What You Should Know About Herpes
Herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that any sexually active person can get. Most people with the virus don’t have symptoms. It is important to know that even without signs of the disease, it can still spread to sexual partners.
Herpes (HSV) is a virus. You can get it from oral, vaginal or anal sex with someone who is infected. It is possible to get herpes or give it to someone else, even when you’re not having an outbreak.
Statistic
NOTE: The relative standard errors for genital herpes estimates of more than 100,000 range from 19% to 23%. See Other Surveillance Data Sources in the Appendix and Table 45.
SOURCE: IMS Health, Integrated Promotional Services™. IMS Health Report, 1966–2013.
Is there a cure?
There is no cure for herpes. However, there are medications that can reduce the number of outbreaks you get, ease the symptoms, make the time you have the outbreak shorter, and reduce the chance that you can infect others.
Read More:
- CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/default.htm
- Idaho Department of Health & Welfare: http://www.nakedtruth.idaho.gov/genital-herpes.aspx
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