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!
Many of the individuals who carry the disease present no symptoms at all. That is highly dangerous because it cannot warn the healthy individuals about its existence. A large number of people get infected every year, because they ignore the symptoms or because they do not present any.
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.
Genital herpes, as the name of the disease aptly denotes, affects the genital area where small watery blisters will appear, then later develop into open sores which could ooze liquid and blood. Before the blisters appear, the person would feel a burning and itching sensation and sometimes, pus pockets appear.
Two to four days after, the watery blisters will burst and develop into open raw wounds, which can become bigger and the boil covered with crusts can take up large areas of the skin.
As we mentioned, this infection affects both women and men, no matter what type of sexual activity they develop. People who practice anal sex can get lesions at the anus level. Women however can experience a great amount of pain if the virus is located at the urethra level. Stinging and burning feelings will definitely bother the infected woman, and this condition shall need immediate treatment.
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.
Regrettably, medical specialists have not found a cure for this disease so that it could be completely removed from the body and not stay there in its dormant state. The medicines can at best just control the virus.
Continuous treatments have rendered successful results in preventing the frequency of outbreaks of the genital herpes, as well as in reducing the severity of the infection. The anti-viral treatment must be continued up to fourteen days, and if the wounds are still not healed, the medication can be extended for seven more days.
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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