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Hi Forumers,

I am new here and as you can see, have many questions.

Is it ever going to be possible to locate the sleeping virus in the nerves and eradicate it? It should be a tiny part of the nerves. I may be willing to take such a risk if such operation exist.

Secondly, does anyone know the status of the Invisible Condom where a liquid anti-pathogen becomes a gel on contact with skin forming a barrier to hsv? It was said to be effective in killing hsv and allows oral sex on woman safely and is a potential replacement for condoms. It contains SLS as also found in toothpaste. So, how effective is using toothpaste during sex to block hsv?

Regards,
Trigem

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By the way, I have oral hsv once and no OB for 1.5 years. So, the nerves I am refering to is in the head.

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...can the nerves be cloned to replace the infected nerve?

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No body kind enough to respond? I am saddened.

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I think the best way to do what you are talking about is to oxygenate your body, which will eradicate any viruses within the body. Viruses cannot live in an oxygen rich environment.

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Hey Trigem,

Ive heard some people complaining or asking why science has not found a way to cure viruses, so if youre interested ill try and explain why its so hard, near impossible (for this generation anyway).

Alright, so every single cell in the body does what it is programmed to do by reading pieces of DNA, which codes for different things. Every cell contains the entire human genome, or all the dna that makes you you. Thats a lot of freaking DNA! Its written in code, just by the arrangement of four different molecules, "nucleic acids". A certain sequence of these nucleic acids is called a "gene". So how many of these molecules are in the genome thats found in every cell??? 3.2 BILLION. 3,200,000,000!

So if a cell is only a few millionths of a meter big (micrometers), and the DNA (which only takes up a real small portion of the cell) is small enough to fit 3.2 billion molecules of it, you can imagine how small this is getting!

So when a virus recognizes a target cell, all it does is add a number of nucleic acids (a few genes) into the cells dna, which then the cell thinks is its own, and the cell does what the virus' dna tells it to. So the "sleeping virus" is a really small amount of matter stuck in the middle of ALOT of DNA....

Scientists actually know how to make molecules that find dna, and break it up. They also know the exact code for the virus' genes (ex: ATCGATCATGTAC etc... ) But to make a drug that is going to sift through all that stuff that all looks way too similar, and cut out just the bad dna, without hurting our vital good dna is not in the near future.

And as far as transplanting a new cloned nerve is also way too hard because its so small... and it connects your brain to your whole face! every inch of your skin is innervated by branches from the trigeminal nerve, relaying sensation, pain, movement to and from your brain. It would be impossible to reconnect all that, and do it right.

I know not everyone is as interested in science as myself, but I hope
it was interesting, informative, and not too long!

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PS
I dont want to sound pessimistic, or that theres no hope. Science will be able to treat it 100% (good enough as a cure) so that you dont know you have it, in the near future. No one cares that inactivated virus' are in their dna or not as long as theres no repercussions! youre not crying about the chicken pox virus thats still in your dna!

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this might be a stupid question....how would they know if they inactivate the virus?

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after years of laboratory tests and then clinical trials, but when they find the miracle drug, Im sure we'll all know!