What is herpes?

Herpes is any of several infections caused by the herpes simplex virus.  Herpes infections are characterized by painful blisters on the skin or a mucous membrane and are highly contagious. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease.

According to Wikipedia, “Herpes is contagious if the carrier is producing and shedding the virus. This is especially likely during an outbreak but is possible at other times. There is no cure yet, but there are treatments which reduce the likelihood of viral shedding.”

Question: Is There A Cure For Herpes?

Answer: According to About.com, “Right now genital herpes and oral herpes are only treatable, not curable. But a July 2008 letter to the editor that appeared in Nature suggests that that may not always be the case.”

“One of the reasons that herpes infections are difficult to treat effectively is that the virus hides in the cells of the nervous system between outbreaks. Once you have it, it’s always with you.  During these times, when the infection is latent, the virus becomes effectively invisible to drugs and the immune system. During active infections, some of the hidden virus “wakes up” to do its dirty work, but while any virus remains hidden it’s impossible for treatment to lead to a full cure.”

L-Lysine as a form of treatment
L-Lysine can control the herpes virus eruptions in persons who habitually have this problem and it shortens the healing time when an eruption appears.  Lysine does this by changing the nutrition of the virus so that it cannot reproduce.

Research on L-Lysine has shown that pain usually disappears over night and new blisters did not appear.  There was no spread of the virus, and the whole episode of the virus cleared much faster with the ingestion of L-Lysine.

The researchers found L-Lysine suppressed symptoms of herpes in 36 of the 45 patients tested.

Because L-Lysine (an essential amino acid) is not a cure, but a natural, drugless suppressant of the virus, the lesions can reoccur later.  There is no reoccurrence while continuing small maintenance doses.

The dosage of L-Lysine varies with a person’s diet and digestion:

• A good amount as a supplement for control of active herpes is 1000 mg three times a day.  This is for 5 days then reduce to 500 mg three times a day until all symptoms have disappeared.
• For a maintenance dose, 500 mg per day can be taken over a long period of time.  This is not necessary if lysine is increased in the diet.  L-Lysine is a natural part of food, and has no side effects or toxicity.

L-Lysine can be purchased as a supplement at your local health food store or by doing an internet search.

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