OTC Herpes Relief

In addition to natural methods to help prevent a herpes outbreak, there are several over the counter (OTC) herpes relief products that can help with pain, discomfort and help to speed healing.
Herpes is the virus that causes both genital infections and mouth sores.  There are over 100 different herpes viruses that can attack the body but the most common are HSV-1 (oral mouth sores), HSV-2 (genital herpes), and herpes zoster (chicken pox and shingles).

Because of the ease of transmission and how common these infections have become there are several over the counter (OTC) herpes relief products that can help with pain, discomfort and help to speed healing.

OTC herpes relief products for an outbreak are often turned to after patients realize that the new anti-viral medication prescribed by physicians may take up to several weeks to make an impact on the development and progression of their illness.

Instead other topical ointments may afford the sufferer a way to reduce the pain and inflammation.   An OTC herpes relief product you might consider is Herpicine that will help reduce the length of the inflammation and pain.  Another product is H-Balm that is all natural and available online.

One way that people who suffer from herpes outbreaks can decrease the number of outbreaks they experience is to decrease the factors that initiate another infection.  These factors can include:

• Stress
• Poor Nutrition
• A Compromised Immune System

Stress can be exposure to UV light (sunlight) which as been shown to reactivate a dormant HSV virus, as well as emotional stress, prolonged anger, menstrual period and the rise and fall of hormones, and anxiety.  Interestingly, people who have poor nutrition also have problems with a compromised immune system.  Although the term ‘compromised immune system’ may be equated with people with HIV, cancer or organ transplants people who have a poor nutritional base also have problems with their immune system.

The immune system is supported by nutrition.  The saying that ‘you are what you eat’ is very true.  If you don’t give your body the nutrition, vitamins, minerals and amino acids it needs to develop and grow healthy cells then your immune system, and your health, will suffer.

Some comfort foods that most of us turn to in times of stress such as chocolate, soda and nuts are known triggers for herpes outbreaks.  However, don’t get too concerned about this since many people are known to live out their lives enjoying the occasional candy bar without an outbreak of herpes.

The goal is to get to know your own personal triggers and to avoid them.  If your body reacts severely to chocolate but not coffee then make the accommodations necessary to relieve the problem.

Another OTC herpes relief product is sleep!  Researchers have long known that lack of proper amounts of sleep (6-8 hours per night) will trigger a herpes outbreak.   And while awake, exercise will also help to bolster the immune system and keep those outbreaks at bay.  Simply incorporating 20 minutes a day of exercise into your routine can be enough to help improve your health and strengthen your immune system.

Already mentioned previously, H-Balm is a topical remedy for oral and genital herpes and can be purchased online or offline.  It is made of organic essential oils and has been shown to decrease the outbreak in clinical studies.  H-Balm comes in two preparations – one to prevent outbreaks and an extra-strength preparation to treat outbreaks.

Other options for OTC herpes relief that also include essential oils and are natural preparations are H-Away and H-Prevention. Both preparations use oils that are different from H-Balm so if one preparation doesn’t work on your strain of virus the other may.

Herp-eeze is another OTC herpes relief product that helps prevent the recurrence of the virus.  It contains prunella vulgaris and olive leaf extract which are known to inactivate the virus in vitro (in the test tube), Vitamin C known to increase oxygen levels and promote immune function,  Lysine found to suppress infections when taken regularly and zinc which is usefully against herpes as an internal and topical agent.