Genital Herpes - You Might Have It, But You Do Not Know (Yet)
Elizabeth Campbell
As we all know, genital herpes is a very widely spread disease of the genital area. Infection caused by it is messy and highly contagious. It affects both women and men, and it is transmitted usually through sexual contact, as well as through other ways.
It can be transmitted through direct contact with contaminated items, like towels, panties,and toilet seats. It can also be transmitted through kissing and in rare cases through oral sexual contact.
It can be transmitted like that because these particular types of viruses can survive outside their natural environments, even for whole minutes, so be careful what is it that you touch, try on, or when you use public restrooms!
Generally, people infected with the disease are not aware that they are infected because there are no symptoms to contend with. This makes it all the more risky because the infected person continues to do what they have been doing without protection, infecting more and more clueless healthy people. So year after year the number of infections grows geometrically as those infected just ignore the symptoms, if they show at all.
Incubation period of the virus is between three to seven days after the exposure. Usually, the first infection is violent, severe and it has extended evolution, or it can present no symptoms at all, depending on the reactivity of the patient and the individual immune response.
Manifestations of genital herpes appear in the genital area, which start with small red bumps that progress into watery blisters, then develop further into open sores. When scratched, the sores could burst open and secrete blood and pus. Before all these, the person will first feel a burning and itching sensation.
After several days, the blisters will break and become open, throbbing sores. The wounds can expand and then become like boils covered with a skin layer and develop to cover a large area of the skin.
As mentioned before, this affliction affects both men and women, regardless of their preference of sexual activity. People prone to anal sex can get lesions in the anus area. Women, on the other hand can experience severe pain if the virus lodges at the urethra level. Stinging and burning feelings will be part of her daily life until she decides to get treatment for her condition.
Some of the symptoms of the infection are headache, colds and fever. The lesions can develop up to the hip, buttocks and upper thigh. The infection can be treated with anti-viral medicines which will arrest the development of the virus and the severity of the infection.
It is sad to note that to this date, no treatment has been developed to completely eradicate the virus from the human body. As it is, the virus can only be controlled.
Prolonged treatment successfully reduces the rate of recurrence of the infection of genital herpes and in clearing the sores caused by the infection. Continuous intake of the antiviral medication for at least fourteen days is normally prescribed, and if the sores still do not get completely healed, medication should be continued for seven days more.
The most important step for an infected person to take is to pay attention to the symptoms, promptly consult a doctor, and most importantly do everything that is necessary to prevent transmission of the disease to others.
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