Is There Any Cure For Feline Herpes Virus?

Unfortunately, there is no effective cure for FHV in the cat. There is a saying that says: "Herpes is forever!" Like in the human, once infected, a cat can either eliminate the virus from the body, or it becomes a carrier and lives with the virus for life. This virus enters and hides in the nerve systems of the cat, thus protecting it from being killed by the cat's immune system. There it stays dormant in the nerves until in times of illness or stress, when the body's immune system is suppressed, the virus then resurfaces to cause disease.

Your cat will subsequently either start sneezing again or get its eye problem back. It is through this clever mechanism that FHV results in chronic recurrent cat flue or eye problems. Cats have an increased risk of becoming carriers if they are infected at a young age before they have vaccination immunity or mature immune systems.

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