Thousands of people suffer from this unpleasant illness day by day. The reason they get is that science hasn't found the efficient weapon to fight HSV once and forever. So let us learn more about this disease to be able to fight it ourselves and of course to prevent this annoying illness.
What is herpes simplex?
Science tells us that herpes is a disease with some unpleasant symptoms which is caused by HSV1 and HSV2. These are two types of virus which cause different pictures. The first one provokes symptoms on a facial area and the second one - in the genital area. What is herpes simplex
The first visible symptoms of the oral form attack usually face and mouth in particular. These fist pictures are identified as cold sores and fever blisters. This form of infection is the most widely spread and it attacks a lot of patients annually. Herpes simplex virus
Herpes simplex also has its own cycles. And the treatment depends on the stage in which the disease is at the moment. Active disease means that HSV has presented itself in a form of following pictures: blisters and sores. This period can last from 2 days up to 21. But 21 days is a rather long period and if the illness lasts for this long it means that the treatment wasn't effective or suitable at all. Oral herpes simplex
The stage when a patient sees the symptoms going away is called the remission. Usually after the disease there are no visible and ugly scars on a body of a patient. But this also depends on the treatment that was used to heal the blisters and sores. Herpes simplex virus type 2
Herpes simplex symptoms
The medical disorders which are provoked by the HSV are called symptoms. We've already mentioned that the disease can cause ugly pictures on a face and in a genital area, but also you have to prepared to the fact that HSV causes pictures on hands or anywhere where you bring the infection (if you have touched a blister and after touched your back- there also might appears blisters on a back). Herpes simplex symptoms
Unfortunately people who have suppressed immune system are disposed to various herpes simplex consequences. I mean they don't only get usual symptoms in a form of blisters, sore etc, but they can also get cognitive deficits of bipolar disorder. Herpes simplex keratitis
The science history knows lots of cases when people with HSV 2 didn't have any visible pictures in their genital area. These patients are called asymptomatic or as patients who have subclinical picture.
One of the first symptoms that appear on a body is Herpetic gingivostomatitis. This phenomenon appears when a person has HSV for the first time. The statistics say that in the USA almost 90% of the citizens have this symptom. Herpes simplex pictures
When herpes gets on hands it causes rather painful symptoms. Herpetic whitlow occurs on toes or it attacks the nail cuticle.
Causes of herpes simplex
We've already said that the disease appears because HSV 1 or HSV 2 gets into a person's body and stays there. But the ways herpes gets inside a patients nerve system are very different.
First of all let's analyze HSV1. This enemy of our body has a number of ways to get inside. Even if there was an accidental touch of an infected area, simplex can start attacking your body! If one patient has a latent form of the disease (this means that simplex does exists in his body but never shows up in a form of symptoms) another person can get HSV. Causes of herpes simplex
In a case when the pictures are obvious on a person's body and another patient touches them - the risk of getting pictures is almost 100%! That's why when you have simplex symptoms (and it doesn't matter whether you have a treatment for them or not) you have to wash your hand rather often, especially after touching the areas where blisters are. Herpes infections
HSV2 has a very similar method of getting inside the body. Of course it passes through sex. Especially when there are visible pictures noticed. If there is a direct skin-to-skin contact of an oral area with blisters to the healthy genital area, there is a very high possibility of herpes transmission.
Herpes simplex treatment
Every patient with herpes has to remember that there is no way to kill it completely. It might be suppressed but when the immune system of a person is also suppressed, herpes might come out with its unpleasant rash, reddish skin and more serious pictures. Herpes simplex treatment
Of course during the active symptoms stage there are ways to decrease the pain and lessen the rash and the annoyance. Antiviral treatment can even eliminate the period of the illness and the severity of the pictures.
The following antiviral treatment has proved themselves as effective: aciclovir (acyclovir), valaciclovir (valacyclovir), famciclovir, and penciclovir. The first one on the list is the treatment method first discovered. Nowadays of course it is the most widespread in the war against symptoms. These remedies are the most effective if you use them to fight labialis. As you know recently these treatment methods were also used for people who have cancer. The negative point is that people who have simplex for the very first time can't feel the entire efficiency of these medicines. Natural remedies for herpes simplex
Of course there are some ways to fight simplex symptoms with the help of alternative remedies. These are some natural herbs and supplements used as a treatment of sores and blisters. Of course these supplements can show insufficiency when used to destroy simplex on its severe and late stages, but still these ways are worth trying.
How to prevent herpes simplex
I think you understand that preventing this disease is a rather difficult to do. But still you always have to be attentive and careful, look at all you have contact with and in an alarm case, as when you notice herpes pictures - sore and blisters - keep yourself far from a patient with those. Herpes simplex incubation
HSV2 mostly affects women. And this is because females are generally more exposed to the attacks of sexually transmitted diseases. The most effective barrier method to prevent simplex 2 is to use condoms. And this works both ways: for males and females. Because men still get herpes simplex if they have sex with a female with visible and active pictures. Moreover if there is a contact of face area with symptoms and healthy genital area - the risk of getting HSV is very high. You should consider this is having oral sex.
There is already an anti HSV vaccine. But at the moment this treatment method is still under trials. But its contribution to the treatment science would be great - as it not only helps to cure symptoms but to prevent them, too.
And of course the antivirals - we've already discussed them a bit. These remedies should be used to decrease asymptomatic shedding. It helps to reduce the shedding from 20 days to 10 days - and this is an incredible result!