Living with Genital Herpes - Tips

Want to learn about living with genital herpes?

Genital herpes is not a joke. One in five Americans has genital herpes, so it’s important to know that you can get it.

It is typically when an uninfected person has sex with an infected person during a breakout that transmission takes place, and this condition is characterized by lesions in the genital region. It is possible to live well with genital herpes, however, and not pass it to your partner. Living with herpes is something that many people do every day, so you should know how to do it, too.

For most people, herpes is not harmful, but if a woman has herpes and is having a baby, she will need to have a cesarean if she is having an outbreak or is actively “shedding” the virus at the time of delivery. However, if the woman has no symptoms or outbreaks at the time of delivery and got the virus before she got pregnant, it is believed that she will be able to have a safe vaginal delivery.

For many others, living with genital herpes starts with first recognizing when you are about to have an outbreak and avoiding sexual contact during that time. If you are an uninfected partner, it’s important to know that if you do not always practice safe sex, that you do run the risk of becoming infected with herpes at any time, as some people do not have outward symptoms at all. However, if you or your partner is suffering a breakout of has healing lesions, this is when the disease is most contagious.

Sometimes, living with genital herpes involves the managing of stress and changing your diet to help reduce the number of outbreaks you will suffer. Stress and diet have been directly linked to genital herpes outbreaks, so it’s important to learn to manage these aspects of your life.

• For stress, it’s important to learn to manage it. If you find yourself getting angry often, you may suffer from more frequent outbreaks. Try techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation and counting backwards from ten to calm you. Therapies like meditation and yoga will help, too.
  
  
• Get plenty of rest. In addition to helping you deal with stress, sleep can also keep your immune system strong, which can make living with genital herpes easier as it helps to reduce breakouts.
  
  
• Consider incorporating more broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts into your diet, as preliminary research shows that they could help to interfere with the reproduction of the herpes virus.
  
  
• Green and white teas have lots of great properties, but many people are finding that they can also help to reduce the frequency of genital herpes outbreaks. The antioxidants that green and white teas contain may help to keep the immune system strong, which helps to prevent breakouts.
  
  
• Take immune-boosting herbs and supplements.
  
  
• Also take antiviral herbs and supplements.

Another thing that will make living with genital herpes more manageable is to always talk to your partner about the disease and the fact that you have it. If you are honest about having genital herpes, then you can help to prevent infection to others, and it will help to develop a more open, honest relationship. Share the risks and facts with your partner to ensure that you do as much as possible to prevent spreading the disease.

By taking the above suggested tips and steps, living with herpes could just be that much easier.

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