Herpes Natural Treatments

Herpes refers to a family of viruses. Almost everyone carries one or more of the most common herpes viruses that occur in people (pets have different types than you do). The most well-known types are:

HSV-1 (cold sores)
HSV-2 (genital herpes)
HZV (chickenpox and shingles)

Six additional types round out the human herpes family. Among these are viruses that scientists believe to be responsible for many diseases, including:

Infectious mononucleosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Disorders of the immune system
Hepatitis
A type of skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma

This is a pretty nasty family of viruses. Herpes viruses are under constant scrutiny by research scientists because new discoveries point to an ever widening role for herpes in more and more diseases. Nearly 50,000 scientific journal articles have been published on herpes since 1975, more than 15,000 since the year 2000 alone.