Remedies for Viral Infection

A viral infection is a condition or disease that is caused by virus. Examples of viral diseases are viral meningitis, viral pneumonia and viral hepatitis. Unlike bacterial infections, antibiotics won't work on an illness or disease caused by virus.

Doctors will prescribe medications for pain relief for example, but they won't kill the virus. The virus will remain in your body and lie dormant. They will become active again under certain circumstances and conditions.

Symptoms of infections vary. The signs depend on the type of disease. Some don't show any signs.

One of the best things to do to prevent infections is to strengthen your body's defense against virus. The other things that you should consider are practicing safe sex, maintain good personal hygiene and avoid certain habits.

Listed below are some of the types of viral infections, the signs and symptoms and home remedies that you can use as treatment or for pain relief.

Remedies for Cold Sores

Cold sores, fever blisters, mouth herpes, oral herpes or herpes labialis are the same thing. Cold sores are viral infections caused by herpes simplex 1 virus. Genital herpes is caused by herpes simplex 2. There is no cure for herpes labialis but there are ways to prevent and control the infection. Try these home remedies in getting rid of cold sores.

Common Warts Removal Home Remedies

What causes warts? There are a few types of warts and they can grow or appear on various parts of the body. This page offers several wart removal home remedies. But it focuses on the common warts treatment and doesn't include genital warts.

Home Remedies for the Flu

Listed below are home remedies for the flu. The flu or influenza is an infection caused by the flu virus. The normal symptoms of the flu include a high fever and severe chills, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat and the loss of appetite. You may also experience aches and pain in your joints.

Remedy for Stomach Flu

Viral gastroenteritis is caused by the exposure to virus. The rotavirus and norovirus are two of the common viruses that have been identified as the cause of the intestinal infection. Here are several suggestions that may help in treating stomach flu and the gastroenteritis symptoms.

Common Cold Remedy

The common cold remedy here may help provide cold relief or speed up recovery to your upper respiratory infection. There are more than 100 viruses that can cause the symptoms of the common cold. The most contagious is the rhinovirus. Scientists and doctors have yet to find any cure for the common cold.

Home Remedies for Shingles

Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus which is also the virus that causes chicken pox.These home remedies for shingles or herpes zoster may help provide shingles pain relief.

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