Primary Oral Herpes

Definition of Primary Oral Herpes
Primary herpes refers to the first episode of symptoms after infection, often present with painful wounds on the lips, gums, and mouth.
In some people, the first attack (primary herpes) from herpes associated with fever, swollen glands, and gums that bleed, together with the painful wounds around the mouth (gingivostomatitis). The signs and symptoms may last several days. The difficulty in eating and drinking may lead to dehydration. The wounds healed completely within two to six weeks, usually without scarring. The virus can be recovered in saliva for days after the wounds healed. Primary herpes is usually acquired during childhood.
Not every person has a severe primary attack when they first become infected with herpes. In some people, the virus infects the body without causing any symptoms. The process produces an antibody response that causes the immune system produces antibodies against the herpes virus. This antibody response to help reduce relapses and maintain their light. Antibodies also make the virus difficult to get a foothold anywhere in the body. (If this is not so, cold sores will spread to other parts of the body of routine actions, such as washing her face, which did not happen).
Other Conditions That Resemble Oral Herpes (cold sores)
There are many conditions that can be confused with herpes, including abrasions (blisters), razor burns, pimples (acne), angular stomatitis, and Canker sores (aphthous ulcers) or canker sores wounds.
Diagnose Oral Herpes
Diagnosis of herpes (cold sores) are usually based on the appearance of the wounds, because he is a clinical diagnosis. The diversity of these tests include viral culture and polymerase chain reaction or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is sometimes used to assist in the diagnosis of herpes infections.
Wiping the blister in the experiment for culturing the virus in the lab only productive in the first 48 hours before the blisters have dried. If the wounds to disappear, then the breeding-breeding, of course, does not help, because no one in the culture. The results of breeding takes a minimum of three to five days.
Also there is a way to test the DNA of herpes in the specimen. This type of testing is called "polymerase chain reaction" or PCR for short. PCR testing is very good at detecting genetic material from the herpes virus, but it is not readily available, such as breeding. PCR performed on specimens, clinical specimens obtained from swabs, swabs (swabs) active wounds.
Blood tests are often not relevant, because finding antibodies to the herpes simply means that the body has been exposed to this virus at some time in the past. He did not tell you whether the injury is due to herpes