How to treat herpes simplex? 3 methods for good targeted treatment effects

Herpes simplex is a disease caused by infection with the herpes simplex virus. It is highly contagious, so people often encounter herpes simplex patients in daily life. Therefore, how to treat herpes simplex, which is so common, has attracted much attention. Let’s take a look at it together below!

Now that you know about the herpes simplex virus, you naturally have to know how to treat it. Treatment of herpes simplex virus is mainly general and symptomatic. Let’s find out together!

1. Neuralgia: Analgesics such as aspirin, acetaminophen, indomethacin, ibuprofen, Xinhuang tablets, etc. can be given. Postherpetic neuralgia requires the combined use of analgesics and sedatives, such as doxepin 25 mg, taken orally 3 times a day; cimetidine 0.2 g, dexamethasone 1.5 mg, cyproheptadine 2 mg, taken orally 3 times a day, and vitamin B12 100 micrograms, injected intramuscularly once a day, for a total of 10 days.

2. Local skin care treatment: Apply phthalamide ointment or calamine lotion externally, 3-5 times a day. For erosion, apply 2% gentian violet solution or neomycin furfural oil paste. Or ultraviolet irradiation, audio frequency electrotherapy, laser irradiation (helium-neon or carbon dioxide expanded beam irradiation), TDP spectrum irradiation, etc.

3. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: You can use herpes net or acyclovir eye drops, and use atropine to dilate the pupil to prevent corneal adhesion.

At present, there are no specific and effective measures to control herpes virus infection. We place our hope on vaccines, especially new vaccines, such as subunit vaccines, recombinant live vaccines, and DNA vaccines. Experiments have shown that vaccines are effective in preventing primary infection, but although recombinant HSV-2 glycoprotein vaccines can induce high levels of neutralizing antibodies, they cannot protect against genital reinfection.

Among the anti-HSV drugs, those commonly used in clinical practice include acyclovir, ganciclovir, vidarabine, etc. These drugs can inhibit viral DNA synthesis, preventing the virus from replicating in cells, thereby alleviating clinical symptoms, but they cannot completely prevent the recurrence of latent infection. IFN is also effective for herpetic keratitis.