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Originally Posted by mrsD
There are two main reasons for l-lysine...
1) to prevent or reduce a herpes outbreak or shingles pain
2) to counter the use of high dose arginine (which may activate latent herpes).
Here is some general info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine
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Originally Posted by mrsD
If you had chickenpox as a child, you can have pain, generated by the latent virus. It does not always make vesicles or rash.
I am also of the opinion that herpes can do it too, since they are related.
If the lysine works for you, I'd take that as a sign!
There is a diet to balance arginine/lysine.
http://www.herpes.com/Nutrition.shtml
One wants to keep arginine lower in ratio to lysine if one has a history of any herpes.
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