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Genital Herpes - Herpes Symptoms, Herpes Treatment, and Herpes Pictures

What do You do When You Get a Herpes Outbreak?

Share your strategies for managing your herpes outbreaks.

How Do You Tell Someone You Have Herpes

Telling someone you have herpes can be an embarrassing thing to do. If you've experienced this, how did you do it? Did it go well? Share your story.

First Herpes Outbreak - Share the Story of Your First Herpes Outbreak

Nobody wants herpes, but many people have it. Finding out you have herpes can be a very difficult experience. Read what other people experienced when they found out they had herpes for the first time.

Information About Genital Herpes

Get good information about genital herpes from a doctor. Learn more about genital herpes symptoms and treatment.

Genital Herpes Treatments

Genital herpes infections can be treated with medications that reduce the symptoms of genital herpes and reduce the occurance of genital herpes. Find out more about the medications used to treat genital herpes.

The First Genital Herpes Outbreak

The first genital herpes outbreak is much worse than recurrent genital herpes outbreaks.

Genital Herpes Treatments

More about the medications used to reduce the symptoms of genital herpes and reduce the occurance of genital herpes.

Genital Herpes Symptoms in Women

Even though the herpes simplex virus can infect men and women, the pattern of infection is different in women. Learn more about the symptoms women can get with genital herpes.

Genital Herpes and Pregnancy

Under certain circumstances a pregnant woman can transmit the herpes simplex virus to her baby causing potentially deadly consequences. Find out more about genital herpes infections in pregnancy.

Reducing Risk Of Genital Herpes Transmission to Infants

Learn more about the measures taken by health care providers to reduce the risk of transmission of the herpes simplex virus to infants.

Genital Herpes

Information from your Guide to Sexuality.

Living With Genital Herpes

Good information about living with genital herpes such as telling your partner, preventing outbreaks, and spreading herpes.

Genital Herpes and Teenagers

A fact sheet on genital herpes for parents of teenagers.

Famvir - Treatment for Genital Herpes

Information from Novartis, the maker of Famvir - famciclovir - a suppressive and abortive treatment of genital herpes.

Genital Herpes and Pregnancy

Information about how genital herpes affects pregnant women and their children.

Treatment Options for Genital Herpes

A good overview of the treatment options people with genital herpes have.

Genital Herpes Symptoms

A brief description of the symptoms of genital herpes.

Personal Genital Herpes Story

The personal story of a woman who discovers she has genital herpes.

Genital Herpes Overview

Good basic information about genital herpes.

Genital Herpes Medications

A brief guide to medications for the treatment of genital herpes.

Genital Herpes Facts

Fact sheet on genital herpes from the CDC.

Genital Herpes Fact Sheet

A fact sheet from the CDC on genital herpes.

Women and Genital Herpes

Special information for women with genital herpes.

My Partner has Genital Herpes

Information for people in a relationship with someone who has genital herpes.
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