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Herpes - a contagious disease, caused by the simple herpes virus simple.
This is the most common viral infection. About 90% of people on earth are infected herpes, 30 million adult population of the USA are suffering from recurrent disease. Only in 5% infected manifested symptoms of the disease, at the rest it runs without clinical manifestations.
Once settled in the body, herpes virus no longer leaves him, causing periodic infection worsening. They occur with varying frequency - from once a month to once every few years. They provoked by other diseases, such as stress, hypothermia or hyperthermia.
The most frequently virus affects:
* skin
* eyes - conjunctivitis, keratitis
* mucous coat
* central nervous system - encephalitis, meningitis
The disease is transmitted sexually (genito-genital, anal-genital, oral-genital), in contact with sick or a carrier of herpes. Infection likely happen in contact with a patient during a relapse of disease, as well as the virus selection without symptoms of clinical manifestations occurs.
In pregnant women the virus can cause the pathology of pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, premature birth. In the birth process may be contaminated the fetus. The likelihood of transmission, as well as the development of neonatal herpes in the child depends on several conditions: the level of neutralizing antibodies from the mother, who moved transplacental to fetus, the presence of damage skin in the process of child delivery etc,.
Infection of the child can occur after birth, it depends on how many active herpetic manifestations of the mother. Herpes treatment requires an integrated approach and appointed only after a diagnostic studies. For herpes treatment use:
* Estrogen interferon
* antiviral drugs
* interferon inducers
* immunomodulators
* topica
The main antiviral drug is zoviraks (synthetic purine nucleoside aciclovir), which through the inhibition of synthesis of DNA viral can successfully deal with simple herpes process. Between herpes treat, to complete disappearance of clinical manifestations, the patient advised to abstain from sexual activity. All sex partners should pass infected survey and treatment if needed.
In order to prevent herpes use vaccine, it also can be used in immunotherapy patients. If the patient does not suffer immunodeficiency, it would make 5 injections in 2-3 days at least 2 times a year.
If a patient suffers immunodeficiency disease and relapses are repeated at least 1 per month, then spend 1 vaccinate every 7-14 days in the number of injections 5.