Herpes Treatments

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There are many treatments available for herpes and finding one that works best for you will be a personal choice.

In your search for a treatment, consider these points:

Genital herpes can be mistaken for many different conditions and so should ALWAYS be diagnosed professionally. It is important to know exactly what condition you are treating before looking for possible solutions.

Antibiotics will have no effect on a herpes condition. This is because herpes is a virus - antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections and are useless on viruses.

Cortisone or Steroid based creams and medications are NOT recommended to be used on herpes conditions. Although they may seem to work initially they are actually contraindicative for herpes and can cause the outbreak to ‘flare up’ and become worse.

Be wary of any herpes product that claims to “cure” the herpes virus. Although a treatment may be able to eliminate the physical symptoms there is still the possibility of viral shedding, which means that you still may be able to transmit the virus even if you have experienced no further symptoms after using the treatment.

Current testing methods cannot determine if a person is cured of the virus because these tests work by detecting the levels of “antibodies” in the bloodstream.

Antibodies are the immune system’s memory responses and, once exposed to a condition, they will remain in a person’s body for life to protect them in the case of a future attack. Therefore, if a product claims to be a cure it cannot scientifically be proven and therefore should be treated with skepticism.

If you try a treatment and do not find it helpful do not be disheartened. Many people with herpes need to try more than one treatment before they find one that works best for them.

According to a survey conducted by the American Social Health Association (1991), most patients with Herpes try between two and five different therapies.

These include: