Herpes HSV – Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis
Herpes Simplex é uma infecção viral causada por uma das variantes do vírus HSV. Existem 8 tipos de Herpes vírus, dos quais HSV 1 e HSV 2 são os mais comuns. Um surto do vírus do herpes leva ao herpes labial, que pode ocorrer nos genitais e na boca ao longo das vias nervosas. Herpes genital refere-se a uma infecção genital pelo vírus herpes simplex. Herpes Zoster ou Shingles é causada por um vírus diferente chamado vírus Varicella Zoster (VZV). Pacientes com herpes simplex têm 2 a 3 vezes mais chances de contrair o HIV e essa nova informação tornou o tratamento oportuno de herpes oral e genital o mais necessário!
O vírus do herpes tem uma incrível capacidade de residir nos gânglios nervosos por trás da barreira hematoencefálica, em um lugar onde o sistema imunológico não pode alcançá-lo.Esta é a razão pela qual escapou completamente de uma cura de estilo ocidental, já que nenhum medicamento pode chegar a ela. fica dormente.
Estágios da infecção por herpes
O vírus do herpes tende a permanecer dormente, escondendo-se nos gânglios nervosos e resulta em surtos quando a imunidade é comprometida. Os estágios das infecções por Herpes são os seguintes:
Primary stage: Within 2-8 days of infection, the virus starts off as small, red, painful and fluid filled blisters. These blisters form sores when they break open and eventually dry up.
Latent stage: In this stage there are no symptoms at all as the virus travels to the nerve ganglia.
Shedding stage: Once the virus reaches the nerve ganglia, it starts multiplying and invades body fluids such as semen, vaginal fluids and saliva. These fluids are responsible for shedding or transmitting the virus and hence this stage is known as the “Shedding stage”.
Sintomas de herpes
Oral herpes (Mostly caused by HSV 1) is characterized by red, fluid filled blisters on the lips, mouth and tongue. There is severe pain, tingling, difficulty in eating and swallowing accompanied by fever.
Genital herpes (Mostly caused by HSV 2) is characterized by reddish, fluid filled blisters around the genitals which bursts open to form sores or ulcers. These blisters when present in the genital region result in painful micturation and causes pain while passing stools (if present in the anal region). Other symptoms include headache, bodyache and fever and are prevalent in both men and women.
Please note that both HSV 1 and HSV 2 can cause both genital and oral herpes.
Chicken pox (Caused by Varicella zoster) is characterized by rash, general malaise and low grade fever. In 2-3 days, the rash forms in to vesicular eruption and cause severe itching. After 5-6 days, these eruptions turn into scabs. Rashes appear all over the body except for the palms and soles. Once afflicted with chicken pox, the body develops a natural immunity and the virus remains dormant in the human body.
Cytomegalovirusis a herpetic virus associated with the salivary glands. It affects immune – compromised individuals, such as new born infants, organ transplant recipients and HIV patients. It causes vision problems, diarrhea, infection of the stomach and could even be fatal.
Roseola (caused by Human herpes virus 6 and Human herpes virus 7) is characterized by skin rash and high fever in the pediatric age group. This infection could lead to convulsions in children.
Infectious Mononucleosis (caused by Epstein-Barr virus) is characterized by fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, body-ache, headache and swollen tonsils. A person may remain symptomless even when infected.
Diagnóstico de Herpes
Your physician may preliminary diagnose Herpes by looking at your sores. He or she may then take a sample of the cells in the sore and send it to a lab for a cell culture. Doctors then may recommend blood tests to confirm the presence of the Virus. Specific tests for blood and fluid from eruptions may be conducted to determine whether the infection is due to HSV1 or HSV2. The most common type of blood test done for the herpes virus are the antibody tests that look for antibodies that your body has created to fight the virus. We always have antibodies for anything we have been infected with. There are now more accurate PCR DNA tests that look for the actual virus in the blood and our Doctors recommend taking PCR DNA tests to find out if the actual virus is left in your blood stream or not.
