Basically, genital herpes is spreading through sexual contact. That is why the
best prevention is not having unhealthy sex habit. In many cases, the habit of
having more than one sexual partner will increase the risk of getting this
disease or other sexually transmitted disease. One of common preventive tool is
condom. You can use condom to reduce the risk of infected with herpes simplex
virus type 2 which is the one that causing this type of disease.
Choose the condom that made from
latex material. It is simply because the latex condom can provide better
protection than the natural-membrane condoms. Another type of condom is the
female condom that made from polyurethane. Using douche is also need to be
eliminated since it may change the healthy bacteria on vagina. Beside that the
douche is also possible to flush the pathogen bacteria that contain sexually
transmitted disease into genital track.
In fact, having sexual relationship
is not a strange to teen life. That is why you need to create an open up
communication so that they can talk freely. If it is hard to do, then ask for
doctor help to talk with them. Besides that, get the teen to be tested for
sexual transmitted disease infection possibility. The key is getting their
trust so that we can reveal their truth and providing the proper medication and
treatment for them.
Unluckily, there are so many
sexually transmitted diseases including genital herpes that may not viewing
obvious symptom unless it is already reach high level of infection. Based on
this fact, teen often do not know that they are infected. Be wise to openly
educate them about the possibility of this disease and encourage them to have
regular sexually transmitted disease screening to prevent unwanted thing to
happen.
However, be aware of the right time
to ask for help to doctor or other medical expert when your teen is already
being sexually active or start to have sex. It is important to make them as
early as possible to understand that this genital herpes can spread not only by
vaginal sex but also through anal or oral sex. Tell them that the infection
often do not show any symptom so that they may never know that their partner
having this disease or not.
Have some regular full physical
examination for your teen to make sure about their health condition in general.
If possible, contact the gynecologist or specialist to talk and consultation
about sexual health. Another great way to obtain useful information is by
contacting the sexual counseling center and community health organization to
get the best guidance about genital herpes.
