Re: [Harp-L] Lip (herpes simplex 1) sores a.k.a. harp adversity.

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're spending a lot of time playing, be careful that you're not 
also experiencing an allergic reaction to nickel or other material 
in the harp itself.  Also, as Mark Wilson wisely suggested to me 
once, many commercial toothpastes can aggrevate mouth/lip conditions 
(particularly canker sores), as can excesses of ascorbic acid 
(commonly occuring as vitamin C in suppliments, and as a 
preservative in everything).  

The rest of this is common sense stuff: make sure you keep the 
affected area from drying and cracking, which can be worse than the 
affliction itself; keep the harps as clean as possible to avoid 
carrying infection into the site; don't share your instruments with 
anyone.  

-tim


dennis moriarty wrote:
> As a health professional I can easily wrap my mind around the 
> hows and whys of viruses but damn: Life's been a bit challenging 
> lately and must have zapped my immune system. A terrible sore on 
> my lip I'm on topical and oral medication) at a point where I have 
> quite a few musical obligations. Anyone have any experience with 
> chronic or recurrent lip sores and expediting recovery. And yes I 
> know it's a pretty "gross" subject.