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A communicable disease

A  sexually transmitted infection (STI)

Herpes is a lifelong infection, which often has mild or no symptoms but can be detected by the presence of antibodies for HSV-1 or HSV-2 in the blood. (WHO)

There is no cure for herpes. However, there are medicines that can prevent or shorten outbreaks. One of these anti-herpes medicines can be taken daily, and makes it less likely that you will pass the infection on to your sex partner(s).

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Some 140 million people in the Americas aged 15-49 years are infected with genital HSV-1 infection

Africa: 350 million women (87%), 355 million men (87%)

Eastern Mediterranean: 188 million women (75%), 202 million men (75%)

Europe: 207 million women (69%), 187 million men (61%)

South-East Asia: 432 million women (59%), 458 million men (58%)

Western Pacific: 488 million women (74%), 521 million men (73%)

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Multiple age groups are effected, however, those from 14-60+ are effected most

Men and Women are both affected

More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 – or 67% of the population – are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (according to the WHO)

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1. Initial treatment- if you have symptoms such as sores your doctor will give you antiviral therapy for 10 days
2. Prescription drugs- Three major drugs used to treat genital herpes:  acyclovir, famvir, and valtex
3. Home remedies- bathing in salt water, using petroleum, and painkillers.

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1. Use condoms, dental dams during oral, anal, and vaginal sex
2. Not having sex during a herpes outbreak, For example, big music festivals.
3. Telling your partner the truth about having herpes and how to stay safe.

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1.  Pain

2. Itching

3. Small sores appear

4. Then form ulcers and scabs

After initial infection, genital herpes lies dormant in the body**

**Symptoms can recur for years.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/genital-herpes/symptoms-causes/syc-20356161?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=abstract&utm_content=Genital-herpes&utm_campaign=Knowledge-panel

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According to the Center for Disease Control, many people that have herpes don't even know they have it because most forms of the virus doesn't have symptoms

https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm

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You Probably Have Herpes (And That's OK!)

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You Probably Have Herpes (And That's OK!)

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Adam Ruins Everything - You Probably Have Herpes and That's Okay (Excerpt)

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Adam explains why it's much more common than we think and why it's not worth worrying about. Subscribe: http://full.sc/1s9KQGe Watch Full Episodes for FREE: http://bit.ly/1Rw2yzp In Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.