Herpes is the most common viral infection. About 90% of people on Earth are infected with herpes, 30 million. The man of the US adult population suffers from a recurrent disease. Only 5% of infected people show the symptoms of the disease, the rest of it proceeds without clinical manifestations.
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What is herpes?
Herpes - infectious disease, the causative agent of which is a simple herpes virus (HSV).
Most often, the virus is striking:
- Skin
- Eyes - conjunctivitis, keratitis
- mucous membranes of the face
- mucous membranes of genital organs
- Central nervous system - Encephalitis, meningitis
The disease is transmitted in sexual path
(genito-genital, genital-anal, oral genital), with
Contact with patient or carrier of a simple herpes virus.
Infection is most likely to happen when
contact with patients during recurrence (repetition) of the disease, as well as when occurs
Selection of the virus without manifestation of clinical symptoms. maybe
Infection with oral genital contact, if a partner is herpes
Persons.
In pregnant women, the virus can cause
Violation of the course of pregnancy, spontaneous abortions, premature birth.
In the process of childbirth it is possible to infect the fetal.
The probability of transmission of infection, as well as the development of neonatal herpes in a child depends on a number of conditions:
- The level of neutralizing antibodies in mothers who have moved to the fetus transplacentar (intrauterine)
- level of local antibodies that bind the virus in the genital tract
- Duration of anhydrous gap
- Availability of damage to the skin of the child in the process of the delivery
Child infection can occur after delivery, it depends on,
how active herpetic manifestations of the mother are active.
Three stages of damage to genital herpes are distinguished:
- I - defeat outdoor genital organs
- II - Herpety urethritis, colipites, cervicitis
- III - Herpety Endometritis, Custitis, Salpingitis
In women, herpetic bubbles are usually formed on
Small and large sex lips, clitori, cervix. However, infection
can penetrate into the mucous membrane of the uterus, pipes, appendages ascending
way. On the site of the bubbles, ulcers are formed, which are not bleeding, and
after healing do not leave scars. The appearance of herpes may be
provoked by other sexually transmitted infections.
Recurrences, as a rule, occur after menstruation or genital
interchanges.
Men are most often amazed extreme
Flesh, penis head, Blancreasted groove. For men
characterized by a recurrent nature of the disease in which they are formed
Herpety bubbles and erosion. Infection can cause
Herpety urethritis or Balantostite (inflammation of the head of the penis).
Considering that herpes symptoms can be
Simple with symptoms of other sexually transmitted infections,
One of the main tasks is the identification of the disease.
The following research methods are used to diagnose HSV:
- Virological methods for detecting and identifying viruses of a simple herpes
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- Detection of antigens HPV
- Registration of an immune response to HSV
- Cytomomorphological methods
- Evaluation of immune status
The presence of HPV antigens in biological material is determined using serological methods:
- Neutralization reactions (pH)
- Envunophersimna Analysis (IFA)
- Radioimmune Analysis (RIA)
- Complement Binding Reactions (RSK)
- Passive HemMagglucination Reactions (RPGA)
Treatment of herpes
Herpes treatment requires an integrated approach and is appointed only after diagnostic research.
For the treatment of herpes use:
- Antiviral drugs
- Estrogenic interferon
- Inductor interferon
- Immunomodulators
- Local means
The main antiviral drug is
Zovirax (synthetic purin nucleoside acyclovir), which due to
Inhibition of the synthesis of viral DNA is able to successfully deal with HSV. IN
The period of treating herpes, until the complete disappearance of clinical manifestations,
The patient is recommended to refrain from sex life. All sex
Partners of the infected must pass a survey, and in the case of
necessity and treatment.
Prevention of herpes
For the prevention of herpes use a vaccine,
It can also be used in immunotherapy of patients HDV. If the patient is ne
suffers immunodeficiency, then it makes 5 injections in 2-3 days not
less than 2 times a year. If the patient suffers from immunodeficiency and relapses
Diseases are repeated at least 1 time per month, the vaccination is carried out
1 time in 7-14 days in the amount of 5 injections.
