Among the sexually transmitted diseases of women, ‘genital herpes’ is the second most common after chlamydia. Symptoms are different in men and women, with initial and recurrence. Genital herpes is a disease that can not be neglected because even if you are infected with a virus, you risk infecting your partner without your own symptoms, and there is a risk of endangering the life of the baby due to mother and child infection at birth. Explains the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of genital herpes.
What is ‘genital herpes’..
“Genital herpes” is the second most common female sexually transmitted disease (STD) after chlamydia. Even if you are infected with a simple herpes virus, you only have the power to infect your partner without specific symptoms, so you can spread the virus without knowing that it is the source of infection.
She was a married patient who complained of itchy and painful external parts, and even though she was obviously the first to have genital herpes, her husband had no symptoms at all. Explains the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of recurrence of genital herpes.
Causes and infection routes of genital herpes.
Genital herpes is caused by simple herpes virus type 1 or type 2 virus infection due to sexual activity. Herpes virus infected with the lip of the mouth can also infect the genitals through oral sex.
There are cases where symptoms appear as soon as they are infected, and when they are infected, they may hide without symptoms, and only appear after a while. As a result, the sexual activity that caused the infection and the timing of the onset may differ.
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