Is genital herpes easy to treat?

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a viral infection, which is often related to unclean sexual life. At present, there is no way to completely cure genital herpes, but as long as regular treatment is carried out, the disease can generally be controlled. It does not affect your daily life and work, but if you do not pay attention to conditioning, once your immunity is low, it may cause recurrence of genital herpes.

1. Virus-induced

Since genital herpes is caused by a virus, the most commonly used treatment method is antiviral drugs. You can refer to the "Guidelines for Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases" issued by the Center for STD Control of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 and make appropriate adjustments. In addition, psychotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment should be combined. Antiviral treatments such as acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir for genital herpes can alleviate symptoms, shorten the course of the disease, and reduce detoxification.

2. Skin diseases

In addition, genital herpes is also a skin disease, so you can refer to some treatment methods for skin diseases, such as keeping the affected area clean and dry. 3% acyclovir cream, 1% penciclovir cream and phthalamide cream can be applied to the skin lesions. If there is a secondary bacterial infection, antibiotics should be added.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine is the essence of our traditional medicine and has a better eradication effect than Western medicine. Therefore, it is very common to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat genital herpes. Patients with recurrent genital herpes often suffer from fatigue and psychological anxiety. Therefore, in addition to active antiviral treatment, they can be given some traditional Chinese medicines that can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, clear away heat and detoxify, nourish the liver and kidneys, and nourish yin and clear heat, such as Shenling Baizhu Powder and Zhibai Dihuang Pills, which are effective for some patients.

However, no matter which of the above treatments are used, none of them is as effective as prevention. Prevention of the spread of genital herpes should start from three aspects: eliminating the source of infection, cutting off the transmission route and improving the immunity of susceptible populations. The way to improve the protective immunity of susceptible populations is to use vaccines. According to current information, it is not far away to find a vaccine that can effectively prevent HSV infection.