It is important to identify the stages of herpes,
particularly the early stages, because if the stages
of herpes are understood and identified, steps can
be taken to stop the virus from spreading and causing
the disease from creating problems. Sometimes the
virus that is behind the problem enters the human
body at a young age and remains dormant for years,
before some triggers make it active again. Now if
it is possible to identify the stages of herpes, then
a thorough investigation needs to be done to find
out these triggers and based on the results, action
may be taken to stop the virus from becoming active
again. Stop the triggers, and the virus may not be
active again. This is important because even after
treatment, the herpes disease tends to come back,
again and again.
The fact is, stages of herpes may not be that easily
understood. In many cases the early symptoms look
like that of other diseases, and when this happens,
the condition is often misdiagnosed. This naturally
increases the risk because the virus remains unchecked
and is allowed to grow within the body. At the beginning
of an infection with the HSV 1 virus, parental viral
genomes get next to the cellular nuclear structures
and this is referred to as promyelocytic leukemia
or PML. Protein ICP0 also becomes colocalized. In
the early stages of herpes infection, ICP4 creates
discrete foci and this is juxtaposed to ND10.
It has also been seen that the virus is the most
active in the early stages of herpes and this has
been attributed to the fact that the human body has
not been prepared to deal with this sudden attack.
The virus may be new to the body, and if that is the
case, there are of course no antibodies. This makes
it worse. When it becomes difficult to determine the
stages of herpes, seeking the help of professional
doctors is the most logical thing to do.
Though the symptoms may differ from one person to
another and also the degree of the symptoms may not
be the same (some people have no symptoms at all),
in most cases there is a tingling or a burning feeling
at the beginning. Then the affected portion of the
skin becomes swollen. Herpes may also come with a
slight fever and a lot of pain (makes even eating
and drinking difficult, particularly for oral herpes),
and passing urine becomes a problem (in case of genital
herpes). At this stage of herpes, the other symptoms
include a feeling of fatigue and there is some headache
also. After this the blisters start to come up.
These blisters then begin to contain a clear fluid
and this stage of herpes lasts for a few days. Slowly
the blisters start to scab and when this happens,
the lesions have surely started to heal. This is the
virus stage of herpes, but this may not happen until
the symptoms have stayed on for a few days and caused
problems.
