Perfect Guidance for Genital Herpes Treatment

Need best guidance for genital herpes treatment will be highly depend on your outbreak stages? It means that it will be depend on your outbreak condition whether it is a primary infection or a recurrent outbreak. If the outbreak is the first one that ever happens to you then you better make a visit to local sexual health clinics. Commonly, they will prescribe some medicine of antiviral tablets such as acyclovir.

 

Aciclovir is chosen since this type of medicine can prevent the ability of herpes simplex virus to multiply. Even though this medication is cannot clear the virus completely from your body. At least, you will need five days of acyclovir medication. You are even possible to take a longer acyclovir medication if you have new open sores and blister around your genital area.

Even though acyclovir is commonly suggested but it still had some side effects such as feeling sick and headaches. There is also other type of antiviral medication that can be used such as valaciclovir and famciclovir. If the case is recurrent outbreak then you better visit the doctor. The genital herpes treatment will be depending on the symptom. 

 

If the genital herpes symptom is mild enough then you can choose the home base treatment. Make sure to maintain the cleanliness of affected area. You may use plain or salt water to make it clean. It will absolutely helpful to prevent any infection that causing the ulcers and blister. Moreover, it is also useful to prevent the affected areas become sticking together.  

You may also use the ice pack. Wrap the ice pack in a cold, wet, tea bag or flannel to ease the pain and make the healing process become faster. Just be sure not to apply the ice pack directly on your skin. Another way is applying petroleum jelly or painkilling cream to ease the pain when urinating. Drink enough amount of water and use proper clothing type except tight clothing.