What You Need to Know About Herpes

Herpes simplex 1 and two are very common. The symptom appears when you have been exposed through skin contact. It can take up to 20 days before you notice any symptoms especially for genital herpes.

Many people do not notice that they have herpes because some outbreak is very mild. You can still pass on the virus to your partner even if you do not notice any outbreak. The first outbreak is usually considered to be the most severe. Reccuring outbreaks are less severe and less painful but they can be dangerous if you have any other condition.

Men outbreak can last up to two weeks while women can last up to three weeks. Women condition can be misdiagnosed and many women confuse the condition with other infections such as boils or yeast infection.

In any circumstances whether you have blisters on your penis or extreme viginal discharge it is a good idea to be tested for the condition. Some signs that may indicate that you have herpes includes; swollen lymph glands, fever, muscles pain or headaches.

More than 80% of those who have had a herpes outbreak have reccuring outbreak which even though they are not has severe, they are considered to be as contagious. Just before an outbreak warning sign could be felt that you are about to experience an outbreak.

Such warning signs are a good idea for you to take preventive action by taking the appropriate medication and limiting therefore the extent of the outbreak.
In order to be infected with herpes, you need to be in direct contact with a person who has the infection or have some kind of exchange of bodily fluid most often through sex and kissing.

Taking preventive measures if you have the condition such as not touching the blisters, or you eyes can help a lot. Herpes usually is contracted in a single spot of the body. Cases in which the condition has affected other parts of the body are rare but not uncommon.

Most of the times this results because the person has the condition and has infected other region of the body unknowingly, if treated normally, the herpes virus can be controlled effectively. The body produces its own immune system against the condition ounce you have contracted the virus ounce.

Throughout the world, it is estimated that more than 80% of the global population at one period or another had the condition.