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Is there anyway to make a viral disease go away faster?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Depends on the virus: We have treatments for some viral infections: hiv, hepatitis c, hepatitis b, herpes, influenza and zoster, for example. But for many other viral infections (common cold, viral gastroenteritis) you just have to wait it out and treat the symptoms.

Answered 9/28/2016

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