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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / November 2004A herpes cure?
Is there really a cure for Herpes somewhere? I read sites such as this one that says there are. Do they really work? Is there any hope that one day lets say in the next five-ten years they will find one? I really dont understand why there isn't one. The last thing that they found a cure for was chicken pox! C'mon! http://www.neveranoutbreak.com/herpes_cure.htm Nope. There are no cures for herpes. If you see a website trying to sell you a cure, then you know they are scamming you. I don't believe there is a cure for the chicken pox. There is a vaccine to, maybe, keep you from getting it. But once you have it, you have it. The only vaccine trials being worked on for herpes is about the same. Right now, it would only work on uninfected women. But, for those who already have it...they will still have it. ar > Is there really a cure for Herpes somewhere? I read sites such as this one that > says there are. Do they really work? Is there any hope that one day lets say in > the next five-ten years they will find one? I really dont understand why there > isn't one. The last thing that they found a cure for was chicken pox! C'mon! > > http://www.neveranoutbreak.com/herpes_cure.htm There is no cure... in fact they aren't even close to having a cure. So even if they did find something it would be at least 10 years before it would make it through the FDA. Any site that claims a "Cure" or even "No more outbreaks" is just plain dishonest. > Is there really a cure for Herpes somewhere? I read sites such as this one > that says there are. Do they really work? Is there any hope that one day [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.neveranoutbreak.com/herpes_cure.htm Pardon my pessimissim, but we'll never see a cure. The drug companies won't make very much money without recurring illnesses. Similar to what Mark P. said, there is no cure for herpes. Viruses are very different from bacteria - bacteria can live on it's own, but a virus is a parasite and needs a host cell to live within. The virus gets inside the human cell and uses some of its parts to stay alive. Now, a bacteria lives outside of the human cell and so the bacteria can be killed by substances that will not harm the human cells. But since the virus is right inside the human cell, many things that would kill the virus would also kill or disable the cell. It just doesn't work. Hence, we have no cure for herpes or for the common cold, which is also a viral infection. TJ > > Is there really a cure for Herpes somewhere? I read sites such as this one > > that says there are. Do they really work? Is there any hope that one day [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Pardon my pessimissim, but we'll never see a cure. The drug companies won't > make very much money without recurring illnesses. After I got some rather bad information from a G.P. following my initial outbreak of HSV 1 a year and a half ago, I decided to see an infectious disease specialist. My first question to him was, "When will they find a cure for herpes?" I got a surprise when he stated that there will never, ever be a cure for herpes, or, any other virus for that matter. Unlike human cells or bacteria, viruses don't contain the chemical machinery needed to carry out the chemical reactions for life and need host cells in which to live. For this reason, viruses are not affected by antibiotics. Well... that's just unimaginative on his part. With current technology no... there won't be a cure... But, in the future there will be nano-technology, little robots they can program to kill HSV and stick into your blood. Or, they could create a tailored virus that would seek out and destroy the HSV virus. Or they could simply find a way to train our immune system to be VERY efficient at dealing with HSV so there were no longer any symptoms... basically curing it. Or they could find a vaccine an immunize the entire planet. You wouldn't have to tell partners you had the disease if everyone was immune to it. I bet that within 500 years all diseases that we know of today will have been eradicated. There may be new, more complex diseases discovered... diseases that we may already have but be unaware of... but with exponential rate our technological advances are taking, it's simply a matter of time until HPV is gone. > After I got some rather bad information from a G.P. following my > initial outbreak of HSV 1 a year and a half ago, I decided to see an [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > reactions for life and need host cells in which to live. For this > reason, viruses are not affected by antibiotics. *smiles* Hey Pain you are starting to sound like a Transmetropolitain comic. If I was single I would so hit on you! *hugs* N. > Well... that's just unimaginative on his part. With current technology no... > there won't be a cure... But, in the future there will be nano-technology, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > rate our technological advances are taking, it's simply a matter of time > until HPV is gone. All the "not-single" girls say that!!! > *smiles* Hey Pain you are starting to sound like a Transmetropolitain > comic. If I was single I would so hit on you! > *hugs* > N. |
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