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Individuals that participate in contact sports such as wrestling, rugby, and soccer sometimes acquire a condition caused by HSV-1 known as herpes gladiatorum, ''[[scrumpox]]'', ''wrestler’s herpes'' or ''mat herpes''. Abraded skin caused by contacts sports provides an area of entry for HSV-1. Symptoms present within 2 weeks of direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, and include skin ulceration on the face, ears, and neck. This disorder may cause fever, headache, sore throat and swollen glands, and occasionally affects the eyes. Physical symptoms sometimes recur in the skin.<ref name="pmid17939933">Fatahzadeh M, Schwartz RA (2007) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17939933 Human herpes simplex virus infections: epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptomatology, diagnosis, and management.] ''J Am Acad Dermatol'' 57 (5):737-63; quiz 764-6. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.027 DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.027] PMID: [http://pubmed.gov/17939933 17939933]</ref> | Individuals that participate in contact sports such as wrestling, rugby, and soccer sometimes acquire a condition caused by [[HSV-1]] known as herpes gladiatorum, ''[[scrumpox]]'', ''wrestler’s herpes'' or ''mat herpes''. Abraded skin caused by contacts sports provides an area of entry for [[HSV-1]]. Symptoms present within 2 weeks of direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, and include skin [[ulceration]] on the face, ears, and [[neck]]. This disorder may cause [[fever]], [[headache]], [[sore throat]] and swollen glands, and occasionally affects the eyes. Physical symptoms sometimes recur in the [[skin]].<ref name="pmid17939933">Fatahzadeh M, Schwartz RA (2007) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17939933 Human herpes simplex virus infections: epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptomatology, diagnosis, and management.] ''J Am Acad Dermatol'' 57 (5):737-63; quiz 764-6. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.027 DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.027] PMID: [http://pubmed.gov/17939933 17939933]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Individuals that participate in contact sports such as wrestling, rugby, and soccer sometimes acquire a condition caused by HSV-1 known as herpes gladiatorum, scrumpox, wrestler’s herpes or mat herpes. Abraded skin caused by contacts sports provides an area of entry for HSV-1. Symptoms present within 2 weeks of direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, and include skin ulceration on the face, ears, and neck. This disorder may cause fever, headache, sore throat and swollen glands, and occasionally affects the eyes. Physical symptoms sometimes recur in the skin.[1]
References
- ↑ Fatahzadeh M, Schwartz RA (2007) Human herpes simplex virus infections: epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptomatology, diagnosis, and management. J Am Acad Dermatol 57 (5):737-63; quiz 764-6. DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.027 PMID: 17939933