Talk:Herpes simplex virus

message: On the wikipedia page Herpes simplex virus and also on the page Herpes simplex research there is a table listing all of the vaccines. Can someone merge the best information from both tables ? 
..and put in in a centralised place, so information updated is seen on both wikipedia pages using just one table. This will keep things in order and centralised in one place and no information will be redundant or differ much.
--Devilhope (talk) 14:26, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Please update the vaccine table information on both articles

message: There should be a section on the treatments for the fever blisters
63.26.77.8 (talk) 22:19, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Treatment

message: From the article, "Lesions heal with a crudescent scab."  What does crudescent mean?  It's not in the dictionary at dictionary.com nor wiktionary nor Answers.com, and most Google results are simply variations on that phrase. 68.36.163.22 05:35, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Crudescent?"

message: The dual coverage of Herpes Simplex Virus (this article) vs. Herpes Simplex Disease, in addition to the article Herpesviridae, is not working out as well as I had hoped.  I previously argued for the maintenance of two articles, one for the disease, the other for the virus -- similar to the two articles maintained for AIDS and HIV.  However, in the case of Herpes, the similarity of naming is part of the difficulty in maintaining two independent articles.
Here is my view of this articles sections:
*Intro
:At present, this article's introductory material is largely repetitive of the information from the disease article, and should be merged to the disease article or deleted.
*Life cycle
:This information is true for all Herpes viruses and belongs in Herpesviridae.
*Treatment
:The information here that relates treatment mechanism to viral biology belongs in Herpesviridae.  Epidemiological information belongs in Herpes Virus.
*Vaccine
:This little section should merge with the disease article.
I think the original intent of these two article will be better served if Herpes virus information is accumulated at the Herpesviridae article.  The technical-sounding name there will discourage general disease information being added.  I have added merge tags in the hope of generating discussion here.
ManVhv 01:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am usually a proponent of the "two-article" model you mention above: one for the causative/etiologic agent and a separate one for the disease (with, in this case, a third "genus-level" entry). I'm still in that camp, but I can see some of you concerns in this particular case. I think that we should give your proposal a shot—if it turns out to solve the problem, great. If not, we can always re-evaluate and try something else. Let me know if you want any help in the reconstruction phase. -- MarcoTolo 01:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed section merges/article deletion

message: >>Previous studies have determined that this vaccine is approximately 70% effective in women, but does not prevent the disease in men. [22]
I have read material about Herpevac that states that the vaccine didn't offer HSV-2 protection to people who already had HSV-1 infection.
I assume this means that someone who already has HSV-1 will have the same level of immunity to HSV-2 as a completely uninfected person who is given the vaccine. HSV-1 infection is very common.
If someone could find some hard information on this it would be worth updating that section.
:Your assumption is incorrect, and no section update is needed.  It may be worth noting that the vaccine did not work well with HSV-1 infected patients, but it is absolutely wrong to suggest any "conclusion" about what that means for the immunity of people infected with HSV-1.  As a matter of fact, there is copious research which indicates that HSV-1 infection has no helpful effect w.r.t. HSV-2 infection, just as Chicken Pox (HSV-3) also has nothing to do with it.  ManVhv 19:30, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vaccine Research 

message: I have moved talk prior to 5 June 2007 to this archive.
ManVhv 00:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk prior to 5 June moved to Archive

message: Could someone please add more details on symptoms of HSV 1 and 2? There isn't much discussion of what the symptoms are like.
71.130.209.38 22:11, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symptoms 

message: In some of the external links, also on what google brings up, there are statements like 'the full genome of HSV 1/2 is known'. Any URL anyone?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.80.81.221 (talk) 04:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  HSV genome link? 

message: The proper spelling of the skin condition characterized by itchy, irritated, inflamed skin is "eczema".http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1T4GFRC_enUS221US221&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=define%3Aeczema&spell=1  
There is no word in the English language (UK English or US English) spelled "excema".  I have corrected this in the main article.  
I would also like to see a citation or two that eczema can cause herpes to flare up.
Networkprosource (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "excema" 

message: The statistics only show HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection rates, not the location as to what's infected.  Klosterdev (talk) 03:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oral/Genital infection rates 

message: my wife was told by the doctor that she came in contact with HIV which is what caused the HSV. is this true? what is the connection between the two?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamscared (talk • contribs) 17:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  how are HIV and HSV related? 

message: You should include that in rare cases the Herpes virus can attack the eyes, and the watery blisters associated with cold sores or oral Herpes can appear on the upper and lower eyelids as well as high on the cheeks. In extremely rare cases, the blisters can actually form on the eyeball.
Also, I have been infected with Herpes Simlex 1 my entire life (that's how I know about the eyes because that's where I break out) and I have not experienced many of the symptoms listed above in the second "symptoms" section, so I would like to clarify that the most common symptoms (for simplex 1, at least)consist of a tingling, sometimes burning sensation at the site of the breakout, followed by itching (don't scratch or you'll spread it!) and a feeling of fullness. Within an hour of the start of the itching, small blisters will form. If left untreated, these blisters will spread and/or leak clear fluid containing the virus before scabbing over. If you begin treatment at the tingling stage, there's a chance you can stop the outbreak before the blisters form.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.3.9.68 (talk) 02:52, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lesser known Herpes site 

message: I can honestly say that being an individual who suffers from HSV-2 that they Sympotoms described before my addition to this topic are rather different. When people ask me to desribe what it feels like or more like what I feel during an outbreak, I have described it in a very different way. Also please don't think that what I am about to say is what every person who suffers from this virus experiences, not by far. But this is what myself and others that I have spoken with endure during an outbreak. Imagine a bad case of Chicken Pox or you have accidently walked through a patch of Poison Oak, now instead of the rash being on your arms, legs, chest or mid-section it is on your genital area. It is a constant uncomfortable itching and burning that you are unable to scratch. When you do scratch it will relieve the sensation only while you are doing it but as soon as you stop it only seems to be that much more intense. I have lived with this for 14 years now and I have found that if I do scratch and if I pop a legion/blister and touch another surface in the general area where the skin is already broken then the next time that I have an outbreak I am much more likely to have a legion/blister appear during the next outbreak. Also, another thing that others an myself have found that it seems like the more stress that I am under cause either an outbreak or if I am already having an outbreak an increase in the severity and/or duration of the current outbreak. I would like to hear if others who stumble across this discussion and suffer from this virus if s/he experience the same things myself and others have.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hosbeck1981 (talk • contribs) 12:06, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note that Wikipedia is not a forum for general discussion. Graham Colm (talk) 18:16, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symptoms 

message: *In the current stub treatment section, there is a mention of using garlic on erupting lesions. The study that is referenced for this statement doesn't exist. Can the person who posted that reference please revise it or else remove that line? I'll also note that even if there is a single small study that shows the efficacy of garlic (which I doubt), it is certainly not in widespread use and is not an accepted treatment.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.244.133 (talk) 20:12, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have fixed the reference but I have hidden the statement, pending verification. The reference can be seen in edit mode. Graham Colm (talk) 20:50, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And below:
 Graham Colm (talk) 20:54, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  garlic 

message: Should this be included?  Rich Farmbrough, 21:49, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Substituted at 17:50, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment