ATTACK OF HERPES, COLD SORES: BEWARE THE SUN!

Warning, the sun is one of the triggers of herpes outbreaks, this very painful and unsightly "cold sores". So as not to spoil your holiday or your meetings, follow the guide.

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Sun exposure is conducive to the outbreak of herpes outbreaks. To avoid them, just take a few precautions to protect yourself and others. Indeed, facial herpes is very contagious and can spread through direct contact and other body parts such as genitals. And genital herpes is sexually transmitted infections currently booming.

To prevent recurrence of the "cold sore"

• Protect yourself from the sun hat, light clothing and sunscreen with high SPF (at least 30 anti-UVA and UVB).
• Use a protective lip balm with high protective index.
• If you are prone to ocular herpes, wear sunglasses.

In cases of herpes outbreak

• Continue to protect yourself from the sun and start as soon as possible your specific antiviral therapy (recommended by your doctor or pharmacist).
• Perform hygiene disinfection with local non-irritating.
• Treatment in place at the first sign and associated with few health precautions can reduce the duration of relapses.

Namely

Swimming The virus can not survive outside the body or at an elevated temperature or in the sand or in the spray. So you can fully enjoy the sea, beach and sand. Travel Warning, fatigue is also part of the triggers of attacks.Be especially wary of jet lag. It is important to rest. Of course, you must bring with you your treatment. And spicy foods with caution, since any small local trauma or irritation at the mouth can trigger a relapse. Sport If pushed, do not all sports could put your lip in contact with another body part (yours or that of a partner): judo, wrestling, rugby? Alcohol Alcohol, often associated with fatigue, is also encouraging. So if you had a crazy and long night, remember to rest the next day and do not abuse alcoholic beverages. Make You should not hide your cold sore with makeup. The foundation forms an impermeable layer on the button that supports its propagation. However, you can make up slightly after starting your antiviral therapy. Do not touch, do not scratch Otherwise, wash your hands immediately after, because you may pass it to another part of your body or forward it to someone else. Dating If you have a cold sore, avoid kissing until the end of the crisis, as well as contact between the mouth and sex because the virus can be transmitted to the genitals . A simple cold sore can cause genital herpes! Kisses side, be extremely vigilant against children and people with weakened immune systems, where herpes can be very dangerous. Children also Kissing a boyfriend, a child who has a flare can transmit herpes.This is also true by simple contact between his sores and skin of a comrade. If you can avoid putting it in summer camp or beach club during the push is better. But this is not grounds for exclusion. Genital Herpes Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection. Always use a condom. If pushed, if herpes blisters are not covered by the condom (upper thighs, buttocks?), Wait until the crisis is over.

But also

• If pushed, do not rub your eyes. If they are red, watery or feel you have dust, consult a doctor because it may be an ocular herpes, the symptoms are sometimes misleading.
• If you wear contact lenses, do not moisten your saliva, you could contaminate your eyes.
• There is no risk of contamination in public toilets (transmission occurs by direct contact with lesions).

When contagion is it up?

Contagiousness begins the first signs (tingling, burning, pain). These last few days before the release of the virus (the attacks): redness, followed by formation of vesicles (blisters). The risk of transmission is highest during outbreaks is to say, in the early hours of vesicle formation and then decreases.