Complexity of treatment may result when two or more contrasting diseases found their way inside the host's body. The same is true in the case of these two potentially harmful viruses, the HIV and HSV. We may ask why they tend to complicate each other because the former plagues the immune system while the latter hides away from it. Well things really seem to complicate when it comes to the treatment process.
What's in There to Complicate Things?
Even people who have genital herpes had little or no idea at all that having an HIV is an impediment to the treatment of their genital infection. There is only one part of our whole system that has the answer to it all, our immune system. It is the only component of our body that fights back all types, intensity and classes of infectious offensives. Working its way most of the time to counter these savage attacks can weaken the immune system itself until it becomes exhausted of its "soldiering" capability.
What happens next to our body when we have a weakened immune system is that we look like a precious but unguarded territory. All kinds of marauders and bad elements in the form of viruses and diseases could freely enter our defenseless body anytime they wanted to. As a result, we became gravely ill even with just an ordinary brush with any sickness.
HIV, as we all know is the primary source of immune system weakening. The virus itself impairs the ability of the body to produce antibodies, the natural soldiers of our body, thus, weakening our immune system. Having HIV on top of genital herpes is enough reason to be afraid of when not given an expert medical attention at its early stage.
The Great Barrier
Persons with HIV, undergoing chemotherapy treatment and experiencing other autoimmune deficiencies would significantly suffer from the many complications that may result due to the inability of the body to react to the treatment directed towards treating the HSV-2 virus attack. People experiencing this kind of quandary is said to have a compromised immune system and may be treated differently.
Aside from the body's inability to directly react to the treatment, there are other complications too that may result out of a compromised immune system. These complications include:
- Herpes sores or lesions that will usually heal in a week or two will last 3 to 4 weeks or even more
- Flare-ups that is normally tolerable can become painful to incredibly painful under the influence of HIV
- Though rarely happens, HIV can make it possible for the herpes infections to spread to other major body organs like the throat, eyes, lungs and last but not the least, the brain.
Two-fold Precaution
People already suffering from HIV/AIDS would take double dose of precautions because they were the ones more susceptible in acquiring infectious diseases like genital herpes. Though HSV alone is never life menacing, under the influence of HIV things would be totally different at all.
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