BACKGROUND Recently alternative therapies such as the use of diode laser therapy have been introduced for recurrent herpes labial infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of diode laser for treatment of recurrent herpes labialis. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was single-blind randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of diode laser for the treatment of recurrent...

Herpes simplex viruses (HSV), and especially HSV-1, are the most common cause of acute, sporadic viral encephalitis. HSV-2 is an uncommon cause of encephalitis. We report a rare case of HSV-2 encephalitis that was free of genital lesions. In terms of the patient's case history, she had a Cesarean section four months before, herpes labialis 30 days before, varicella zoster 20 days before. We dis...

CASE REPORT A previously healthy 41-year-old woman with recurrent herpes labialis since her 20s noticed a herpes labialis lesion on the left side of the lower lip. After 2 days, she experienced the acute onset of tingling and a swollen sensation of the left side of the face, beginning at the V3 division of the trigeminal nerve and progressing to involve the V1 and V2 divisions over the course o...

A double blind, placebo controlled trial of 5% acyclovir cream, applied topically five times a day for five days, was carried out in 49 patients with recurrent herpes labialis. These patients had a total of 74 episodes, 34 of which were treated with the 5% acyclovir cream and 40 with matching placebo. First episodes and all episodes treated with acyclovir cream had significantly shorter times t...

Oral famciclovir was initiated in a health care worker immediately after an accidental percutaneous injury involving a needle freshly removed from a patient's herpes labialis vesicles. In follow-up, the health care worker remained seronegative for herpes simplex I and II antibodies (IgG and IgM) and did not develop herpetic whitlow, supporting the potential role of famciclovir in the prevention...

CASE REPORT A previously healthy 41-year-old woman with recurrent herpes labialis since her 20s noticed a herpes labialis lesion on the left side of the lower lip. After 2 days, she experienced the acute onset of tingling and a swollen sensation of the left side of the face, beginning at the V3 division of the trigeminal nerve and progressing to involve the V1 and V2 divisions over the course o...