Herpes and Tea....

Some facts about the Herpes simplex virus- Amongst so many misconceptions about the Herpes simplex virus, let us look into a few more and clarify the doubts about their effectiveness. There are many rumors about natural herpes treatments available in the world for the Herpes virus. Many people have tried out many different kinds of natural treatments, and mostly have ended up empty handed in curing the virus. This virus is very tricky. Its cure is not available in the nature easily. However, it can be cured very easily. We will discuss about its cure at the end of our conversation. Now let us look into one of the most prevalent misconception about the cure of this virus. We should all be familiar with tea bags and the various ways they help us in getting delicious satisfaction. However, very few people must know that tea bags are also very helpful in treating irritations caused by cold sores and skin rashes. With the Herpes simplex virus, tea bags come very handy and the misconception is quite widely spread about its cure. It is quite well known fact in the world that tea bag can help you cure the virus if you are consistently applying them on the outbreak. However, let us look into the credibility of the given statement. There are many ways you can apply tea bags on your cold sores and treat them. You can soak it in hot water and then wait for a few minutes for it to cool down and then you can apply the wet tea bag on your outbreak, and see the result within 5 to 10 minutes. Many other people also suggest holding a dry tea bag to your outbreak, which will in turn soak all the pus and water from the outbreak and help you by lessening the pain and irritation caused by the cold sore. It does not matter which kind of tea bags you use, but people suggest using peppermint tea bags and green tea bags for extra comfort and speedy recovery. Having tea will not be beneficial as such, rather applying the tea bag on the particular area is highly recommended. Many other people suggest applying hot tea bags in the cold sore area to kill all the bacteria and virus prevalently active there. Tea bags should not be microwave because, doing so could get rid of the natural nutrients present within them. The best way to use the tea bag is soaking them for quite some time in warm water and using the wet tea bag by applying it directly on your cold sore. The longer the heat travels from the tea bag to your cold sore, the better it heals the sore. In addition, more precautions should be taken in disposing the tea bag as they are still contagious of the virus and should never be reused. The used ones should be disposed very carefully. You can also use the frozen tea bag, preferably a wet one and use it on your cold sore, which can provide immediate relief from any pain or burning sensation. It just depends how you are comfortable in using the tea bag. However, let us also consider the fact that the relief is momentary. Tea bags are not going to cure the virus forever. The virus is going to stay and reappear after the effects of the tea bags have worn off. The only cure for the Herpes simplex virus is changing your lifestyle to a healthier one. Nutritious diet, regular exercise, a stress free mind and, dedication and determination in doing so every day, regularly in your life, is the best way to cure the virus forever. The Herpes simplex virus is cured only by your immunity, the higher your immunity, the faster the virus is suppressed and cured forever. So work on increasing the immunity of your body than focusing on temporary relief from the outbreaks.

Herpes and Drying Agents...

Some facts about the Herpes simplex virus- Let us discuss some misconceptions about the Herpes simplex virus. Let us discuss some misconceptions about the Herpes simplex virus many natural remedies haven't discussed earlier, but today we are going to discuss how these natural herpes home remedies are going to help you cure or suppress the cold sores and outbreak of the Herpes simplex Virus . Many people think that alcohol and Witch Hazel kill the virus and cure it forever. Alcohol and Witch Hazel are considered natural therapies for the Herpes simplex Virus. However, we have to consider the scientific facts related to the use of such natural therapies. first let us look into the witch Hazel. This has been known to be used as a medicine since a long time ago. It is believed to be very effective while treating the symptoms of cold sores and skin rashes. Looking intricately into its working procedure, it works more or less like the tea tree oil, by drying out the skin naturally and promoting faster healing. The best way to use the witch Hazel is by applying a few drops of its extract on the cold sore and then using a clean cotton ball to dissolve it into the skin, repeated a few times a day. Witch Hazel is considered to have a tendency to irritate sensitive skin, so a patch test is very necessary to avoid any further skin complications. The best procedure to use this treatment effectively is to apply it on the outburst as soon as it appears on your skin. Therefore, immediate application of the witch Hazel to the cold sore is the best way to avoid any severe outbreaks. Now let us look into another natural astringent available in nature. Alcohol is also widely used and believed to be very effective in treating the Herpes outbreaks. Alcohol is an effective drying agent and it evaporates quickly. So it is advised to apply alcohol on the particular cold sore area with a cotton swab and gently dab upon the outbreak area. However, it should be kept in mind that the alcohol solution should have at least 70% of composition of alcohol. Otherwise, the effectiveness of the solution proves to be lesser than expected. Apart from alcohol, the other effective drying agents are zinc oxide and calamine lotion. However, how drying agents work, is very interesting. As we know drying, agents have the tendency to evaporate quickly. Therefore, as soon as you apply the drying agent on the cold sore it evaporates immediately, leaving the area completely dried out. As such, there are no chances for the bacteria to be alive there and the cold sore area has the least chances and probability to transmit any further viruses. However, we are talking about the Herpes simplex virus here. Any kind of drying agent will be just a temporary solution to the outbreak stop as soon as the effects wear off, the virus acts immediately and the irritation re-emerges. Therefore, we should strongly consider these options as just a temporary relief from the pain, burning sensation and irritation caused by the outbreak. They are not the cure for the Herpes simplex Virus. The cure for Herpes is only your better Lifestyle, which includes nutritional diet, Healthier and disciplined routine, regular exercise and a stress free mind. Everything else is just a momentary solution to a larger problem. The most important thing to follow is self-confidence, proper knowledge and a hope to survive in the best possible way. You should not pay attention to floating rumours and be more self dependent and assured to treat the Herpes virus effectively. 

