, Xavier, is 2 yrs old. He hasn't been sick before now. Well yesterday, he came back from his fathers and it was only a moment before I noticed he was not well. I fgured he was still a little under the weather since he...

Canker sore

michael28 @michael28 (58) • United States 25 Sep 06

Small and out-of-sight, but painful, persistent and annoying. That's what canker sores, also called aphthous ulcers (aphthae), are for people who experience them. These shallow ulcers in your mouth can make eating and talking...

also called aphthous ulcers aphthae

and at the base of your gums

inside your cheeks or lips

on your soft palate

persistent and annoying thats what canker sores

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Cold sore

michael28 @michael28 (58) • United States 25 Sep 06

The scenario is all too familiar: You feel a tingling on your lip and a small, hard spot that you can't yet see. Sure enough, in a day or...

and theres no way to hide it or make it go away q

hard spot that you cant yet see sure enough

in a day or two

probably happening at a bad time

red blisters appear on your lip its another cold

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