You get dressed to the nines and you're looking slick. You have a little mousse in your hair and a strut in your step. A new pair of shoes and an even newer haircut-and you're ready to rock your town. Too bad you have genital herpes and you're too nice a guy to keep the lights shut while you notch another one on your bedpost. (Cue sad music here.) Look, first things first: you should always have safe sex. Safe sex is good and keeps a lot of bad things from happening to you. But if you have already become infected with herpes it's time for treatment to keep those outbreaks under control.
Yeah, herpes of any sort is a bummer to be sure. Genital herpes probably takes the cake for bummer STD. (We're not counting HIV here, but if you were able to become infected with herpes you may have opened yourself up to an even more terrible STD like HIV.) The fact is that there are over twenty five different viruses, diseases and illnesses that can be categorized as an STD, so if you are currently having sexual encounters you should know what to be on the lookout for and know what treatment is available.
You should also be practicing safe sex with condoms, rubbers, Jimmy hats-whatever you want to call them, you should be using them. With that said (like a stern parent waving a gnarled and wrinkled finger at you), we know that many times you are not going to use a condom. Why? "It feels better without one" or "I didn't have one"... all hogwash! Get with it and begin to incorporate safe sex procedures into your life. You could be saving yourself a lifetime of genital herpes treatment-or far worse.
What exactly is genital herpes? Well, herpes itself is a vast array of differing strains of a similar virus which includes everything from cold sores to chickenpox. However, most people are referring to HSV 1 and 2 when they speak of herpes. HSV 1 is your traditional run-of-the-mill lip herpes, the common cold sore, and it is thought that one in four Americans are positive for this virus. (Astounding numbers, we know!)
HSV 2 is the sister-strain to HSV 1 and it is better known as genital herpes. Sores, scabs, and the like, that break-out and form beneath the belt, so to speak. Thankfully, treatment is available for both of these infections.
Any certified STD clinic can help you diagnosed and treat any form of herpes you have been unfortunate enough to catch. Believe it or not, you are not alone. The numbers of people infected with this virus is way too high. Safe sex, early diagnosis and genital herpes treatment are the best ways to combat these unbelievable statistics.
What are the symptoms for genital herpes? They are series of painful blisters that turn into painful scabs and sores. Before these outward symptoms appear, you may feel very tired, get flu-like symptoms including a high fever and upset stomach. Remember that not everyone who becomes infected with herpes show symptoms; some infected individuals are just carriers. They remain asymptomatic yet can go on and on infecting the people they sleep with one after another like snowballs at a bus window. In some weird ironic twist of fate, the individuals infected through these symptomless carriers will need much more treatment, as they are much more likely to break out in these horrible sores than if they were infected by an individual who shows symptoms.
What is the genital herpes test procedure? In the United States there are several different tests for herpes 1 and 2. They include the herpes viral culture, the herpes antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction test. Only a certified STD clinic can choose the best test for you. The testing procedure will be quick, painless and-believe it or not-affordable as well! Then treatment can begin. Leave it to the trained professional to recommend the best medicine and the best dose for you to help keep your genital herpes infection in check.
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