How to judge genital herpes

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Recently, a friend always feels his lower body itchy and has blisters. He feels very scared and doesn't know what it is. He went to the hospital and was diagnosed with genital herpes. Next, let me talk about how to judge genital herpes.

How to judge genital herpes

First: after genital herpes occurs, the patient's local skin will appear mild redness, and then there will be groups of needle like blisters, accompanied by mild burning and itching. After a few days, the symptoms will become dry and form Brown scab, and slight pigmentation will appear after the scab falls off, but it will disappear soon. Most of these symptoms occur at the junction of skin and mucous membrane, and will occur repeatedly.

Second: the cytological examination of herpes virus can also be used as the basis for self diagnosis of genital herpes. First, cells are taken for smears, and then fluorescent labeled HSV-1 and HSV-2 monoclonal antibodies are added. If there are apple green fluorescent virus inclusions in multinucleated giant cells under the fluorescence microscope, it is proved that they have been infected by herpes virus.

Third: primary genital herpes usually has an incubation period of 3 to 5 days. After the onset of the disease, the affected part first has a burning sensation, and erythema appears. Soon, 3 to 10 small blisters distributed in clusters on the surface of the erythema occur, and become small pustules a few days later. After ulceration, erosive surface and shallow ulcer are formed, and local redness and burning pain are found. Male patients often have diseases in the penis, urethral orifice, glans, coronal groove, some patients will be complicated with urethritis.

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Genital herpes judgment method is diverse, for people who doubt whether they have genital herpes, not only through naked eye observation, can also go to the hospital for professional identification, it is recommended that you choose the latter, more scientific.