A diet that is high in arginine causes herpes simplex. Arginine-rich foods which should be avoided are nuts, sesame and sunflower seeds, peas and lentils, cereals including oats, corn, buckwheat and barley, chocolate and coconut. The diet should be supplemented with lysine-rich foods which include fish, especially halibut, poultry, milk, lima beans, shrimp, mung bean [...]
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Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by Herpes simplex viruses; both herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) cause herpes simplex. Infection with the herpes virus is categorized into one of several distinct disorders based on the site of infection. Oral herpes, the visible symptoms of which are colloquially called [...]
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LONDON — Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person’s HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.
“It’s a significant, disappointing finding,” Francis Ndowa, coordinator [...]
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