Open AccessHerpes simplex virus infection: Management of primary oral lesions in children
Author(s) -
Khalifa Chaima,
Slim Afef,
Maroua Garma,
Sioud Sameh,
Hentati Hajer,
Selmi Jamil
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6127
Subject(s) - medicine , malaise , irritability , asymptomatic , anorexia , herpes simplex virus , virus , valaciclovir , immunology , pediatrics , virology , herpesviridae , viral disease , anxiety , pathology , psychiatry
Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis (PHGS) represents the most observed clinical feature of primary herpes infection with the simplex virus (HSV). It is often caused by HSV‐1 and affects children most of the time. Unlike, the majority of primary HSV infections that is asymptomatic. It may be preceded by some prodromal symptoms like fever, anorexia, irritability, malaise, and headache. After the resolution of the primary infection, the virus remains latent in a nervous ganglion. The aim of the present paper was to report a case of severe PHGS with herpetic whitlow in a 10‐year‐old child.