ch. 7 Flashcards
What is Herpes Type 1?
Cold sores (herpes labialis)
What is the stage called when you feel a tingling sensation with Herpes starting to show?
Prodrome
What is Herpes Type 2?
Genital sores
What is Herpes Type 3?
Varicella Zoster Virus
What is Herpes Type 4?
Epstein Barr Virus
What is Herpes type 5?
Cytomegalo virus
What is Herpes type 8?
Kaposi’s sarcoma virus?
How does the laser kill the herpes virus?
the heat kills the replicating virus
· Where does HSV reside in type 6,7?
cd4 lymphocytes
What type of virus is HSV?
DNA
How is HSV 1 vs 2 spread?
Type1: saliva or active perioral lesions
Type 2: sexual contact
Where is HSV type 1 latent?
Trigeminal ganglion
What’s HSV type 1 called in young kids vs older?
Young: gingivostomatitis (acute herpetic gingivostomatitis)
Older: pharyngotonsillitis
What’s the leading infectious cause of blindness?
HSV
What types of HSV can cause pharyngotonsillitis?
Type 1
Type 2
What is a cold sore called?
Herpes labialis
What herpes do wrestlers get?
Herpes gladiatorum
What herpes do you get if you shave and burst a lesion?
Herpes Barbae
What are three histo things about herpes to know?
Multinucleation
ballooning degeneration
Tzank cells
What two things have Tzank cells?
HSV
Pemphigus vulgaris
What is a Tzank cell?
free floating epithelial cells in an intraepithelial vesicle
What anti-viral cream is the most common for HSV?
Acyclovir
What percent of people have VZV by age 15?
90%
Where does the VZV go latent?
Dorsal spinal ganglia