METHOD OF PREVENTING DISEASE RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH HERPES SIMPLEX Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61K31/194 A23L1/29 A61P31/22 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to infectious diseases and can be used for prevention of herpes simplex disease recurrence. For this purpose patients in intra-recurrence period are administered complex of measures aimed at reduction of skin and mucosa acidity: special diet, favouring shift of pH of tissues and biological fluids toward alkali side, consumption of 3-4 litres of drinking water a day, limiting consumption of products possessing "acidifying" properties, salt and pickles, exclusion of food vinegar and containing it products from diet. During period of high risk of disease recurrence development additionally perorally administered is 0.25% solution of sodium citrate 100 ml per hour during 10 hours daily. After each two weeks of carrying our anti-recurrence measures 5-7 day recess is administered.

EFFECT: invention allows to increase efficiency of anti-recurrence prophylaxis due to suppression of retraction of herpes simplex viruses and their leaving ganglia nerve cells by reducing skin and mucosa acidity.

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