Is herpes serious? What are the dangers?

Herpes is a common skin disease. Because it is common, many people do not care about it. If herpes is not treated in time, it can cause serious harm to your health. If you do not pay attention to hygiene during treatment, it may easily cause recurrence.

harm

1. Discomfort symptoms recur. In addition to symptoms such as burning, erythema, and pain in the genital area, people with genital herpes may also experience general discomfort, fever, headache, and joint and muscle pain throughout the body.

2. Cause a heavy psychological burden. The occurrence and recurrence of genital herpes can cause patients to have excessive mental burdens and develop psychological disorders. They are afraid of causing cancer, afraid of infecting their sexual partners, avoid having sex with their sexual partners, are unwilling to interact with the opposite sex, lead to sexual dysfunction, affect family harmony, and even develop depression.

3. Cause serious complications. Genital herpes can cause a series of complications such as disseminated herpes, herpes meningitis, prostatitis, male infertility, and spinal nerve root disease.

4. Increase the risk of contracting AIDS. In areas where AIDS is prevalent, genital herpes also provides a pathway and convenient conditions for the HIV virus to enter the human body, thereby increasing the risk of contracting AIDS.