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Genital Herpes
Venereology & Sexual Health · Infectious & Parasitic
Mild
Severity
Very common — a significant proportion of adults worldwide carry herpes simplex virus, many without knowing it
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Genital herpes is caused by infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2
- 2transmitted through direct skin-to-skin contact during vaginal
- 3anal
- 4or oral sexual activity with an infected partner
- 5including contact with the genital area during periods when no visible sores are present. Once acquired
- 6the virus remains dormant in nerve cells and can reactivate periodically
- 7triggered by factors such as stress
- 8illness
- 9hormonal changes
- 10or a weakened immune system
- 11causing recurrent outbreaks. The virus can also be transmitted from a mother to her baby during childbirth if active lesions are present at delivery.
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