Cause | Sign & Symptoms | Treatment | Facts |
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Virus
Is it a virus or bacteria?
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Painful urination, difficulty urinating, or a frequent need to urinate
Name Symptoms of Genital Herpes
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Use condoms, Avoid contact with another person's mouth and genitals, Don’t have multiple partners
How to avoid contracting this STD/STI
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Yes
Are HSV-1 and HSV-2 lifelong?
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Anal Sex or Vaginal Sex
How is it transmitted?
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Numbness, tingling, or burning in the genital region
Name Signs of Genital Herpes
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Medication can reduce symptoms and in other cases it can prevent outbreaks for long periods of time.
Is there a cure?
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3.7 billion
An estimated of how many people under age 50 have HSV-1 globally?
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Lips, Genitals and Anus
Which parts of you body will it affect?
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doctor’s office, community health clinic, health department, or local planned parenthood center
Where can you get tested?
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417 million
An estimated of how many people under between age 15-49 have HSV-2 infection
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14-49
What is the target age?
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