2024-09-07 00:45:42
Transmission of HSV-2 occurs from one person to another during risky sexual relations, including oral sex, so it is important to use protection.
“Genital herpes is not as well known to the public as the historical syphilis or the well known AIDS. We don’t talk about it, it’s not associated with certain groups, it doesn’t kill…, but millions and millions of people in the world suffer from it, in particular, about 500 million.” In this way, pharmacists Raquel Carnero and Luis Marcos started talking about this disease in their book What you do not expect from sex. Date of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
In the chapter dedicated to this infection, they know that “millions of people are silenced by genital diseases, who worry about what they will say, because of shame, about being stigmatized.”
Normally, since information is power, Carnero and Marcos summarize for CF the basic points that pharmacists should know about genital warts so that they can give better advice and break the stigma that falls on the these patients. Now, this is the fifth installment Summer without STIs They remember the basic points about its placement, maintenance and prevention guidelines.
What causes an internal infection?
“There are two types of herpes simplex virus (HSV); type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2). HSV-1 usually affects the genital area (lips, nose), although in some cases it can also affect the genital and anogenital area. However, HSV-2 causes infection mainly in the genital area and the anus,” Carnero and Nogales point out.
They also added that the genital infection is spread from one person to another during unsafe (unprotected) sex, including oral sex.
What are the symptoms?
According to these experts, the appearance of vesicles or sores in the genital area is common, although they may cause no symptoms or be very mild. “These vesicles – they continue – rupture and over time they can heal, creating scabs. “Walking or sleeping in the genital or anal area is also common.” In addition, some people have fever, headache, or fatigue.
The authors of the book on STIs emphasize that physical herpes symptoms generally appear between 2 and 12 days after infection. However, in some cases, they may take several weeks or even months to appear. “Some infected people can spread the disease without showing any visible symptoms,” they warned. Gemma Suarez Melado
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