What happens if I don't have genital herpes treated?

Condition analysis:
Genital herpes - most common viral infections: Genital herpes can cause painful genital sores and can be severe in people with suppressed immune systems. If you touch your sores or the fluids from the sores, you may transfer herpes to another part of your body, such as your eyes. Do not touch the sores or fluids to avoid spreading herpes to another part of your body. If you touch the sores or fluids, immediately wash your hands thoroughly to help avoid spreading your infection.

Some people who get genital herpes have concerns about how it will impact their overall health, sex life, and relationships. It is best for you to talk to a health care provider about those concerns, but it also is important to recognize that while herpes is not curable, it can be managed. Since a genital herpes diagnosis may affect how you will feel about current or future sexual relationships, it is important to understand how to talk to sexual partners about STDs. You can find one resource here: GYT Campaign.

Instructions:
The reason genital herpes is under-diagnosed is that the symptoms of herpes infection can be relatively mild. There may be burning, itching, and flu-like symptoms after first contracting the virus, but then there are never any lesions. Or it is possible to contract the virus and have no symptoms until years later. This usually happens when cancer treatment or some other chronic disease has weakened the immune system so that the infection becomes aggressive.

People who have genital herpes may be told they have a yeast infection, bladder infection, or even fleabites. Eighty percent of the time the symptoms of genital herpes are so mild that the infected individual never seeks effective treatment. Unfortunately, people who do not suffer symptoms may still spread the disease. Women are more likely to be unaware they have the disease than men.

Barrier contraception, including both men's condoms and women's condoms, is the only way to be sure of preventing the spread of herpes during sexual contact. Latex prevents the transmission of the virus, but lambskin does not. People who have visible outbreaks on the skin should not have sex