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2. Genital herpes - Wikipedia

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   Three FDA-approved antiviral medications have clinical benefits in controlling the signs and symptoms of genital herpes when used for first clinical symptoms and recurrent episodes or when used as daily suppressive therapy. [20] These medications are acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir and have been shown to be safe with long-term use.

3. Herpes gladiatorum - Wikipedia

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   Herpes gladiatorum is one of the most infectious of herpes-caused diseases, and is transmissible by skin-to-skin contact. The disease was first described in the 1960s in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is caused by contagious infection with human herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), [1] which more commonly causes oral herpes (cold sores).

4. Herpes - Wikipedia

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   Herpes cycles between periods of active disease followed by periods without symptoms. [1] The first episode is often more severe and may be associated with fever, muscle pains, swollen lymph nodes and headaches. [1] Over time, episodes of active disease decrease in frequency and severity. [1]

5. Incurable, 'highly contagious' STD affects nearly 900 million ...

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   HSV, or genital herpes, has affected millions of people around the world. Researchers and experts weigh in on the risks and developing treatments of the high-burden sexually transmitted infection.

6. What Is the Difference Between a Fever Blister and a Cold Sore?

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   A herpes outbreak will run its course and go away without treatment, says Dr. Friedman. “Treatment can sometimes prevent an outbreak if started early enough or it will shorten the course which ...

7. Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms, when they occur, may include watery blisters in the skin of any location of the body, or in mucous membranes of the mouth, lips, nose, genitals, [1] or eyes (herpes simplex keratitis). [7] Lesions heal with a scab characteristic of herpetic disease. Sometimes, the viruses cause mild or atypical symptoms during outbreaks.

8. How to spot 18 common — and not so common — bumps, rashes and ...

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   An early case of chicken pox may be treated with antiviral drugs. ... Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Outbreaks are triggered by stress, fatigue, illness and other factors ...

9. Epidemiology of herpes simplex - Wikipedia

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   Although many people infected with HSV develop labial or genital lesions (herpes simplex), the majority are either undiagnosed or display no physical symptoms—individuals with no symptoms are described as asymptomatic or as having subclinical herpes. [2] In many infections, the first symptom a person will have of their own infection is the ...