Herpes, or HSV, is an inflammation of the area around the mouth, nose, reproductive system and buttocks. It can be visible anywhere in the skin. Herpes is an annoying and painful disease because ulcers and pimples are often Painful and hideous appearance and because it can reappear at any time in the future.
Types of herpes
Oral oral herpes: This is the appearance of blisters filled with fluid, sores and infections that appear on the area around the mouth or face and the rate of infection is very small.
It has two types of infection: primary infection and other recurrent infections, although some people become infected when exposed to the virus, but 10% of them appear symptoms of ulcers and pimples, these sores are the primary infection and appear after approximately 2.20 days after contact with an injured person The symptoms of itching, burning and numbness before the pimples appear, and may explode this pill and pimples and out of which pus, which in turn is the transmission of infection because it contains the virus.
Sores that are in the first type may be completely healed, leaving no trace. But the virus remains in the neurons in the spinal cord. There are factors such as fever, sun rays, somersaults, stress, surgery or laser that stimulate the appearance of the virus again, causing repeated infections, but may be less than the first time, the so-called recurrent infection.
2 – Sexual herpes: It appears after 2 to 20 days of contact with an infected person, and shows symptoms on the buttocks, and the penis, and the sensitive area, and the cervix. It is transmitted through sexual contact and has many problems, including: skin rash, itching, irritable skin ulcers, fever, muscle pain and burning during the tibosil, such as oral herpes in terms of the appearance and frequent attacks.
Diagnosis of herpes
Herpes is diagnosed by knowing the history of symptoms and the form of pimples, that is, without laboratory tests to confirm the injury. If the injury is not confirmed, a swab of the infected skin is taken and analyzed in the laboratory to confirm the infection.
Treating Herpes
Treatment is done through antiviral drugs, which have an excellent effect to stop the transmission of infection to other areas and prevent recurrence and taken orally:
. Acyclovir tablets
. Tablets Famciclovir
. Valacyclovir tablets