Can genital herpes be cured?

Genital herpes is a relatively common sexually transmitted disease. It is very harmful and highly contagious. If you get this disease, you should take medication in time. It can be treated with oral and topical Western medicine to completely eradicate it. In addition, genital herpes is prone to recurrence. During the treatment process, in addition to paying attention to medication, good daily conditioning is also very important, and preventive work should be done.

Medication for genital herpes

Oral medication: Oral medication mainly controls the progression of the disease by inhibiting viral replication, but cannot completely kill and eliminate the virus. Relapse will occur if the medication is discontinued. Long-term use of the medication will lead to drug resistance, making subsequent treatment more difficult.

Topical medications: Most of the topical medications for the treatment of genital herpes are corrosive to a certain extent. Especially for the treatment of subclinical infection sites of genital herpes, these sites are very delicate skin and mucous membranes. The use of highly corrosive topical medications will cause erosion and ulceration of the genital mucosa, scarring, and keratosis hyperplasia while removing warts. The ulcers may also spread the virus and cause repeated recurrences. In some patients, the strong stimulation of the drugs will accelerate the process of cancer.

Issues to pay attention to in life

1. Genital herpes has a very negative impact on the patient's family, work and life. Therefore, the treatment of genital herpes must be done as soon as possible and should not be delayed. So what about the prevention of genital herpes? Let's listen to the experts' explanations and opinions:

2. There is currently no specific prevention method for genital herpes. For example, recurrent genital herpes can have a great psychological impact on patients, and may even induce the risk of genital malignancy. The psychological factors of patients are mainly depression, fear and other disorders, which often become direct triggers for the recurrence of HSV. Based on treatment experience, experts say that as long as patients adhere to regular treatment, they can be cured.

3. Animal experiments have shown that vaccination with either killed HSV vaccine or live attenuated HSV vaccine has an immune effect. Since the virus is closely related to certain cancers, it is not used for routine prevention. Recently, purified herpes virus envelope glycoprotein has been used as a vaccine to avoid the carcinogenic risk of herpes virus DNA.

4. ACV also has a preventive effect. Condoms may reduce transmission of the disease, especially during the period of asymptomatic shedding, but they do not prevent transmission when genital lesions are present.