The Latin word means  vanity  and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. As applied to vanitas art, the word is drawn from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes 1:2;12:8.The Vulgate (the Latin translation of the Bible) renders the verse Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas.anitas by Harmen Steenwijck. Common vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death; rotten fruit (decay); bubbles (the brevity of life and suddenness of death); smoke, watches, and hourglasses, (the brevity of life); and musical instruments (brevity and the ephemeral nature of life).
During that time I started to itch on my arms and hands and was told by a doctor that it was Dyshidrosis and that it was triggered by stress. I actually tested positive for shingles and HSV1(fever blisters). He gave me Valtrex to take 1 gram 3x a day for a week and then a daily maint. dosage of 1 gram a day. I have never had a shingle outbreak or anything external.
Valtrex's website recommends that the drug be taken once during the prodrome of a cold sore (the aura associated with cold sores that can include burning, itching or tingling feeling in the area) and then again 12 hours later. Antiviral treatment has not shown to be effective in treating cold sores after they occur.alacyclovir is used to shorten the duration and severity of shingles symptoms and to help stop new sores from forming. Valacyclovir should be started soon after the shingles rash appears and is taken is normally taken in a week-long regimen.