Genital herpes is an ongoing problem throughout the United States.  It’s becoming more prevalent in teens who don’t understand the complete ins and outs of how to prevent and avoid genital herpes (as well as other STDs). 

Sometimes, prevention could be accomplished, but people don’t understand enough of the facts to implement effective herpes prevention.  Many teens are claiming they don’t even understand about genital herpes until they are affected.

Often times, carriers of genital herpes don’t even know they’re carries and may carry the viral infection dormant within their bodies for years before they experience an outbreak or any significant symptoms.

Many people experience symptoms so mild that their genital herpes symptoms are confused with other minor health ailments. 

Genital herpes is more common than one may think and even you could be carrying the virus dormant.  When dormant, the virus lives at the base of your spine.  New research and developments have provided us with new kinds of tests which may be able to determine if someone is a carrier of genital herpes even before they are experiencing symptoms.

It’s important to understand about prevention, treatment and safety.  If you’re a parent of a teenager today, it’s more important than ever that you know how to talk to your teens and how to help them take care of their bodies and stay safe.  Abstinence is the best method of prevention, but the reality of the situation is that abstinence isn’t always something we, as parents, can count on with our kids. 

The good news is that some smart teens are practicing abstinence even if they have been sexually active in the past.  The bad news is that many teenagers are confused as to what abstinence is and feel that performing sexual acts such as oral sex and anal sex don’t really count as “real” sex.  Often times, young girls are participating in these types of sexual acts as a way to “remain and virgin”.  Imagine their surprise when they contract an STD or become pregnant anyway. 

We’ve put this website together to inform you about genital herpes in the hopes of educating people throughout the world.  We, as individuals, can only do so much to save ourselves.  After that, if we insist on having sex, particularly with multiple partners, we have to rely and trust others.  How sure are you that you can trust the word of someone who is interested in you sexually?  What if he or she isn’t aware that they’re carrying the virus?  Could you already have it?  These are questions which will be answered through this site.

We invite you to take a look through our pages and become informed.  It’s important that you protect yourself, your children and the others around you.  As of now, there is no cure for genital herpes and so avoiding contracting it to begin with is the best step we can take.  If you’re already past this step and are one of the unlucky folks that have contracted it, please be responsible and help protect your sexual partners.

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