One of the fastest growing diseases in the United States is herpes.  Genital herpes affects one out of every four adults in this country, according to the Centers for Disease Control.  It is far and away the most common sexually transmitted disease, and its infection rate doesn’t show any signs of slowing down anytime soon.  Like most other venereal diseases, doctors are mystified as to where and how it originated, but it seems much more virulent than most other STDs, meaning that it’s much more easily transmitted from one person to another.

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Everyone needs to know the facts about herpes type 2 if they intend to keep themselves free of this widespread sexually transmitted disease.  Pretty much everyone is aware that there is a sexually transmitted disease called herpes, but then they get bombarded with information about different kinds of herpes like type 1, type 2, cold sores (fever blisters), etc.  With all this information overload it can be difficult to sort out the really important facts about herpes type 2, which is the main cause of genital herpes.
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Do you know how to prevent herpes transmission?  We should point out right up front that, aside from being one hundred percent celibate, there really is no guaranteed, foolproof method that can entirely eliminate the risk of transmitting herpes to another person.  That being said, however, there are a great many things you can do which can greatly reduce the risk.  Right now herpes isn’t curable, but it is manageable, and part of managing it means reducing the risk of herpes transmission as close as possible to zero.

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Do you know how to spot the stages of herpes?  If you’re like millions of people, you may not even understand this question, which is vitally important to anyone who’s sexually active these days.  Many people upon reading that question were no doubt puzzled, because they don’t even realize that herpes symptoms come in stages.  Well, they do, and if you’re going to protect your health, you need to be able to understand the stages of herpes so you can look for them in potential partners, and also in yourself, should you ever be infected.
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What are the facts about herpes sores?  That’s an important question that everyone should know the answer to.  There seems to be a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about this admittedly unpleasant topic, but in this case, ignorance is most definitely not bliss.  Genital herpes and other forms of the virus are rampant, and everyone of us needs to know as much as we can about it.   In this article we’ll focus only on herpes sores, since that seems to be the source of much of the confusion that’s out there.  We’ll do it in a Q&A format.
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Are there different stages of herpes?  Yes, there certainly are, and it’s extremely important that you understand the various stages so you can protect your health.  Many people don’t have much knowledge about herpes, its symptoms, or how the virus acts in different people’s systems.  That’s a big part of the reason that so many people are coming down with it.  Doctors from the Centers for Disease Control estimate that one out of four American has genital herpes.  This refers only to people who suffer active outbreaks; almost everyone of us has one or more herpes viruses inside us.  But in most people they’re dormant.  When symptoms appear near our reproductive organs, that’s genital herpes.  And when we talk about the different stages of herpes, we’re referring to that form.
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