Genital Herpes or HSV-2

As mentioned before, Genital herpes is transmitted from one person to another during sexual contact, causing blister or small ulcers (open sores) on or around the genitals membrane of men and women. Though Herpes can´t be cured, there many medications to treat the outbreaks and relief the symptoms.

The infection can be transmitted unnoticed by the carrier and without having any symptoms, which makes it widespread and very contagious. About 80-90% infected with herpes failed to recognize or did not presented the symptoms. Like most STDs it is poor, less educated people, drug addicts specially those who use cocaine, and promiscuous people have greater chances to get infected.

Genital Herpes is transmitted by having direct contact with an infected person through sex or oral sex. In other words this can be transmitted by any skin-to-skin contact and it is more possible to be transmitted from male to female than from female to male.

The outbreak is usually developed after three to seven days of having contact with an infected person, and starting as a sore and becoming an ulcer which also tend to be grouped in ¨Crops¨. The first outbreak may be the worst and more painful and it can last from two to four weeks.

During an outbreak you may experience:

• Fever
• Muscle aches
• Severe head aches
• Painful urination
• Flu-like symptoms
• Vaginal discharge
• Nauseas
• Urethral discharge in men

The sores can slowly heal within 2 weeks or more. However, once you haveHSV 1 or HSV 2 the virus hides within nerve cells and reside in the body. It can stay "asleep" (inactive) for a long time and can be awaken (reactivated) at any time. This may be triggered by:

• Fatigue
• Genital irritation
• Menstruation
• Physical or emotional stress
• Injury

What is Herpes?

Herpes is caused by infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of HSV, HSV-1 and HSV-2, both of which belong to a wider group called Herpesviridae.

HSV 1: is acquired orally, causing cold sores.
HSV 2: is acquired during sexual contact and affects the genital area. 



The herpes simplex is avirus and works as such. It causes ulcers or sores such as cold sores or genital blisters. It is an effective virus, but one the human immune system is equipped to fight. Of those people infected with the virus, the majority of them are asymptomatic. This is one of the reasons medical studies are conflicted on the true infection rate in America.
It is passed through sexual contact, so is regarded as a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). This is because the moist skin that lines the mouth, genitals and anus is the most susceptible to infection.
The virus can also enter the body throughout a cut or scratch on the skin. If the wound comes into contact with a cold sore for example, the virus can pass into the body. This is rare, but does happen occasionally.