Quick Facts about Herpes
- Herpes simplex virus can cause small blisters or sores on the mouth or genitals.
- About 80 percent of American adults have oral herpes (cold sores).
- An estimated 25 percent of adults in the United States have genital herpes. Most don’t know it because their symptoms are too mild to notice.
- Herpes is most easily spread during an active outbreak or during prodrome --the few days just before an outbreak.
- Herpes can be uncomfortable but it is not considered to be a dangerous virus.
- Herpes does not effect the immune system. It is rare to have any health problems from herpes.
- Herpes can be spread even when no symptoms are present.
- The surest way to prevent the spread of genital herpes is to avoid sex during an active outbreak.
- Using condoms between outbreaks reduces the risk of transmission.
- Most couples decide together how to reduce the risk.
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