Chronic cold sores Q Last February, I moved to the UK from South Africa. From the moment I arrived, I’ve been plagued by cold sores, often one every few weeks. I used to get them very occasionally, but now they’ve become chronic. I’ve also been more...
Q This time of year, I always find that my cold sores flare up. Suncreams help, but I often end up relying on strong over-the-counter remedies like Zovirax because the pain is too unbearable.
Please find me an urgent cure for the genital wart virus! Every doctor or hospital clinic I have spoken to has told me the same thing: that once you get the virus you cannot get rid of it. ...
Reader's Corner
Reader's Corner
I was sad to read re cold sores (WDDTY vol 15 no 4) that you advocate non-fat yoghurt and other dairy. Anyone who has seen the national CHD and food-intake statistics concludes there is powerful evidence against milk.
PREVENTION * Take large doses of vitamin C. Linus Pauling believed what he called ‘chronic scurvy’ can be prevented with 3 g/day of vitamin C. Subsequent research has shown that dosage is important. Tests demonstrate that 3 g/day of vitamin C as a...
One patient who had recurrent genital herpes for 12 years took powdered Echinacea at the maximum listed dose. So long as he began treatment within one or two hours of the onset of tingling and neuralgia,
Lysine is found in most protein food sources but is not as readily available from the grain cereals or peanuts. Lysine is particularly high in fish, meats, and dairy products and higher than most other amino acids in wheat germ, legumes, and many...
What Doctors Don't Tell You
Elson M. Haas MD