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You can have genital herpes for years without knowing it.
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Genital Herpes: Symptoms, Testing and Treatment?
Herpies is a common sexually transmitted disease that affects at least one-fifth of the population of the United States. Approximately 80% of people with herpes do not know they have the disease and at least one million new infections are diagnosed each year in the US. Genital herpes can be treated but cannot be cured. Read on to learn more about this common disease.What is herpes?Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus type 2. Another type of the virus that occurs in and around the mouth is caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1.What are the symptoms of genital herpes?Many people that have genital herpes never experience symptoms. Other people have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed. Some people experience symptoms that last for weeks before subsiding. Symptoms can return at any point during life, even years after the initial outbreak.Common symptoms of genital herpes include blisters, open sores, itching, painful urination or inability to urinate and pain in the genital area. Patients may also experience chills, headache, flu-like symptoms, fever, swelling of the arms, throat or genitals and fatigue.The first symptoms tend to appear about 14 to 20 days following infection but some patients have no symptoms for years before having an outbreak.How is herpes diagnosed?The only way to know for sure if you have herpes is to see a medical professional. A physical exam may be performed if you are experiencing symptoms. If you have not had an outbreak, a blood test can determine your status.Can herpes be treated?Although there is no cure for herpes, the disease can be treated. Certain medications can help relieve symptoms and shorten the length of an outbreak. At home, herpes patients can lessen their discomfort by taking a warm bath and wearing lightweight clothing. Pain medications such as aspirin can also provide relief.
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Can you get chlamydia if you're not sexually active?
You can get chlamydia from oral, anal, or vaginal sex; from sharing sex toys; or from genital-genital contact. In addition, a baby can get chlamydia during birth to a woman who is infected. If none of these applies to you, you won't get chlamydia.
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Can you have hpv for years and not know it?
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Is shingles and herpes are same?
Herpes is a family if viruses that cause different diseases. Herpes simplex I is associated with cold sores, herpes simplex II is associated with genital herpes (although those two can be reversed), CMV and EBV can cause mononucleosis and colds and congenital infections in babies as well as cancers, roseolovirus can cause roseola, human herpes virus 8 causes Kaposi's sarcoma and other cancers. The herpes varicella-zoster virus causes chicken pox (varicella). It lies dormant in nerve cells and years later it can reactivate to cause shingles (zoster). So shingles is one example of a herpes virus infection.
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Can a herpes outbreak last 7 years?
no, 8
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If you kiss someone with a cold sore will you get it?
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If you get cold sores are you immune from genital herpes?
There is no such thing as a herpes immunity. You can get genital herpes even if you have oral herpes and vice versa Also, if you brush on someone's herpes you get herpes too. -Professional scientist! (Told you Kristina)
Viral infection known as shingles?
Shingles is caused by a virus called Herpes Zoster. It is basically the result of chicken pox that has been dormant for years. It emerges years later as shingles.
