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Herpes: Persons
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Symptoms of both types of herpes can range from mild to severe. In fact, some people have symptoms so mild they may not realize they have herpes. Although a person with herpes may not always experience outward symptoms of the virus, the virus remains present in the body. The virus can be reactivated by stress or illness, and can be spread through skin-to-skin contact.
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Once a patient has become infected by herpes virus, the infection remains for life. The initial infection may be followed by latency with subsequent reactivation. Herpes viruses infect most of the human population and persons living past middle age usually have antibodies to most of the above herpes viruses with the exception of HHV-8.
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Genital herpes is usually spread from one person to another by having sex, including oral sex. Herpes can ... be spread from one place on your body to another, such as from your genitals to your fingers, then to your eyes or to other parts of your body. Herpes can also be spread from a mother to her baby when she gives birth.
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There is no treatment that can cure herpes, but antiviral medications can shorten and prevent outbreaks during the period of time the person takes the medication. Valtrex and Acyclovir are two such medications. Dynamiclear is a treatment to put on your skin.
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[One] reason someone might not take the risk of getting herpes is simply that they don't know the person who has herpes well enough to take that risk, and that is completely understandable. That's why, when you have herpes, and you meet someone at a party, you don't say, "Hi, I'm Terri, and I have genital herpes." You wait until they know you better, have more invested in you, have more reason to be willing to take some risk. But this discussion must happen before having sex, of course, so they have an opportunity to make the decision about risk for themselves.
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Most often caused by HSV-2, symptoms of genital herpes vary greatly from one person to the next. The majority of people have such mild symptoms that they may not recognize the infection for many years. Out of the one in five adults (males and females) in the United States who have genital herpes, more than 80% have not been diagnosed and are unaware they have it.
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