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Cold Sore Is Herpes

what is the difference between a cold sore and herpes?

i was on Google and i came across a picture of a cold sore and another of herpes and they seem to look the same to me.so how would some one know the difference.

Herpes simplex describes a cluster of "diseases" that are all related to the same virus- Chicken pox is one, cold sores and canker sores are another, shingles another (technicaly a second chicken pox outbreak) and the STD of herpes is another.
So, you are correct in that they look the same, they are just different "strains" of the same virus.

Just like the influenza virus comes in at least 2 strains that I know of, A & B- it's why it takes so long for the flu vaccine to come out each year- the scientists must decide which strain will be active before producing the vaccine.

Hope this helps.

Since I got thumbs down for telling the truth, here's a link to the REAL facts as stated above.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herpessimplex.html

Surely you folks will believe what's coming from the National Institue of Health.