How to treat genital herpes

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Genital herpes provoked me two years ago. I spent a lot of money at that time. Although it was cured, it often recurred later. Many times a year, it made me miserable! For patients with this disease should be treated as soon as possible, I will tell you about how to treat genital herpes.

How to treat genital herpes

Treatment 1: general treatment, (1) mainly to keep the local clean, dry. It can be washed with isotonic normal saline every day, and pain patients can take oral analgesics to give mental comfort. (2) Patients complicated with bacterial infection can use antibiotic ointment externally. (3) If local pain is obvious, topical 5% lidocaine hydrochloride ointment or oral analgesics can be used. (4) Psychological support, explain the nature of the disease, the causes of recurrence and how to treat and deal with it, enhance the confidence of fighting against the disease.

Treatment 2: antiviral therapy, the recommended treatment options include: acyclovir, oral, 5 times a day; or acyclovir, oral, 3 times a day; or valaciclovir, oral, 2 times a day; or famciclovir, oral, 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 7-10 days for newly diagnosed genital herpes and 5 days for recurrent genital herpes. Patients with frequent recurrence need to take a lower dose for a longer course of treatment.

Treatment 3: Life conditioning, in the genital herpes disease, we should pay attention to daily life and eating habits, develop good living habits, at the same time in the daily diet to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, but also drink more water.

matters needing attention

Reasonable diet: Patients with recurrent herpes diet should be light, less fat and greasy food, less spicy food, rich and balanced diet nutrition, reduce disease are genital herpes precautions.