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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Everyone who is sexually active needs to be able to spot the first sign of herpes in themselves and in anyone they’re being intimate with, or planning on being intimate with.  You can save yourself a lot of unpleasantness and heartache down the road by keeping yourself free from herpes infection.  And if you’ve already got it, you can significantly reduce the severity and frequency of outbreaks by spotting it early, because rapid treatment during the first sign of herpes is the most effective.  Once it progresses, past the initial stage,  the treatments don’t work as well.
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You should never ignore the early signs of herpes, either your own, or those you may spot on a potential sexual partner.  Many people do, for a variety of reasons, but later on they deeply regret not paying more attention to what they shrugged off as nothing to worry about.  Herpes is most definitely not “nothing to worry about”.  It’s a serious sexually transmitted disease, and while it’s not fatal, and usually isn’t as debilitating as syphilis and other STD’s, the consequences are both unpleasant and long lasting.  Yes, it can be treated, and the severity of outbreaks can be reduced, but once you have herpes it will never go away completely.
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How much do you know about herpes and signs you might be infected?  If you’re like the average person walking down the street, you probably don’t know much about this rampant disease at all.  Which is perfectly natural, because most people lead very busy lives and don’t really have the time to get acquainted with every possible disease out there, and they figure that if they ever need to learn about this particular STD, they can find out all they need to know.  Some people may vaguely remember some things they learned about the disease in their sex education classes, but that’s about it. If that’s you, here some fact about herpes and signs to look for when you’re infected.
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