Real storry
18-year-old student recently had a bad experience with genital herpes. Until then, do not even know that this virus exists. Gynecologist was to clarify the characteristics of this disease is very scarce, so this issue has turned on me, his neighbor from the upper floors, working on “a magazine for a healthy life ‘, so what should already know about it. “I’m interested to know more about this disease, because the outbreaks are likely to be repeated, painful but not exactly innocent. I would like to know something about the origin of the virus and how infection occurs and how it is transmitted.
Is there a means to relieve the pain? How is the hygiene of the disease? How should the unbearable pain when touched even wash my skin? How do I prevent re-activation of the virus? What is the immune resistance during an outbreak, because I was heavily swollen lymph nodes in the groin, the pressure on them is very painful, “it was only a few issues which boiled out of it.
After the answers to these questions I turned to the mag. Metka Adamic, dermatolovenerologinjo, an expert in this field.
For my neighbor, and all those who want to find out more about genital herpes, give you some basic facts about this disease.
Viral Infection
Herpes simplex is a viral infection. It is one that repeats in some people. By repetition occurs because the viruses that cause the infection to the first life in the “dormant form” staying in the spinal cord nerve cells. There are safe, because our defense mechanisms are not achieved.
More women than men
Herpes simplex is the most common sexually transmitted disease that usually affects the genital area. More women are infected than men. Although you can affect each person sexually active are more likely to infect people with many sexual partners. Prekuženosti rate of the virus that causes this condition is different from country to country. The prevalence is highest in Africa and South America and lowest in Asia. In Europe, most living in Greenland in the age group 20 to 24 years by 57% in the age group 25 to 39 years, the proportion infected has risen to 74%. In Spain, estimated to be infected from 2 to 6% of the people.
More than a third of adults
Genital herpes simplex virus is usually caused by herpes simplex type 2 (HSV 2). The disease very rarely causes herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1), which causes problems especially on the lips.
The HSV 2, we meet and become sexually active. It is estimated that more than a third of prekuženih adults, with more than three-quarters of them are sporadic recurrence of rash.
The incubation period
The incubation period lasts about a week. Upon first contact with this virus (it is contracted from sexual contact with the infected, which may have visible signs of disease, but is also possible that the signs are not visible), there are general malaise, slight fever and rash. Most of these are swelling and small bubbles with a thin wall, and later painful sores in the vaginal area and labia in women and in men in the penis.
First felt sick itching and pain in the genital area, may also have a sensitive and swollen inguinal lymph nodes. Problems range from one to three weeks. Primary infection can also be goods, sometimes even without evidence.
When you wake up again
Approximately 60 percent of people have mild or atypical later symptoms. sleeping virus can awaken spontaneously at any time (activated) and cause a new episode of genital herpes. This can help conditions such as fever, sun, menstruation, stress, injuries and various diseases that weaken the body and its immune response.
Grills and itch
Recurrence usually begins with itching, tingling, calcining, and exceptionally painful area, which occur in a few hours of redness and swelling. Over the next two days followed by a set of bubble formation, characteristic of the disease. Later in the diseased area appears painful ulcer, followed by scab, which eventually sloughs off. It is also possible that the affected area only noticed redness and swelling or ranico without incurring the visible bubbles.
Problems are not always the same, it may last only two to three days, but also for two weeks. Some patients state that before the onset of rash experience headache, fever and rarely slightly elevated body temperature. Iterations are generally milder, with fewer bubbles and shorter duration. Bubbles appear on the genital area, but also on the buttocks or thigh. Eventually, after several years, the number of times diluted and often even disappear.
HSV 2 is usually transmitted by sexual contact. It is important to know that the virus can be eliminated even when the patient shows no signs of disease, so that 70 percent of genital herpes transmissions occur during asymptomatic virus excretion in the period between two episodes.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is done differently: it can be clinically, starting during acute illness, blood from an infected person, it is possible to prove the presence of antibody or virus or its antigens.
Transfer to the fetus
In pregnant women with vaginal childbirth herpes rash may spread the infection to the fetus, which may have been life-threatening brain inflammation, brain and other organs. It is therefore imperative that obstetricians before delivery informed about herpes. Only then can we properly protect children from infection. Usually it is necessary to carry out a caesarean section.
Treatment
As with all viral infections, including herpes is not an effective drug that is finally recovered. Commonly used in the treatment of local resources that enable faster healing of the affected areas: alcohol, phenol, antibiotic ointment.
Medicines
Your doctor may prescribe one of the antiviral drugs that prevent the propagation of HSV. Thus, the disease is shortened to reduce the possibility of transferring the virus to a partner. Such drugs are available in the form of ointments and tablets. At the onset of rash ointment, unfortunately, has not made much effective as the virus reproduces in nerve cells.
If a patient takes medication in tablet form in good time, at the time of onset of first signs (tingling, tingling, itching, …), it is possible to prevent a recurrence. But that does not mean that you will not be rash reappeared. For some people who have frequent and annoying repetition (more than six times per year), is a useful preventive prescription of these pills, take them regularly, every day.
Lasers
There are also low-energy lasers to locally promote wound healing and to some extent stimulate local immune system. Even with the TNB method (Transcutaneous nevroblokada) that is implemented in some units of physiotherapy, is possible to reduce the individual attacks, some people perceive that, after such irradiation reduces the incidence of recurrence.
A few useful tips:
-Have sexual contact with a well-known persons, protect it with a condom.
-If you have blisters or sores, you refrain from sexual relations.
-Use only your own towels.
-Following recovery for some time to wait for sex.
-Do not touch the blisters and ulcers, and after any possible contact Wash your hands thoroughly.
-Pay attention to general hygiene.
-If you are pregnant, your gynecologist or obstetrician know about infection with HSV second










