How can herpes be treated

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I suffer from genital herpes, characterized by swelling of inguinal lymph nodes, tenderness, clusters or scattered small blisters around the external genitalia or anus, and conscious pain. The doctor is also very good, timely diagnosis and treatment, the mood is much better, today let me share with you how to treat herpes.

How can herpes be treated

First: general treatment. The blister wall should be kept intact, clean and dry, washed with normal saline 2-3 times a day, and sucked dry with sterile gauze. If the blister wall has been damaged, apply antibiotic ointment or cream, and use sensitive antibiotics for secondary infection.

Second: when the local pain is obvious, 2% - 5% lidocaine ointment can be used. Keep a regular life and avoid tiredness, staying up late and drinking. Systemic antiviral therapy: antiviral therapy is the main method for the treatment of genital herpes.

Third: the commonly used and effective drugs in clinic are acyclovir, valaciclovir, famciclovir and so on. For acyclovir resistant virus, foscarnet sodium and ribavirin can be selected, which has certain therapeutic effect.

matters needing attention

At present, there are many methods for the treatment of genital herpes, such as laser, cryotherapy and so on, and all of them have certain curative effect, but they all have different recurrence rates. Therefore, the focus should be on the prevention of recurrence