I understand the basic working of a virus: non-living, rogue genetic strand of information encased in a protein covering, "hijacks" cells to reproduce and carry-out its "function" etc...Please provide a clear explanation.
2007-01-16 06:11:42 · 7 answers · asked by Psylocke 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
What I mean is why can the body get rid of the flu or the common cold but not AIDS, herpes
2007-01-16 06:31:56 · update #1
Everythime you say herpes is not a virus a kitten dies. Save a kitten. Herpes: def- "infection of either the skin or the genitalia, caused by either of two strains of the herpes simplex virus." -Britannica Ency.
2007-01-16 07:08:12 · update #2
I do not have any of these viruses, just 1 that I might, but then again about 80% of the population has this virus. The Epstein-Barr virus.
2007-01-16 07:11:54 · update #3
There is no cure for any virus, understand this. Antivirals help to shorten the duration of a viral infection and can help prevent contagion but they don't really "cure" a virus. And to the one who stated that herpes isn't a virus, please take a course in virology. You need it.
2007-01-16 07:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Herpes is a virus, it is the herpes simplex virus A and B, one it cold sores appearing on the mouth the other genital herpes, the virus also belongs to the same family as chicken pox and shingles. Unfortunately once caught the virus lays dormant in the body, if you allow your self to get too run down or low, the virus could reappear. There is no cure for any viruses there is just medication to help prevent an outburst, people who have the flu jab are given a tiny dose of the virus to help prevent getting the full blown version. You never know in a few years from now they could have found cures for all viruses.
2007-01-16 20:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by mazza999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-09 06:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dominick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I can completely answer your question, however, I can shed a little light on the flu virus/cold virus thing. Some viruses are "self-limiting"; that is, they only can live and mulitply for "x" number of days then they die. So there is really no "cure" for the flu. We do have innoculations to help prevent the flu and other viruses. We even have one for chicken-pox which is a herpes-type of virus. So...I guess this isn't much help, but it's definitely an interesting question; thanks for asking! Godloveya.
2007-01-16 09:18:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flu viruses that we know, e.g, H5N1 strain, for a fact there is no cure, only vaccines and vaccines are denatured versions of the virus or the pathogencity removed.
The reason is to stimulate our body's immune system to kick in, in other words, imprint a "memory" to our white blood cells. When the WBC's do encounter the real virus, they then know what to do, hence, the "cure".
Retroviruses are different, in the sense they manipulate the DNA material within our cells, hence, the mutation of strains. Examples are HIV, HSV (herpes simplex virus), hepatitis C virus, stc. Thereby, effectively cancelling the "memory imprint" of the WBC's. Look at the Spanish Flu, it wiped out half of Europe's population. It's modern counterpart is SARS and H5N1, commonly known as the bird flu.
2007-01-19 21:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by William L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-10-18 01:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by Ewart 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Viruses are the smallest well recognised form of life (Mad Cow disease is not yet well defined). Many are pathogenic (cause disease). There are chemotherapeutics which act on some viruses, including shingles, AIDS, cold sores, herpes. You need to ask your doctor, although cold sores remedies are available at the chemist. The flu virus keeps mutating so fast that there is not yet a chemical that stops it dead - you have to sweat it out with the help of antipyretics, etc.
2007-01-16 07:07:06 · answer #7 · answered by 9thwonder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no "cures" for any virus, flu or otherwise. There are vaccines though to prevent them. A person is given a tiny amount of a virus, the body builds antibodies to that tiny amount and then when they do come into contact with that virus they already have antibodies and do not get sick. Again no cure for any known virus, only vaccines.
2007-01-16 06:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by Tulip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That lies in the different properties of viruses and not all of them are the same. Some virus get into the cells, multiply and then kill the cells. These viruses get spread to other people to survive because they either kill you or be killed by your immune systems. Other viruses can stay dormant in your cells and hide from your immune systems, such as herpes. Or they weakens your immune system so you can't get rid of them, such as HIV.
2007-01-17 11:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by wonderbar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no cure for the flu only prevention and a way to shorten its attack.
2007-01-16 06:19:31 · answer #10 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