Recurrent genital herpes: features of diagnosis and potential of modern therapy
Genital herpes (GH) is top-ranked in the sexually transmitted infection (STIs) rating, which is associated with a lifelong persistence of the virus in the infected patients, polymorphism of clinical manifestations of herpes infection, high percentage of relapsing forms of disease progression. Combination therapy with local use of activated glycyrrhizic acid-containing drug contributes to reducing the duration of GH relapse, more rapid healing of skin and mucosal lesions, increasing duration of the remission period. A patient can plan pregnancy in the absence of GH recurrence during pregravid preparation, in normotsenoze vagina and the absence of type 1 herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA and type 2 HSV in the genital tract according to PCR test results, sufficient type-specific antiherpetic antibodies titer and absence of GH relapse in sexual partner.