This can be an uncomfortable topic for many people. People coping with herpes don’t usually make that fact known unless or until they have to, but the Herpes Simplex Virus; the cause of genital herpes is affecting approximately 45 million Americans. There is no herpes virus cure yet, only treatment. It is estimated that one in four adults over the age of 12 have genital herpes. The herpes virus is very tricky, because it can survive in the body without signs or symptoms for long periods of time, and it is highly contagious. I have heard people call herpes, the gift that keeps on giving. It’s a joke and a bad one, because no one who has herpes considers it a gift.
This article is not about what herpes is, or how you get it. It’s a sexually transmitted venereal disease. This article is about a very effective natural treatment that can provide some relief from herpes outbreaks.
Herpes usually develop around the mouth, or around the genitals, or both. Herpes sores can be very painful and can linger for weeks if not treated. Some of the treatments on the market today are designed to minimize or prevent outbreaks, but there is not much out there to help once you are coping with a full outbreak of herpes sores.
Herpes thrive in moisture, that’s why herpes virus sores cluster around the genitals and the mouth, making breakouts so hard to treat. During a herpes outbreak, doctors suggest that you keep the infected area as clean and dry as possible. If you are using creams or lotions to treat herpes coldsores, you have probably found out that they don’t do much good and may actually cause more irritation.
What Works?
What does work? Witch Hazel. Witch Hazel is a clear astringent produced from a shrub. Astringents are substances that can dry, tighten, and harden tissues. You can use an astringent on your skin to tighten pores and remove excess oil, and now you can also use it to treat herpes outbreaks with great success.
How to Apply?
Take a bottle of Witch Hazel and saturate a clump of cotton balls. Hold the saturated cotton balls in place over the herpes sores. The astringent properties in Witch Hazel may at first give you a stinging or tingling sensation, but it will pass quickly. Witch Hazel will remove the pain and shrink the herpes sores. You will notice results very quickly. In some cases you can experience a great deal of relief overnight.
You can find Witch Hazel in most drug stores, usually right next to the rubbing alcohol, but don’t get them mixed up. If you use rubbing alcohol on open sores of any kind, you will surely regret it, so make sure you grab the Witch Hazel.
Witch hazel has been used for decades. It’s a strong antioxidant as well as an astringent which makes it helpful in speeding up the healing of cold sores, shaving cuts, abrasions, sunburn, acne, psoriasis, eczema, blisters, insect bites, poison ivy, hemorrhoids, etc. So if you are coping with herpes, struggle no more. Get a bottle of Witch Hazel and you will decrease the pain and the length of time associated with a herpes outbreak.To Your Health!
