Treatment of genital herpes

Update Date: 2022-08-16 Source: Network

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Genital herpes mainly due to herpes simplex virus infection, is a sexually transmitted disease, infectious, high recurrence, great harm, poor prognosis. The route of infection is sexual contact. Erythema, papules, blisters and other symptoms appear at the beginning of the disease. With the development of the disease, the blister is broken to form erosion or ulcer, which makes the patient feel pain. Now I will introduce to you the treatment of reproductive herpes.

Treatment of 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 initial herpes and 5 days for recurrent herpes. Patients with frequent recurrence need to take a lower dose for a longer course of treatment.

Treatment 3: Life conditioning, in the 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

Here to remind you: prevention of infection. The infection of various diseases should be prevented, especially the alternation of cold and warm in spring and autumn. Clothes should be increased or decreased timely to avoid upper respiratory tract infection caused by cold. In addition, the inflammation of oral cavity and nasal cavity should be treated actively.