The earliest application of antibodies as a treatment for viral infections can be traced back to the early 20th century, use of sera from infected humans who had recovered from the same infection.1,2This crude treatment regimen, serum therapy, was gradually replaced by antibodies purified from po...
The administration internally to humans of 1-(B-hydroxethyl)-2- methyl- 5-nitromidazole, (metronidazole) in a dosage range for adult humans of about 31 to 2,500 mgs per twenty-four hour period, is an effective therapeutic treatment for certain viral infections causing diverse symptoms both ...
A viral infection is a proliferation of a harmful virus inside your body. Viruses cannot reproduce without the assistance of a host. Viruses infect a host by introducing their genetic material into the cells and hijacking the cell's internal machinery to make more virus particles. With an active...
Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection usually causes a more severe illness with a mortality rate (death rate) of about 0.1% of people infected with the virus. Cold symptoms (for example, sore throat, runny nose, cough (with...
usually don’t indicate a serious health problem. However, they can be a sign of serious illness, including life-threatening infections. This is particularly true for children. If petechiae develop, call your doctor or go to the emergency room if you notice any of the following symptoms: ...
There was no difference in the rate of conversion to severe cases and in the median viral assay conversion time between the two groups. These results indicated that LH was effective in improving fever, cough, and other symptoms in patients with a mild infection of COVID-19. A meta-analysis...
Both types of sinusitis are infections that cause similar symptoms. But they are not the same and are treated differently. As mentioned above, most sinusitis is caused by the common cold, a virus. And there’s no cure for that viral infection. Instead, you have to wait until it goes aw...
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Laryngitis is self-limiting and should last for only a few days, and symptoms should resolve within 7 days but can linger up to two weeks. If symptoms persist longer than three weeks, this is considered chronic laryngitis, and causes other than a viral infection need to be explored. Croup ...
What is the prognosis for cytomegalovirus? Most healthy children and adults who develop symptoms will recover without any complications. Fatigue may last for several months after the asymptomatic infection is over. Prognosis depends on how severe the CMV infection is and the person's underlying immune...