Re: [DIYbio] Avoiding Herpes Silmplex

If you're really scared you might look into finding some acyclovir:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aciclovir

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Mega [Andreas Stuermer]
<masterstorm123@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> -> medical diy bio
>
> Yesterday I was at something we call a "Christmas market" , which is kind of
> like a workshop with shacks, where they serve different kind of (hot) punch
> / negus.
>
> I tasted the punch from a friend from her cup, afterwards I noted (it was
> dark outside) she had a fever blister.
>
> It was just one draught, and maybe the virus particles weren't on the cup
> (the blister was at the very mouth corner). And there's a chance that I
> touched another spot.
>
>
>
> However, I know too much about Herpes Simplex to just let go. Around two
> hours later, when I got home I did a quick google research for antiviral
> stuff and found out:
>
> - green tea: drank a cup and then ate the stuff inside the bag. Today
> morning again.
> - garlic: ate two entire smashed garlics. Or rather drunk them, because
> they tasted cruelly.
> - zink: found we had zink pills. One pill 100% of daily zink requirement.
> Took 2.
> - fortunately I had tasted some beer (around 50 mL) an houre before.
> (Usually I don't drink ethanolic beverages. I like my ethanol in the lab for
> sterilization purposes). We learnt at university that beer (actually the
> Humulus) has antiviral properties. "Beer-drinkers don't get fever blisters"
> my professor had stated.
>
>
> As said, it's not sure I got in touch with the virus anyway. But any other
> proposals how to fight them off in case they did reach me? I think the main
> thing should be to delay propagation of the virus so my immune system can
> fight it off and hinders it from reachin the nerves where it remains dormant
> the entire life?
>
>
>
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