1. Herpes Virus, Oral Clinical Signs and QoL: Systematic Review of Recent Data
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Rosa De Stefano, Maria Teresa Fiorillo, Paola Campagna, Salvatore Bocchieri, Giulia Amoroso, Stefania Marino, Marco Cicciù, Cristina Scoglio, Roberta Mastroieni, Francesca Gorassini, Cesare D’Amico, Francesco Catalano, Salvatore Crimi, Luca Fiorillo, and Alberto Bianchi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,viruses ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Review ,medicine.disease_cause ,Antiviral Agents ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Virus ,Herpesviridae ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Herpes virus ,Virology ,medicine ,Humans ,Public Health Surveillance ,Intensive care medicine ,Herpes Labialis ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,HSV-1, HSV-2, Herpes labialis, Herpesviridae, Quality of Life, Viruses, oral health ,business.industry ,030206 dentistry ,Herpesviridae Infections ,HSV-2 ,HSV-1 ,Herpes labialis ,Quality of Life ,Viruses ,oral health ,Infectious Diseases ,Treatment Outcome ,Infectious disease (medical specialty) ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Inclusion and exclusion criteria ,Symptom Assessment ,business ,Oral herpes - Abstract
This manuscript aims to highlight all the clinical features of the herpes virus, with a particular focus on oral manifestations and in the maxillofacial district about Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV-1) and Herpes Simplex Virus-2 (HSV-2). Oral herpes virus is a very common and often debilitating infectious disease for patients, affecting oral health and having important psychological implications. The collection of relevant data comes from the scientific databases Pubmed, Embase; initially this collection obtained an extremely high number of results, 1415. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as a manual screening, the results included in this review were limited to 14. The results were expressed by evaluating all the signs and symptoms that this pathology entails during the study, paying attention to the characteristics linked to the quality of life and the psychological implications. This pathology has numerous therapies, which often make the healing phase of the manifestations of this viral pathology more comfortable. The therapies currently used for the treatment of this viral infection are pharmacological, topical, systemic, or instrumental, for example with laser devices.
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- 2019