A severe, often gangrenous inflammation of the mouth or genitals, occurring usually after an infectious disease and found most often in children in poor hygienic or malnourished condition. 走马疳,坏疽性口炎嘴或生殖器部分严重的经常为生疽性的发炎,通常在感染了传染病后发生,最常发病于卫生条件极差或营养状况不良的孩子
genital
[ adj ] of or relating to the external sex organs <adj.pert> genital herpesvenereal disease
Genital \Gen"i*tal\, a. [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. g['e]nital. See {Gender}.] Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs; as, genital herpes.
{Genital cord} (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and M["u]llerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.
Resistant viruses have not been found in otherwise healthy people who take the drug for ordinary outbreaks of genital herpes sores. Researchers disagree over whether the resistant viruses will spread into the general population.
Another trial for genital herpes showed Valtrex twice a day was as effective as Zovirax five times a day. Wellcome expects to submit Valtrex for approval to treat shingles during the first half of next year.
The virus is herpes simplex type 1, the same one that causes cold sores; a different virus, herpes simplex type 2, causes genital herpes.
In the United States, the leading causes of genital ulcer disease are herpes, syphilis and chancroid in that order, but in Africa the bacterial infection chancroid is first.
Besides acquired immune deficiency syndrome, genital herpes and chlamydia have since emerged as important sexually transmitted diseases.
"What is dangerous is that it (chlamydia) can cause an upper genital tract infection without causing symptoms," Schachter said in a telephone interview.
Those with a history of genital ulcers, or sores, were seven times more likely to have the virus.
IUDs have been linked to genital infection and have led to many liability suits, especially in the case of the Dalkon Shield, which was sold by A.H. Robins & Co. of Richmond, Va.
The report said that controlling diseases that cause genital sores could be an important means of stopping the spread of AIDS.
Experts knew that infected women may have the AIDS virus in their genital sections, but it was unclear where this virus came from.
Some physicians estimate as many as 10 percent of American women may be infected by HPV, which causes venereal warts in both men and women and has been linked to cancerous cell changes of the genital tract.
The drug, acyclovir, does not cure genital herpes, but it makes outbreaks of sores less severe and makes them heal faster.
Some cause common warts, while others cause genital warts.