I am a staunch proponent of healthy food, herbs, nutritional supplements, acupressure, and homeopathic remedies to solve health problems. However, when it comes to genital herpes, I’m willing to go a different route. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted virus that results in itchy sores and burning blisters that affect the genital area. An outbreak [...]
Genital Herpes
Genital herpes (herpes simplex 1 or 2) as we all know is a sexual transmitted disease that strikes fair in us all; however, it can be treated with the use natural remedies.
An outbreak of genital herpes displays the symptoms of red swelling around the genital area with groups of flat blisters that bursts and morphs into painful unpleasant looking sores. After the initial attack that usually lasts anywhere from two to three weeks, the herpes simplex virus retreats somewhere comfortable where it lies dormant until it decides to torture its host again. The virus usually comes out of hibernation when the immune system is preoccupied or compromised due to a fever, menstruation, or an injury. Ensuing outbreaks are not as frequent and severe as the initial one. Although genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, the unsightly blisters only recur in about one percent of the people infected.
