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Table of Contents
- What is Herpes and what causes it?
- Genital Herpes Symptoms: The First Episode
- Recurring Symptoms
- Genital Herpes without Symptoms
- Warning Signs: Prodrome
- Mistaken Symptoms
- Recurring Herpes: How Often and Why
Transmission
Testing
Treatment and Therapy
Talking With a Partner
Quick Facts
- Herpes simplex virus can cause small blisters or
sores on the mouth or genitals.
- About 80 percent of American adults have oral herpes (cold sores).
- An estimated 25 percent of adults in the United States have genital
herpes. Most don't know it because their symptoms are too mild to notice.
- Herpes is most easily spread during an active outbreak or during prodrome
--the few days just before an outbreak.
- Herpes is uncomfortable but not dangerous.
- Herpes does not effect the immune system or lead to other health problems.
- Herpes can be spread even when no symptoms are present.
- The surest way to prevent the spread of genital herpes is to avoid sex
during an active outbreak.
- Always use condoms between outbreaks.
- Most couples decide together how to reduce the risk.