Genital herpes is a disease, which only passes from one person to another during a sex contact. HSV is very unpleasant and rather painful phenomenon. The reason is: during this illness there appear blisters or groups of small ulcers (open sores) everywhere around genitals or exactly on them. The disease shows itself in the same way in women and men. Unfortunately, there have not been developed a medicine yet, which would be able to heal HSV completely. You can ease your pain and heal the sores during the outbreak. But ones herpes appears in your body, it stays there forever. When the virus gets inside the body through the microscopic tears, it settles down somewhere near the spinal cord. Celebrities with herpes
To prevent herpes outbreaks you have to keep you genitals clean all the time and your immune system should be strong enough to fight genital HSV virus. When you get cold or any time you make your body weaker (for example after stress, long disease, medications), genetal virus becomes active and attacks your body.
Beginning stages of herpes
Doctors say that the incubation period lasts from 3 to 7 days. During this period the infection spreads around the body. It's the period before the first lesion develops. You have to know that while the incubation period you can't transmit genital herpes to other people and there are no any symptoms of the disease. Herpes news
HSV appears in the form of terrible blisters around the genitals and on them. Those blisters may itch and be very painful. The size of the blisters is very small - 1 to 3 millimeters. But you will notice that those blisters are situated in the groups around the affected area. The blisters on the genitals are usually very tender and you shouldn't touch them at all. First of all, because of possible pain. And second of all - you might put the dirt and other infections on that weak and sensitive area. Herpes on hands
After the blisters break, there appear ulcers, which still are painful and reddish and they might stay up to 4 weeks. When you heal the ulcers completely, the genital herpes may be considered to be removed.
To detect presence of the virus in your body, you have to pass some tests. Those might be blood tests or tests of the water from blisters. But in general HSV is easy to detect because of its symptoms. Visit your doctor and ask him for a professional advice. That way you'll know definitely how to heal you HSV and how reliable that treatment is.