Herpes and Pregnancy...

People who already suffer from the Herpes simplex virus have to go through a lot of mental stress. Apart from the mental stress, there is a lot of social stress. People, without having any idea, start to spread rumours and assume that you can never have children. Without any efforts of getting more knowledge about the infection and getting to know it more clearly, people start objecting the ways a parent has the virus. Apart from that, they generalize, if a couple has no child and if they get the virus, they will never be able to have children any more. In addition, if you have a child, and you got the virus anyhow, then you are considered a menace to the society. There are questions about your promiscuity and monogamous relationship, which can have a negative effect on your family, like your spouse and your child. To save your family from any negative mental impact because of such rumours, you have to stop listening to the society and the false accusations of the virus and its impact on your life. The Herpes simplex virus is just an infection and nothing else. Anybody can get that and it does not depend that if you have a bad reputation, you have multiple partners or you are a single person, you can get the virus even from skin to skin contact that is very rare. Still 80 to 90% of the population in the United States is suffering from this infection. Therefore, it is safe to say that this virus does not prove your promiscuity or your dedication to your family life. Even a single kiss can spread the virus. If you get the virus, it does not mean that you can never touch your children. Alternatively, you have been trying to cure herpes; you can never get rid of it. Such rumors should be dealt with maturely. First, you need to accept that you have the virus. Secondly, you should stop stressing more upon the infection and start stressing highly on your lifestyle. Having a healthy nutrition and regular exercise are the keys to suppress this virus and get rid of it. Either ways your children are safe from the virus. If you are thinking of having a child, you need to start having regular medical check up every week or month before trying to conceive a child. In that way the doctor will be able to analyse your body functions and regular check ups will help, you identify if you are having regular outbreaks or not. Focus on your nutrition, and regular exercise can help you achieve that level of stress free life style and suppress the virus forever. Moreover, stressing on having a better immunity by having healthier food can even cure the virus. However, even if you got the virus during your pregnancy, that can be dealt with carefully too. Your child can be safe from getting the Herpes virus. The process is simple, the Caesarean Section delivery. Therefore, if you are having an outbreak during your pregnancy and delivery, you can opt for the caesarean section and avoid skin-to-skin contact with your child. In this way, you can save your child from getting any infection. Even if you have a child, you can avoid the infection by avoiding skin-to-skin contact with a child during an active outbreak. It is very easy to avoid your infection from being transferred to your children. It is with practice, dedication, and determination that you can suppress this virus forever and when you know that you are having an active outbreak, you can control your physical contact with your family members to avoid any further infections from being transferred.

Herpes and children...

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are generally known as the STD is which cause infertility. If you have such infections, you might end up being sterile. However, not all STD’s cause infertility. This is a huge misconception. We will look into the Herpes simplex virus today to clear the concept about infertility. Many people think that herpes can cause you in fertility and make you sterile. That is not true herpes is just an infection, which causes irritation in your body. If you catch the Herpes simplex virus, it does not mean that you can never have children and you cannot have a healthy physical lifestyle in the future. To understand that deeply, we need to look into the working of the Herpes Simplex virus. Herpes is very contagious and it can be spread through skin-to-skin contact. Contacts as simple as a kiss on your cheeks, on your lips or even on any other part of your body can cause you to get herpes. If there is an active outbreak, the infection can go inside your body through any kinds of mucous membrane or through cuts and lesions on your body. The virus cannot penetrate the skin if it is intact. However, for people who have this virus already, they need to be careful about how the body reacts to it. The outbreaks of the virus and the infection are hidden in people having a higher level of immunity. Still, with regular check ups and Healthy lifestyle, a person can know that they can have herpes outbreak during a particular time with the help of the doctors. It is just an infection, which is irritating because of its cold sores, and pus filled blisters. A burning sensation, irritation, pain, feverish feeling, itchy area, a few symptoms of the outbreaks of the Herpes simplex virus. However, to suppress, them there are many natural herpes home remedies available. In addition, medical therapy can suppress the virus for a temporary time by using some medical prescriptions as well. However, the most important thing is regular medical check up and very healthy and stress free life style. The virus generally enters the body and it travels to the nerve endings of the spinal cord and attaches itself to the Nerve cells. It stays with you forever depending on your lifestyle and immunity system, but the outbreak is generally prominent and regular earlier from the time of the infection. after getting the infection for quite some time, the outbreaks are rare. Stress is the main Trigger for the outbreak of the virus. So having a mentally satisfying life is very necessary to control the outbreaks. In fact, with time, the outbreak becomes rare in the human body because the immune system has suppressed it considerably. Its visible cold sores define herpes virus and pus filled blisters, and it never enters the organs of the human body. It is visible outwardly only. The sores and blisters present mostly on your lips, on your genitals, and sometimes because of neglect, they can spread to your thighs, lower back, neck, face, and in very rare cases, they can be fatal to people who have very low immune system. It does not enter the uterus, urethra, or the penis and is not associated with any kinds of sterility in the human body. It just remains there and is ready to contract to other people. Even if you are pregnant and you get the virus somehow, it does not affect your child unless and until you have an outbreak and your child is exposed to such outbreak. Moreover, the outbreak should be contracted to the mucus system of the child, susceptible for the easiest way to contract the virus. Therefore, any chances of contracting it to your child while you are pregnant, or any chances of infertility is impossible. In addition, if you are having an active outbreak during your pregnancy a labor, there is always a chance to have a caesarean section and avoid the chances of the child being infected with the virus. Therefore, now we can easily conclude that the Herpes virus isn't very dangerous or fatal, and you just need to be careful and knowledgeable about the virus.