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Herpes on the labia

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Herpes on the labia - a recurrent infection of the female genital tract, which is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), the first and / or second type. The disease is more commonly known as "genital herpes".

GENERAL

It is currently known eight types of herpes viruses that are pathogenic to humans. However, the cause of herpes genital lips is only the herpes simplex virus (Herpes simplex virus) types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2).

Facts about the causative agent of genital herpes:

  • The source of infection - a sick man or a virus carrier.
  • HSV persists in the human body for life.
  • Treatment of herpes labia allows only reduce clinical symptoms. Drugs that completely destroy the virus, there is still no.
  • This viral infection is highly contagious, particularly during exacerbations.
  • HSV-1 is transmitted mainly by oral contact, at least - by airborne droplets.
  • Upon infection, this type of virus appear orolabialnoy specific manifestations of herpes infections ( "colds on the lips").
  • Symptoms of herpes genital lips caused by HSV-1, arise in the oral-genital sexual contact with an infected partner.
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  • HSV-1 is detected every fifth patient with genital herpetic manifestations. In other cases detected HSV-2 or a combination of both types.
  • HSV 2 is only transmitted sexually.
  • Each year, HSV-2 infected at least 20 million people worldwide. With more than 400 million of the world population is already infected.
  • Both types of HSV can be transmitted to the child during childbirth from an infected pregnant woman.
  • Neonatal herpes is a high level of mortality.
  • HSV-2 increases to three times the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this case, patients with HIV infection, this type of herpes is detected in almost 90% of cases.
  • More than 85% of cases of genital herpes occurs completely asymptomatic for quite a long time. And in some of the positive symptoms of the disease are absent over a lifetime.
  • After infection, the virus enters the nerve ganglia and exists there throughout a person's life.
  • exacerbation of clinical symptoms occurs at lower total body immunoresistance - sharp overcooling or overheating during infectious diseases, avitaminosis, frequent psycho-emotional stress and m. p.

SYMPTOMS

Manifestations of the disease usually occur within one to ten days after infection. In women, a sign of herpes genital lips a rash of small blisters with a characteristic redness around them. After several days spontaneously bubbles are opened to form a moist erosions and ulcer, which are sometimes quite painful.

Rashes in genital herpes genital lips are often preceded by itching, burning, redness and swelling at the site of future eruptions.

In most cases, especially when the first episode of disease, increasing the inguinal lymph nodes, can be increased body temperature.

The duration of the first episode of disease - from two to five weeks. Recurrences are usually accompanied by less severe symptoms and lasts 7-10 days.

DIAGNOSTICS

Apart from the specific symptoms of the disease, allowing most of the suspect HSV, for accurate identification of the pathogen carrying out additional methods need to research.

Currently, the most accurate and available methods include: determination of specific antibodies (IgG, IgM) by ELISA and detection of pathogen DNA particles in pathological material via PCR.

TREATMENT

Before you learn how to treat cold sores on the genital lips, seek medical advice for the purpose of precise identification of the disease. After all, a manifestation of this disease sometimes "masked" and other vaginal infection, such as syphilis, especially in the case of atypical its course.

After examination and diagnosis, the doctor will determine it than to treat herpes on sexual lip.

To date, all of the methods of drug therapy and prophylaxis of herpes infections merged into two big groups: chemotherapy (acyclic nucleosides) and immunotherapy, and their combination.

acyclic nucleoside group of drugs can be used both systemically and locally. The duration of therapy, the dosage and method of application are determined based on the severity of the disease manifestations, frequency of relapses, the state of immunity, antibody titer and so on. D.

Immunotherapy involves the use of preparations of interferon, antioxidants, vitamin complexes.

Antiviral treatment compulsorily assigned and sexual partner, even if he has no symptoms of the disease. During treatment excluded sex.

COMPLICATIONS

Genital herpes in women can cause a variety of disorders of the nervous system such as neuralgia, loss of libido. The vulva is often marked by the appearance of dryness and painful fissures.

HSV have a negative effect on pregnancy, causing the appearance of its pathology and the development of HSV infection in newborns. Especially dangerous is the primary infection or worsening of the disease in the last trimester of pregnancy.

PREVENTION

For the prevention of genital herpes, it is first necessary to observe hygiene sex life: the right to use a condom every time you have sex and avoid frequent change of sexual partners.

FORECAST FOR RECOVERY

To treat cold sores on the labia, it is necessary to have patience and to comply strictly with all the doctor's recommendations. In this case, properly chosen therapy will significantly reduce the time course of symptoms of the disease, reduce the frequency of relapses and prevent complications.

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