What is Genital Herpes
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease. Symptoms can include painful sores in the genital area, itching, painful urination, vaginal discharge and tender lumps in the groin. With the first episode, many people have a fever and aches, as with the flu. Most people with herpes infection will have outbreaks of sores and symptoms from time to time. Some women have herpes only on the cervix. In this case, there may be few or no symptoms with an outbreak.
About 25 percent of adults in the United States are infected with genital herpes. The virus is not curable. Babies born to mothers who have an active genital herpes infection at or near the time of delivery can become infected. This can be serious and sometimes fatal for newborns.
Source: FamilyDoctor.org
Posted: April 26th, 2010 under Q & A.
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