How should one treat herpes during pregnancy
As you know, there are several types of herpes. The most wide-spread of them are genital herpes and herpes simplex. If you have been infected with a herpes virus, it will stay in your body forever, only becoming active every now and again. Every future mother and every pregnant woman is worried by question: can herpes be transmitted from me to my child? Though neonatal herpes is rare, herpes in pregnant women should be treated, and the best alternative to do this is Zovirax. Herpes simplex is usually expressed as cold sores on lips or nose. It easily passes if you use Zovirax ointment or Zovirax cream. However, if you are also HIV infected, or have depressed immunity, you may require additional treatment with Zovirax pills to minimize frequency of outbreaks. This may especially concern you if you suffer from herpes outbreaks more often than 5-7 times a year. Herpes simplex cannot be transmitted to your baby through placenta, but it is necessary to treat it with safe and effective medicine like Zovirax in order to avoid infecting newborn. HSV-2 or genital herpes gives greater probability for infecting your baby. However, the chance of infecting the baby is still small, because even if you have the outbreak of genital herpes during pregnancy or labor, the baby has developed antibodies which help him or her to fight with herpes.But to be sure that your baby won’t be infected it is recommended to accept an anti-herpes treatment with acyclovir-based pills like Zovirax.
