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Oral Herpes
By: Scott Benzing By: Scott Benzing
Overview Oral herpes is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. The virus causes painful sores on your lips, gums, tongue, roof of your mouth, and inside your cheeks.
The herpes simplex virus affects only humans. Mouth sores most commonly occur in children aged 1-2 years, but they can affect people at any age and any time of the year.
People contract herpes by touching infected saliva, mucous membranes, or skin. Because the virus is highly contagious, most people have been infected by at least 1 herpes subtype before adulthood.
Treatment includes medication for fever and taking plenty of fluids. Some people may require hospital admission. Laser Treatment would then be used such as this movie to the left.
