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Sex need not be an unhealthy activity. With proper caution and prudence, you can enjoy it even as you resist falling to STDs or STIs, especially AIDS and its terrifying runner-up, herpes. If you want to avoid herpes, have only one sex partner. Stay in a long-term monogamous relationship, one in which you are certain of your partner’s fidelity. It is just as important that you and your partner are routinely checked for herpes or any STD for that matter. It makes sense then, that the best way to prevent herpes is to adopt chastity. Refuse all sexual intercourse, even those as relatively trivial as oral sex. Otherwise, use condoms. Apart from being a potent birth control medium, the condom is your best defense against herpes and other STIs.
If anything, choose the right condom. There are condoms for both men and women; both can provide adequate protection against herpes. But latex condoms are the only ones that can do the job. In contrast, animal membrane condoms break easily. Second, condoms must be used correctly. They should provide sufficient coverage for the genital at hand. You may supplement condoms with spermicidal or vaginal creams, especially those with nonoxynol-9.
Third, use condoms consistently. They must be worn throughout the sexual contact. This holds true even if your sex partner does not have visible sores or blisters. Sometimes, people do not exhibit symptoms but are herpes carriers all the same. As such, carriers are responsible for warning their partners about the disease.It is important to get in touch with a health care professional once you’ve noticed symptoms of the disease, especially if you’ve experienced fever, headache, vomiting, malaise, muscle aches, reduced appetite, difficulty in urination, and enlargement of the groin.
Blisters and sores are the most telltale sign of a herpes infection and the most urgent signal to contact the doctor. They can be found on the genitals, buttocks, thighs, anus, mouth, tongue, gums, cheeks, nose and other body parts. They are usually small, but they are itchy and bound to ooze with fluid.
A doctor should be able to prescribe antiviral medications, short of a herpes vaccine, for daily intake. This can help truncate a breakout and prevent any more. To some extent, it can also reduce a carrier’s contagiousness. As for expectant mothers, they must be treated during their last month of pregnancy to lessen the odds of a breakout during childbirth. Keep a sore-ridden area clean and dry. Apply cold compresses on it to alleviate the pain. It also helps to bathe only in lukewarm water. Wear loose-fitting cotton clothes thereafter; don’t wear garments made from synthetic materials, e.g. nylon.
Tags: genital herpes, genital herpes std, Herpes, herpes virus, prevent herpes
Always use condoms. I have heard tales of bitter women not informing there partener they were infected. And ladies, this goes both ways. Make your partner wear a condom every time. You never know what he could have. Stay safe!
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