Friday, February 18, 2005

 

I'm Also the Class Tramp!

(Yay for me!)

Tuesday afternoon, the class got together to discuss clinical ophthalmology cases with the beloved Dr. Hamor.

While discussing a case of feline keratitis caused by a herpes virus, we talked about administering oral lysine to keep the infection from spreading. The topical antiviral we discussed, trifluridine, is a bit expensive, so I raised my hand and asked:

"Dr. Hamor, what about topical lysine? When I get herpes on my lips, I just go to the drug store and buy a $2 tube of lysine ointment."

(You can see where this is going. . .)

After stating that he wasn't sure of the safety of using topical lysine on the eyes, Dr. Hamor took advantage of the opportunity to ask:

"So what are doing with herpes on your lips?"

And, as you'd expect, the classmate next to me elbowed me, and the whole class roared.

"COLD SORES!" I explained. "COLD SORES! ! !" and I proceeded to hit my classmate across the arm (sorry again, Jason).

Dr. Hamor continued with "Oh, never mind! I don't want to know! Too much information! T-M-I! ! !"





Feline Herpes vs. Cold Sores





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