Where To Get Help
If you or a friend are diagnosed with genital herpes, you can go to many places:
- You can go to a Doctor's for advice and perscriptions, or a Pharmacists for remedies and medicines.
-You can contact the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health
- You can contact Manchester Community Health Services at 860-646-8117
-You can go to the Hartford STD Clinic (860-543-8820) for information and help.
-You can go to any health department or even a school nurse.
- You can get yourself tested at www.gyt.org
Lastly, you can contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Interesting Facts
-The herpes virus can be active on the surface of the skin without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
-One study found that up to 70% of people who had herpes got it from their partner when their partner had no signs or symptoms of an outbreak.
-Genital Herpes stays with you for your whole life.
-Pregnant women who contract genital herpes during late pregnancy can pass on this virus to their babies
-There are approximately one million new cases of herpes each year.
-One in four adults have herpes.
-Approximately thirty million Americans have the herpes virus.
-More women than men have herpes.
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