What are the modes of treatment for Herpes?

When people contract Herpes, they are quite paranoid about it because of the social stigma attached to contracting herpes. They immediately want to know ‘is there a cure for herpes’ and if there is then what is the best cure for genital herpes? Sadly, no drug can ‘clinically cure’ this disease, the cure for genital herpes is equivalent to understanding the most effective ways to manage it. Thus genital herpes cure is in reality the modes of treatment available today. There is however, a new breakthrough in 2013 which may result in a vaccine in the future that will fully cure genital herpes. The following are the best ways to cure herpes:

• Doctor recommended treatment: Since there is no cure for the disease as such, focus is on managing the symptoms and outbreaks. Proper treatment helps sores heal faster and more effectively, reduces the recurrence and severity of outbreaks and minimizes the chances of transmitting the virus to your partner. Antiviral drugs are suggested to reduce the phenomenon of ‘virus shedding’, process by which the virus duplicates itself on the skin surface. This effectively tackles the number of outbreaks one has and reduces the risk of spreading the virus. Most common of these drugs are-

  a. Acyclovir (Zovirax);

  b. Famciclovir (Famvir);

  c. Valacyclovir (Valtrex)

   

• The New 2013 breakthrough to cure herpes: A brand new study gives us some ray of hope as far as ‘clinically curing’ genital herpes in concerned. A new subtype of the immune cells which help in suppressing outbreaks caused by the herpes simplex virus, type 2. This new discovery could be the first step of developing a vaccine which could ‘clinically cure’ a person of symptoms of herpes. This new subtype of cells are called CD8αα+ T-cells have revealed volumes of new information about genital herpes than was known before.

   

• Natural Cures for genital herpes: One often wonders how to cure herpes naturally and not go for heavy antiviral drugs. To their relief, alternatively, they could also go for natural/home remedies for treating genital herpes. These are usually quite effective but there is no scientific backing to them.  If your condition is not severe then it does not hurt to try these.
  a) Using baking soda to dry herpes sores- Baking soda has been known to be a clean and absorbent dry agent and helps dry oozing lesions, thereby helping them disappear faster.

   

b) Using lysine- Lysine is a type of amino acid which is beneficial for the human body in a lot of ways. As far as herpes is concerned, lysine helps to prevent an outbreak by blocking ‘arginine’, and thus controls herpes replication. However, scientists are of the opinion that lysine is effective in preventing outbreaks and not curing them.

c) Using aloe vera based creams- Aloe vera is sworn to be the best healing agent of all times by Ayurvedic doctors. It has been known to reduce the duration of outbreaks and heal sores faster, especially in men. Applying aloe vera based creams and then thoroughly drying afterwards is known to give best results.

These are the most common natural cures for genital herpes.

• Will there ever be a cure for genital herpes?
  The future looks bright with the new breakthrough of 2013. The new discovery at least gives us the assurance that in the near future, the symptoms of genital and oral herpes which is in essence the most painful thing about herpes will be controlled.

Source

http://herpesviruscure.net/