Herpes simplex treatments include general treatment, medications, and more.
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a double-stranded linear DNA virus for which humans are the only natural host. According to its different antigenic properties, there can be various types, of which HSV-1 mainly causes skin and mucous membrane infections of the head and face; HSV-2 mainly causes genital and anal infections.
1. General treatment: herpes simplex patients need to do a good job of cleaning the wounds, avoid scratching the skin, so as to avoid secondary bacterial infections, but also pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your hands often, pay attention to rest.
2. medication: herpes simplex patients can take acyclovir tablets, vasiclovir tablets and other drugs to control the infection, you can also apply acyclovir cream, penciclovir cream, 5% imiquimod gel and other medications to the treatment, secondary bacterial infections of the skin in the affected area, you can apply mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid ointment and other medications to control the infection.
Patients with herpes simplex are recommended to be admitted to the hospital for examination and standardized treatment.