introduction: herpes labialis is important in dentistry because of its high prevalence. herpes simplex virus (hsv) is responsive to treatment and infection control methods help protect patients and dental personnel. due to high levels of stress in the flight crew this study evaluated the prevalence of recurrent herpes labialis in the personnel of an airline company. materials and methods: in th...

OBJECTIVE To review the evidence regarding the treatment and prevention of herpes labialis. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE The evidence relating to treatment and prevention of herpes labialis is derived from randomized controlled trials (level I evidence). MAIN MESSAGE Treatment with an indifferent cream (zinc oxide or zinc sulfate), an anesthetic cream, or an antiviral cream has a small favourable ef...

Nongenital herpes simplex virus type 1 is a common infection usually transmitted during childhood via nonsexual contact. Most of these infections involve the oral mucosa or lips (herpes labialis). The diagnosis of an infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 is usually made by the appearance of the lesions (grouped vesicles or ulcers on an erythematous base) and patient history. However, if un...

BACKGROUND The few existing studies on herpes labialis among health care workers have been predominantly among non-dental health care workers. The purpose of this study was to determine Nigerian dental health care providers' knowledge of, attitudes toward, preventive behaviors for, and refusal to treat patients with herpes labialis. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted among final...

conclusions although melissa gel effectively reduced pain severity on the second and forth days, it was not effective to treat rhl. results there were no significant differences between the two groups considering the changes in the size of lesions, healing time and erythema around the lesion (except on the fourth day). pain severity alterations among the two groups showed significant difference...

Because deficient immune responses may play a contributory role in recurrent herpes simplex labialis, an immunomodulating agent, levamisole, has been advocated for therapy. Forty-two patients with a high frequency of recurrent herpes simplex labialis were followed for a mean of 7.8 months (range 4 to 12) and treated for 3 days at the onset of each episode of herpes with one of three different d...

To develop a model system of herpes simplex labialis which would enable the study of patients before lesion onset, five patients were exposed to various doses of UV light from a sunlamp at their usual site of lesions. Six of 10 treatments resulted in the development of herpes labialis. Three of four treatments with the highest exposure levels led to large, vesicular, virus culture-positive sore...

Viral infections especially herpes virus and varicella zoster are common complications in patients with hematologic malignancies. The spectrum of infectious during after dasatinib therapy not known. I report here recurrent labialis two chronic myeloid leukemia cases treated dasatinib.