HSV 2 is more commonly the cause of genital herpes. Type 1 usually causes oral herpes , or fever blisters . Type 2 usually causes genital herpes . Type 2 is most commonly responsible for causing genital herpes, but can also cause cold sores . Type 1, which mostly causes cold sores, can cause genital [...]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Tips in Controlling Genital Herpes – Keeping Yourself Herpes-Free
Friday, April 9th, 2010The lurking danger of contracting herpes anytime is very real. Infection rate among the Americans is very high, one to every five adults. Isn’t it disturbing? What the statistic’s trying to show us only proves that there is no security for all of us not to be infected by this permanent disease. Say No [...]
Condom Protection against Herpes
Friday, March 19th, 2010Among monogamous couples with 1 partner who had known symptomatic genital herpes and 1 who was susceptible, the rate of transmission from men to women is similar to that seen with sexually acquired HIV. The risk of transmission can be affected by sexual behavior. The risk increased with more frequent sexual activity, but condom [...]
Herpes Women, Hormones and Chocolate
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Chocolate could have an influence on women herpes symptoms. Several articles published recently claim that chocolate is a health food superior even to green tea. A study in 2003 suggested that eating chocolate regularly could prolong your life span, and other studies suggest that it protects blood vessels. Chocolate may be an antioxidant and [...]
Basics About Genital Herpes And Newest Treatments
Friday, March 5th, 2010Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex viruses (HSV) type 1 and type 2. Most genital herpes is caused by HSV type 2. Most people have no or minimal symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When symptoms do occur, they usually appear as one or more blisters on or [...]
Chicago: Preventive Measures For Genital Herpes
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Sexual intercourse is not necessary for transmission of genital herpes. Sexual contact is the primary way that genital herpes simplex virus spreads. As the herpes virus cannot survive for long time outside your body, you cannot acquire this virus from any object used by an infected person. Sexual contact is the primary way that [...]
Prevention for Herpes
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010HSV-1 being transmitted by oral sex as HSV-2 is not very common but there is always the risk. HSV-2 infected individuals are at higher risk for acquiring HIV when practicing unprotected sex with HIV positive persons, particularly during an outbreak with active lesions. For genital herpes, condoms are highly effective in limiting transmission of [...]
Preventive Strategy for Herpes
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection that can be transmitted during episodes of recurrent lesions and during subclinical shedding. In the absence of an effective vaccine, condoms have been routinely recommended for prevention of transmission, and a recent study showed that daily antiviral therapy also decreases the risk for transmission of HSV-2 [...]
Alternative Treatments for Herpes
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Certain dietary adjustments, dietary supplements, and alternative remedies are believed to be beneficial in the treatment of herpes, either alone, or in conjunction with prescribed antiviral therapy. There is currently insufficient scientific and clinical evidence to support the effective use of many of these compounds to treat herpes in humans. Lysine supplementation has been [...]
Dating and Herpes, part 2
Saturday, February 27th, 2010In the event that you have genital herpes and your partner doesnât, you still have some excellent options when it comes to protection. A condom should always be your first line of defense, though its shortcomings are a little more noticeable when it comes to herpes. Genital herpes tends to have outbreaks around the [...]
Sexual Transmitted Disease-Genital Herpes And Lifestyle Tips
Friday, February 26th, 2010If you have herpes, and are planning to become sexually active with someone new, you owe it to them and to yourself to be honest about your own infection. You can spread the infection even if your virus is dormant and you have no open sores. Try practicing telling with a trusted friend or [...]
Can You Get Genital Herpes If You Wear a Condom and the Person Has No Outbreaks?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010If you are sexually intimate with a person who has herpes simplex II, or genital herpes there are a few things that you should know about herpes transmission. The herpes simplex viruses are transmitted through skin to skin contact. It is not a blood borne virus, it lays dormant in the nervous system, and [...]