Boosting the Immune System to Fight Herpes

Immunity is a crucial thing for our health. Just think: if you have strong imunity you can fight any disease including herpes! But what to do if you are not so lucky? How to boost your immune system?

I’d like to publicate several posts about immunity strengthening. Let’s start!

How to Strengthen Immune System: 3 tips

1. Diverse diet

Researches proved that luck of juct one necessary agent for organism could lead to immunity weakening. So we need diverse food!

2. Fruits and vegetables

Scientists believe that fruits and vegetables are very useful for us. I mean a variety of fruits and vegetables of all kinds and colours. Red, yellow, green.

3. Seafoods

Any seafood contains many nutrients that are absolutely necessary for people. Seafoods are sources of many vitamins, mineral matters (calcium, phosphorus, iron) and trace elements (selenium, zinc, iodine).

It’s only beginning of my discoveries of immunity subject. We've to fight herpes!

Keep reading. To be continued!

Genital Herpes: Ways of Transmission and Symptoms

Ways of Genital Herpes Transmission

As I've mentioned before, there are two herpes viruses: HSV-1 and HSV-2. These herpes viruses can be found in and released from the sores that the viruses cause. It's natural and quite understandable.

But the most terrible is that these herpes viruses also are released between outbreaks from skin that does not appear to be broken or to have a sore!

Generally, a person can only get HSV-2 herpes infection during sexual contact with someone who has a genital HSV-2 herpes infection. But keep in mind that transmission can occur from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore and may not even know that he or she is infected! In this case the infected partner can't warn about his or her disease!

HSV-1 can cause genital herpes, but it more commonly causes infections of the mouth and lips, so-called "fever blisters." HSV-1 herpes infection of the genitals can be caused by oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a person who has HSV-1 infection. Genital HSV-1 herpes outbreaks recur less regularly than genital HSV-2 outbreaks.

So HSV-2 herpes infection is much more dangerous.

Symptoms of Genital Herpes

Unfortunately, most people infected with HSV-2 are not aware of their genital herpes infection. However, if genital herpes signs and symptoms occur during the first outbreak, they can be quite pronounced.

The first genital herpes outbreak usually occurs within two weeks after the virus is transmitted, and the sores typically heal within two to four weeks. Other genital herpes signs and symptoms during the primary episode may include a second crop of sores, and flu-like symptoms, including fever and swollen glands.

However, most persons with HSV-2 genital herpes infection may never have sores, or they may have very mild signs that they do not even notice or that they mistake for insect bites or another skin condition.

Most people diagnosed with a first episode of genital herpes can expect to have several (typically four or five) outbreaks (symptomatic recurrences) within a year. Over time these recurrences usually decrease in frequency.

Source: http://cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm

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My feelings about having herpes

Frankly speaking I feel not good about having herpes. I think it's quite natural and you can understand me.

Yes, I know that many people feel guilty or ashamed when they find out they have such awful disease as herpes. I did. I felt bad, I was really upset.

But… Just think: you are not alone! There are millions people having herpes and they live with this thought somehow. Besides, you can control herpes and reduce outbreaks occurrencies.

Herpes and sex life: 2 rules

But what about your sex life? How not to hurt your loved partner?

The first rule is not to have sex during outbreaks.

The second rule is to use condoms at other times, between outbreaks, when you feel good.

Of course, be honest and tell your sex partner about your problem. “Yes. I have herpes, that’s it! But I love you and don’t want to hurt you.”

Anyway, you should avoid having sex if you have any sores. Herpes can spread from one person to another very easily when sores are present.

Another reason to avoid sex when sores are present is that sores make it easier to catch the AIDS virus.

You should use condoms every time you have sex. Condoms can only help reduce the risk of spreading herpes if they cover all the infected skin.

Don’t be upset! You are not alone!

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