[email protected] wrote:

> There is such confusion on this subject that I would like to comment.
>
> The pain is caused by the virus damaging the nerve connections
> specifically the nerve endings, Killing the virus doesn't eliminate
> the pain it has caused. Killing the virus only prevents it from
> causing further nerve damage and therefore pain.
>
> Altho the virus remains in the system (for life) it becomes dormant
> again......until the next time. Ultimately, the body itself must
> repair the damage.
>
> So, if the virus is dormant, how is the CS going to eliminate the
> pain. The pain is not a virus. The pain is not a bacteria.

Reversion to stem cells that allow the repair since nerve cells don't
regenerate normally.

Marshall