As herpes is widely spread over the world, nowadays various special vaccines which help to prevent HSV are developed. But the fact is that those vaccines help only people, who have never had herpes before. For those patients who have experienced HSV already the vaccine won't do any good. The great advantage of the vaccine is that it can prevent herpes for 3-5 years after the vaccination.
It's a great pity that herpes can't be cured 100% percent. The most effective HSV treatment means that you cure the blisters and the symptoms are removed and you try to warn yourself from future attacks of the virus. But still if you get this disease once it stays in your body and if your lifestyle isn't that healthy, you may activate the virus again after some time. Herpes treatment isn't only healing the sores, but also strengthening your immune system, which will then help you to fight the virus and cure HSV.
It's better to get doctor's advice before you start herpes treatment. Remember that it's better to treat HSV using the most powerful and effective ways when you get it for the first time. If you don't provide proper treatment, you put your body at risk of experiencing other attacks of this terrible illness. The next recurrences can have bad consequences. When you heal the sores completely, the worst phase of the disease is considered to be over.
When you have an outbreak, you have to control the affected area very attentively. First of all keep it clean and dry, try not to cause yourself additional pain, that's why protect it from the dangerous environmental influences. This way you won't interrupt the natural treatment process, which starts as soon as you get the disease.
Better not to put any usual lotion or waxes on the affected area. That can irritate the area and increase the pain. There exist special drugs like waxes and lotions, which heal the herpes. When you choose those, you have to stick to few criteria. For example, the creme shouldn't include any alcohol, which will strongly irritate the ill area. Read the instruction of the drug attentively and if it includes lidocaine or benzocaine, you should avoid buying these too. Doctors prohibit using topical cortisone-type cream. They say it may suppress the local immunity, and that means that the speed of treatment process will slow down or the present condition may even worsen.
Sometimes doctors say that herpes treatment with the help of cremes and lotions isn't so effective because these can't penetrate well into a cell membrane. That's why they often advise using special treatment oils, which cover the skin well and cure herpes quicker.