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Genital Herpes: Outbreaks
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Genital herpes outbreaks can be distressing, inconvenient, and sometimes painful. Concern about transmitting the disease to others and disruption of sexual relations during outbreaks can affect personal relationships. If you or your partner has genital herpes, you can learn to cope with and treat the disease effectively by getting proper counseling and medicine, and by using preventive measures as mentioned above. Your local or state health department may be able to offer you counseling. In addition, if you have questions and concerns, you can call the American Social Health Association and the Health Advice Company hotlines:
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Valtrex ... is indicated for the initial and recurrent treatment and for suppression of genital herpes outbreaks as well as for herpes zoster. The most common side effects with Valtrex are headache, nausea and abdominal pain. Valtrex is intended for adults with normal immune systems. To avoid a potentially serious complication, patients should tell their doctor if their immune system is not normal because of advanced HIV disease, bone marrow or kidney transplant. There is no cure for herpes and even with treatment it may be possible to spread herpes to others.
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According to the survey, 75 percent of respondents were aware that genital herpes could be transmitted to a partner even if the infected individual is not having an outbreak. This asymptomatic transmission is known as viral shedding, which occurs when the virus is no longer dormant and begins to replicate. Although no symptoms are present, the virus can be transmitted during this time. Respondents ... knew (76 percent) that the use of a latex condom does not fully protect against transmission.
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The genital herpes symptoms of the first outbreak will vary quite substantially from person to person. The episode usually occurs within two to ten days of exposure. You will know that a genital herpes outbreak has started when those small red bumps appear that evolve into vessicles, and the blisters evolve to become open lesions. The bumps situate themslves right by the point of first infection, normally on the genitals or lips.
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A person who has less than 6 genital herpes outbreaks a year and a normal immune system may want to consider taking medication only when an outbreak occurs. If this treatment option is chosen, medication must be started within 1 day of symptoms. For this reason, a person choosing this option should already have the medication on hand. These are the treatment options and they are ... taken orally:
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There is no treatment that can cure genital herpes; the virus will always be in your body. Certain drugs such as acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir can shorten outbreaks and make them less severe, or stop them from happening. Depending on your needs, your doctor can give you drugs to take right after getting outbreak symptoms or drugs that you can take on a regular basis to try to stop outbreaks from happening. When used along with safe sex practices, Valacyclovir (brand name Valtrex ®) can ... help prevent you from passing the infection to someone else. Talk to your doctor about which treatment plan is best for you.
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