The nurse is providing education to a patient with recurrent herpes simplex genitalis. The nurse should make sure to advise the patient that
a. the infection is contagious only when lesions are visible.
b. antiviral agents are curative in most cases.
c. the patient will need to take antiviral agents daily for life.
d. the patient will need to use condoms even when no lesions are evident.
D
Patients should be advised to avoid all sexual contact when lesions are present, and they should use a condom even when lesions are absent.
The nurse should not advise the patient that infection is contagious only when lesions are visible.
Antiviral agents are not curative in most cases.
There is no indication that the antiviral medication is necessary as a lifelong treatment.
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