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Questions & Answers about Oral Herpes Brochure

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Sort Desciption: What treatment is available? There is no cure for herpes, but there are medications that can help speed the healing process and control symptoms. ...

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What treatment is available? There is no cure for herpes, but there are medications that can help speed the healing process and control symptoms. Topical therapy Two topical antiviral medications are available by prescription for oral herpes: acyclovir cream (brand name Zovirax ® Cream) and penciclovir cream (brand name Denavir ® ). These topical medicines are put directly on herpes sores or can be used during the early warning signs. Both may speed the healing process, ease pain and soreness and reduce viral activity. Abreva ® is FDA-approved for use without a prescription. It can shorten an outbreak and provide relief from pain. Many other or non-prescription topical treatments are available at your drug store. But these treatments do not have antiviral activity and will not shorten the time you have a sore. Oral Therapy (Prescription Medications) Antiviral medications taken orally are sometimes used to treat cold sores. Valacyclovir (brand name Valtrex ® ), is approved as a one-day course of treatment that can reduce the time it takes cold sores to heal. Whats the difference between oral and genital herpes? The terms oral herpes and genital herpes describe where on the body the herpes sores appear. A person can have oral herpes or genital herpes or both. Getting genital herpes requires some type of sexual activity, while oral herpes can be passed through kissing. Usually oral herpes is caused by HSV-1 and genital herpes is caused by HSV-2 since these are the preferred sites for each of the two virus types. However, HSV-1 can also cause genital herpes, usually transmitted by oral sex. It is uncommon for HSV-2 to cause oral herpes and if it does, it usually causes few to no symptoms. ASHAs STI Resource Center provides up-to-date, sensitive and accurate information about all aspects of herpes. STI Resource Center 1-800-227-8922 Monday Friday, 9 am to 6 pm EST Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, ...

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