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Article: MEDICAL MAILBOX.(lysine for shingles, Valley Fever, others questions and answers)(Column)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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- September 1, 2001
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"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there also is love of humanity."--Hippocrates
Lysine for Herpes Infections
Dear Dr. SerVaas:
Some years ago, I read in the Post about lysine helping relieve and cure shingles. Could you tell me about that treatment?
H. E. Collingridge e-mail
Since the mid-1980s, we have written about research on using lysine to treat and prevent cold sores caused by the herpes simplex virus. We have also published letters from Post readers who report that this inexpensive amino acid helps reduce symptoms of shingles (herpes zoster) and chronic fatigue syndrome, conditions linked to other herpesviruses.
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