a 45y/o female comes to your office with an annoying problem. every couple month

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a 45y/o female comes to your office with an annoying problem. every couple months she develops red blisters around her lips. After a few weeks, the burning blisters leak some yellowish fluid and then they go away.she han't been to the doctor in decades, since before she statrted being a groupie for Guns N' Roses in the 1980's. once the band broke up, she became disillusioned with heavy rock and moved to upper michigan to becme a hernit.(a) what is causing this series of blisters (be specific) and what is the common name of the symptom (b) when/ how do you think she first contracted the agent? (c) name atleast two life circumtances that might cause the reactions to appear? (d) she tells you they typically appear in the exact same places each time. Explain in detil why this would happen. (e) how will you treat the affliction(stop Symptoms)? (f) will she ever be cured?

Explanation / Answer

a. the microbe causing this disease is Herpes simplex virus-2. The common name of the symptom is oral herpes.

b. Since she was a groupie, a person who has sex with musicians, it would have been easy to get the infection from a person who was either having genital herpes or oral herpes.

c. Two circumstances that might cause the reaction to reapear is :

A weak immmune system

Activation of the dormant virus suddenly

d. Since the virus is living in that specific neuron, only that nerve and that particular place will be affected.

e. She can take antiviral drugs to kill the virus.

f. yes she can be cured by taking antiviral drugs

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