Sores from HSV type 2 are usually on the genital area, as this type of herpes is sexually transmitted. However, it's possible no symptoms will occur with infection or that sores may come and go.

Genital herpes, a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide, is the result of the herpes simplex virus. Although a cure is not yet available for this disease, there exist methods to manage ...

The condition can be asymptomatic, and those infected may not realise they have it until they experience painful outbreaks of sores and blisters in the genital area. Though the virus remains ...

Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas). Garcia’s Protect Intersex Children Act would bar physicians from performing genital surgeries on a foster child younger than 6 years old born with intersex traits ...

Every single second around the world, someone is infected with genital herpes. This adds up to 42 million new cases a year, and about 200 additional people affected by the time you finish reading ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m 60 years old now. I never had chicken pox as a child but was tested as an adult, and I do have the antibodies. I’ve been on a standard dose of acyclovir for 15 years after I ...

"Someone with the ulcers in their mouth will be having sex with someone who never got infected as a child, so they will pass the virus to the genital area." Abu-Raddad says his team sees a particular ...

So while you can get HS in the area that surrounds the vulva, it can’t occur inside the vagina. “The vaginal tissue is different [from skin] so [HS] is not found in this area, but can be ...