Genitle herpes symptoms, diagnose, treatment

Genitle herpes is caused by a virus which is dormant for long periods between the shorter periods of outbreaks, when the symptoms of genital herpies (herpes) show.

Outbreaks is when the genitle herpes virus becomes active which can happen several times in a year. If it is not the first outbreak, this is called a recurrence. The virus (HSV-1 or HSV-2) will remain in some of the nerve cells in your body for the rest of your life but the good news is that the immune system will develop antibodies over time and become better and better in controlling the virus so the normal pattern is that recurrence becomes less frequent after a while. When the virus becomes active, often triggered by a drop in the immune system defence such as stress, other conditions etc - it will travel along the nerves to reach your skin. Once it is at skin level, it multiplies and there may be new sores near where you had your first outbreak once.

As the immune system gets better at controlling the genital herpies , recurrences are typically much milder than the primary genital herpes outbreak. If the virus is a HSV-2, the risk and frequency of recurrences is larger than if it is a HSV-1 infection..
During a recurrence, there may be sores and blisters or there may only be the secondary symptoms such as tingling, itching, a vaginal discharge, maybe a burning pain in the anal or genital areas.

Genitle herpes asymptomatic shedding 

At times, the virus can go into an active phase but without showing any symptoms at all. This is called asymptomatic shedding, something that is one of the major sources in transmission of the virus as people who experience it usually have no idea that they are contagious.

Prevention of genital herpes

Since genital herpies can be asymptomatic and still contagious, there are no perfect precautions although if you follow some simple guidelines, you will minimize the risk.

The FDA has recently approved Valtrex for the use in prevention of transmission of genitle herpes. Valtrex must be taken continously by the infected patient and when used properly, it will significantly minimize the risk of viral herpees transmission.

Other guidelines are:

• Don't have oral sex if there are any symptoms of oral herpes (cold sores etc).
• Use condoms when having sex, that is generally very efficient in preventing transmission from male to female but since a condom may not cover all areas of infection, there is still a risk.
• Don't have oral unprotected sex if there are signs of genital herpes.

Genital (genitile) herpies complications 

Genitle herpes infections are usually not connected to any serious problems or complications in otherwise healthy patients but if the immune system for some reason doesn't work as well as it should, there is a risk that genitile herpes outbreaks could be longer and more severe.

There is a small risk that the infection spreads to the eye, a condition called ocular herpes. The usual virus strain causing this is HSV-1 but it is possible for HSV-2 to infect the eye as well. In rare cases this can cause more serious eye diseases and ultimately blindness.

Female genital herpes patients who are pregnant could pass on the infection to the newborn baby. To a newborn, a genetal herpes infection is a very serious condition that could result in eye problems, skin problems serious brain problems or even death. It is extremely important that any pregnant woman with genitle herpes informs her doctor who then can take the appropriate precautions for reducing the risk of transmission. If a baby is born with herpes, it is much better if the condition is treated very early. is important in the spread of HIV infection. Genital herpies complications.