How to treat genital herpes

Update Date: 2022-10-12 Source: Network

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A week ago, I started to have some small blisters in my vulva, and there were about 10 blisters near my anus, including 4 blisters. There were two days of pain in the middle, and now they are all better, leaving a lot of red marks. The blisters grow on one side of the vagina. The doctor prescribed me valaciclovir hydrochloride and antiviral drugs. I did HSV test, and the results of type 1 and type 2 were negative. The doctor said I might have herpes zoster. Then immediately for treatment, the situation is slightly better, let's talk 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.

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In order to improve our health, it is important for everyone of us to take seriously and seriously treat it so as to greatly reduce the incidence rate of genital herpes and reduce its harm to our health.