Infection in newborn may cause death, or severe damage to the brain, lungs and liver.

Newborn may acquire infection from mother during delivery.

Most pregnant women with recurrent genital herpes deliver normal infants.

Make infection by other germs, like HIV, easier, as the blisters provide easy entry to other STD germs.Most transmission occurs in absence of sores. Viral shedding may occur in the absence of blisters, so transmission is possible when lesions are absent. Herpes can also be spread from one area of the body to another via contact with or touching an infected area. If you think you have been exposed or show signs of herpes infection, see your health care provider.Blisters can return periodically, but usually with shorter duration and less severity.Blisters go away, but infection is still in the body.Initial infection often accompanied by fever, headache and swollen lymph nodes.Itching or burning on skin are common in area where blisters are about to appear.First episode most severe, subsequent episodes milder.Blisters may be “hidden” in the vagina.Blisters progress to open sores that crust over and heal within 1-2 weeks.Small, painful fluid-filled blisters on genitals, mouth or anus.Develop within 2-30 days, or longer, or not at all.Most people may never develop symptoms or the symptoms are too mild to notice.A person with genital herpes can also spread the infection to other parts of his or her body by direct contact (i.e., by touching the sores and then touching other parts of the body). The genital sores contain the herpes virus that can be passed to another person during sexual contact. Type 2 (HSV-2) most often causes genital sores, but type 1 (the type that most often appears as a cold sores on the mouth) can also cause infection in the genital area. There are several types of herpes simplex virus.

Over 50 million Americans (1 in 5 adults) have been infected, although some do not develop any symptoms. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease/infection (STD/STI) caused by a common virus called herpes simplex.

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