What are the treatments for genital herpes in women?

For female friends who have genital herpes, they must want to know how to treat female genital herpes. So what are the methods to treat female genital herpes? Next, this article will introduce you to the relevant methods for treating female genital herpes for your reference only. Friends who want to know more about this can take a look! Please see the detailed introduction below.

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), mainly HSV-2 and a few HSV-1. It is one of the common sexually transmitted diseases. Genital herpes can recur, causing significant health and psychological impacts on patients; it can also infect newborns through the placenta and birth canal, leading to congenital infection in newborns. Therefore, this disease is also one of the more serious public health problems, and attention should be paid to its effective prevention and treatment.

What are the treatments for genital herpes in women? Treatment for genital herpes in women is as follows:

1. Drug treatment

Female genital herpes can be treated with acyclovir tablets, thymopentin, penciclovir cream, thymopentin for injection, and valacyclovir hydrochloride sustained-release tablets under the doctor's guidance. Acyclovir tablets are suitable for diseases caused by herpes simplex virus infection; thymopentin is suitable for skin diseases and sexually transmitted diseases such as recurrent herpes or genital warts; penciclovir cream is suitable for herpes simplex on the lips and face or genital herpes; thymosin for injection is suitable for skin diseases and sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes zoster, genital herpes, genital warts; valacyclovir hydrochloride sustained-release tablets are suitable for the preventive treatment of genital herpes.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

At present, it is rare to treat genital herpes by simply taking traditional Chinese medicine. It is usually only used for auxiliary treatment, such as some Chinese patent medicines or herbal medicines that clear away heat and detoxify, which are helpful in relieving clinical discomfort symptoms. However, due to its shortcomings such as unclear efficacy, unstable medicinal properties, great pain when taking it, and inability to cure, clinical experts usually do not recommend its use.

3. Diet therapy

Female genital herpes can be treated with bitter melon drink, coix seed porridge, and longdan purging liver soup. Bitter melon drink has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and promoting dampness, and can be used for female patients with genital herpes who are diagnosed with toxic heat and dampness according to TCM syndrome differentiation; Job's tears porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting dampness, clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used for female patients with genital herpes.

In short, female friends need to pay attention if they have genital herpes. A detailed introduction has been made above about the methods of treating female genital herpes. I believe that after reading the above introduction, everyone will have a certain understanding of the methods of treating female genital herpes. We need to remind everyone that female patients must receive timely treatment, otherwise the harm to women is quite great and may even infect their children.