Herpes & Coldsores Support Network

The standard, effective and specific treatment for herpes is antiviral therapy, which is usually in a tablet form. These medications...

Facts and Figures Gender Infection is more common in women (approximately one out of four women) than in men (almost...

The herpes virus can spread from person to person through skin-to-skin contact. It can appear on many different areas of...

How often are Herpes recurrences? When the virus reactivates (or wakes up) it travels nerve paths to the surface of...

Will there be a cure for herpes? Although the herpes virus is relatively easy to kill in a laboratory dish...

There are three common types of laboratory tests for genital herpes and several others that are less widely used. Herpes...

Telling a Partner about Herpes Although herpes is not usually life-threatening it can be life altering and so you have...