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When Worse Becomes Worst

Some people usually think of sexually transmitted diseases as punishments meted out by fate to irresponsible individuals ruled by lust, debauchery, hedonism or adultery. While they only have utter sympathy to those affected by life threatening diseases like AIDS, they have nothing but disdain and scorn for those experiencing genital herpes. Little do they know that there are cases when genital herpes can ruin one’s life.

Because of the visible and severely painful marks of genital herpes, the life of the affected individual will undergo harsh changes. Your social life will be greatly limited as only a few people in this world have an open mind when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases. They distrust the known fact that condoms and foams serve as a proven safety precaution for HSV – the virus responsible for genital herpes – to be transmitted. When your disease becomes public, it may also lead to being treated like a leper and socially ostracized, especially when you live in small towns where everybody knows everybody’s business.

It is psychologically difficult also for the individual to adjust to the reality of genital herpes. It is hard for them to accept that no amount of money or prayers can remove from their body the virus responsible for genital herpes. While they have the option of taking medication that suppresses symptoms of genital herpes and provides relief from the pain, none of these can ever be used as a cure. There is no known cure for genital herpes.

Although half of those experiencing genital herpes caused by HSV 2 are asymptomatically infected, the other half is not so lucky. Symptoms can range from mildly irritating to downright painful. The lesions or blisters that appear in affected areas are very sensitive and must not be aggravated by any external factor, if possible. Another unwelcoming symptom is painful urination for the individual.

Worse becomes definitely worst when your body starts rejecting common medication for genital herpes like acyclovir (Zovirax) and other analogous drugs. If you are undergoing daily suppressive therapy already, coupled with regular medication and symptoms become intolerable – affecting eyes, lungs or the brain – you may be forced to take intravenous medication.

Foscarnet (Foscavir) is known to be a powerful intravenous agent but it may be accompanied with undesirable side effects like impairment of one’s kidney functions as well as inducing the individual into having seizures.