Herpes Transmission - Here’s How To Prevent It From Happening

Herpes transmission is something you need to avoid at all costs, whether you are avoiding getting it or giving it to someone else.  It’s extremely contagious, especially if you currently have an outbreak, so you need to make sure you take the proper precautions.

How Does It Happen?

Herpes transmission can happen through sexual contact or even through simple kissing.  Believe it or not, almost 85% of people have been infected with oral herpes due to how easy it is to spread.  Some people don’t get outbreaks though or noticeable outbreaks so it can be hard to tell if someone has it or not at times.

How To Protect Yourself And Others:

If you want to avoid giving your condition to others, make sure that you don’t have any close contact with anyone while you’re displaying symptoms of either genital herpes or oral herpes(cold sores).  Do not kiss anyone or have any other kind of intimate contact with them, stay clear of others until your condition has cleared.

It’s also important that you protect yourself from getting the condition over again by replacing your toothbrush and bath towels.  You can very easily end up with back to back infections if you’re not diligent with this.

Lastly, be careful of touching the affected area then touching other parts of your body, this is how you can spread the virus from your lips to your genitals or vice versa.  There is also a rarer condition called ocular herpes which can happen if you transfer it to your eye, it can lead to blindness so be sure to keep your hands clean.

Now one of the best ways to prevent herpes transmission is by taking a form of treatment which will limit your outbreaks and cut them short if you ever do experience them.  One treatment which does that well is Herpeset, it is a spray which is absorbed into the bloodstream when used under the tongue and thus gets to work fast.  It also prevents further breakouts with continued use.  Click here to learn more about it.

Genetal Herpes

So what is genetal herpes?

Well, it’s a sexual transmitted disease that is normally caused by the herpes simplex virus, type 2 (HSV-2 for short), although HSV-1 which usually causes oral herpes can also cause genital herpes.

When you contract genetal herpes, the symptoms generally appear 10 days later as 1 or more clustered lesions on the genitals or anus.  The first outbreak is usually the worst, subsequent outbreaks can happen weeks or months later but are usually less severe and don’t last as long.

How Common Is This?

Believe it or not, studies have found that more than 45 million Americans have the infection.  For some reason, it seems male to female transmission is more likely, and as such 1 out of 4 women contract this opposed to 1 out of 8 men.

How Do You Know If You Have It?

The thing about genital herpes is a lot of people don’t even know they have it because symptoms may not appear or may be so slight they are not easily noticed.  But for those who do notice, it’s usually 2 weeks after the initial encounter that you notice the lesions on your genitals.  This may even be followed by flu-like symptoms.

The lesions in men appear around the penis and testicles for men, the interior and exterior of the vagina for women and around the anus and urethra for both men and women.  They look like small blisters or ulcerations that are painful.  These red bumps can sometimes ooze puss and eventually they crust over and fall off.

Genetal herpes is not something you would wish on your worst enemy, or yourself for that matter, but if you’ve got to deal with it, one of the better solutions out there is Herpeset.  It is a spray used under the tongue that is immediately absorbed into the bloodstream and thus starts working to get rid of the symptoms fast.  It’s also a great way to prevent further outbreaks.  Click here to learn more about this treatment.