Globalseo is still translating this page... (closing in 5s)
Skip to main content
Videos

What is herpes?

Dr Rosemary Leonard

Genital herpes is a viral infection. At least 8 in 10 people with the genital herpes virus do not know that they are infected. You catch it by having intimate (usually sexual) contact with someone who has the virus. In between episodes, the virus remains in your nerve system and can be reactivated from time to time to give you symptoms.

https://patient.info/health/sexually-transmitted-infections-leaflet/genital-herpes